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Kottmeyer, Alexa M.; Van Meter, Peggy; Cameron, Chelsea – Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
College biology courses commonly use diagrams to convey information. These visual representations are embedded in course materials with the expectation that students can comprehend and learn from them. Educational research, however, suggests that many students have difficulty understanding diagrams and the conventions (e.g., labels, arrows) they…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Comprehension, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Dean, Ceri B.; Stone, BJ; Hubbell, Elizabeth; Pitler, Howard – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2012
First published in 2001, "Classroom Instruction That Works" revolutionized teaching by linking classroom strategies to evidence of increased student learning. Now this landmark guide has been reenergized and reorganized for today's classroom with new evidence-based insights and a refined framework that strengthens instructional planning. Whether…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
Rosenshine, Barak – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
This article presents 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice. The principles come from (a) research in cognitive science, (b) research on master teachers, and (c) research on cognitive supports. The instructional principles are: (1) Begin a lesson with a short review of previous learning to…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Master Teachers
Yung, Hsin I. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an animated agent that provides instructional scaffolding strategies via a story mnemonic or cuing question with feedback versus instructional scaffolding strategies alone on student achievement of different educational objectives in multimedia learning. Specifically, the study investigated…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Prompting
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2014
For the thirty-seventh year, the Research and Theory Division and the Division of Instructional Design of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) sponsored the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. This year's Proceedings…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Visualization