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Carvalho, Paulo F.; McLaughlin, Elizabeth A.; Koedinger, Kenneth R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
In this article, we leverage data from over 1,000 students participating in two different online courses to investigate whether better learning outcomes are associated with student decisions to practice instead of (re-)reading. Consistent with laboratory and classroom findings, we find that students' decisions to practice are related to better…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Outcomes of Education
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Wang, Fuxing; Cheng, Meixia; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Learning-by-teaching is a generative learning strategy in which students are asked to teach what they are learning to others (Fiorella & Mayer, 2015). In this study, college students watched a multimedia lesson on chemical synaptic transmission with instructions that afterward they would explain the materials by making a lecture video…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Interaction, Learning Activities, Social Behavior
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van den Broek, Gesa S. E.; van Gog, Tamara; Jansen, Evelien; Pleijsant, Mirja; Kester, Liesbeth – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Practicing retrieval of vocabulary items from memory (e.g., with flashcard software or practice tests) is an effective study strategy to remember vocabulary over time. Retrieval practice is often implemented in digital learning environments that increasingly include multimedia (i.e., combining textual and pictorial information). However, it is…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Vocabulary Development, Information Retrieval
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Cogliano, MeganClaire; Bernacki, Matthew L.; Kardash, CarolAnne M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
The present study examined the effects of a classroom intervention on students' metacognitive monitoring of retrieval practice performance feedback and metacognitive control of future study decisions. A true experimental design was used to randomly assign 103 undergraduate students from an education course to trained (n = 49) and control (n = 54)…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Recall (Psychology), Self Management, Intervention
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Bernacki, Matthew L.; Vosicka, Lucie; Utz, Jenifer C.; Warren, Carryn Bellomo – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Many science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM) majors fail to complete their degrees, and those who leave report they lack learning skills required for STEM coursework. In 2 studies, we examined the effects on students' exam performances when they were assigned to complete a brief digital learning skills training program we embedded into…
Descriptors: Training, Electronic Learning, Skill Development, Metacognition
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Kramarski, Bracha; Michalsky, Tova – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Educational reforms have suggested that the ability to self-regulate learning is essential for teachers' professional growth during their entire career as well as for their ability to promote these processes among students. This study observed teachers' professional growth along 3 dimensions: self-regulated learning (SRL) in pedagogical context,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Metacognition, Educational Change, Professional Development