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Animated Life Cycles of Fungi and Plants with Spores for Teaching
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Klees, Guido; Piepenbring, Meike – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
The conveyance of knowledge of the life cycles performed by fungi and plants with spores is a challenge for teaching in university education. The life cycles of fungi, in particular, can be very complex and difficult to understand. This paper presents the development and implementation of a German and English educational software program,…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Biological Sciences, Courseware, Computer Simulation
Effects of Visual Cues and Self-Explanation Prompts: Empirical Evidence in a Multimedia Environment
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Lin, Lijia; Atkinson, Robert K.; Savenye, Wilhelmina C.; Nelson, Brian C. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of visual cues and different types of self-explanation prompts on learning, cognitive load, and intrinsic motivation in an interactive multimedia environment that was designed to deliver a computer-based lesson about the human cardiovascular system. A total of 126 college students were…
Descriptors: Cues, Outcomes of Education, Multimedia Instruction, Cognitive Ability
How the Second Screens Change the Way People Interact and Learn: The Effects of Second Screen Use on Information Processing
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Shin, Dong-Hee; An, Hyeri; Kim, Jang Hyun – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The use of a second screen can enhance information processing and the execution of search tasks within a given period. In this study, we examined the learner's attentional shift (AS) between two screens and controlled secondary tasks (STs) in the media multitasking setting and its effect on the learning process. In particular, we analyzed how…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Search Strategies, Attention Control, Learning Processes
Lexical Quality and Reading Comprehension in Primary School Children
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Richter, Tobias; Isberner, Maj-Britt; Naumann, Johannes; Neeb, Yvonne – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2013
In a cross-sectional study, we examined the relationship between the quality of lexical representations and text comprehension skill in German primary school children (Grades 1-4). We measured the efficiency and accuracy of orthographical, phonological, and meaning representations by means of computerized tests. Text comprehension skill was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
The Impact of Designing and Evaluating Molecular Animations on How Well Middle School Students Understand the Particulate Nature of Matter
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Chang, Hsin-Yi; Quintana, Chris; Krajcik, Joseph S. – Science Education, 2010
In this study, we investigated whether the understanding of the particulate nature of matter by students was improved by allowing them to design and evaluate molecular animations of chemical phenomena. We developed Chemation, a learner-centered animation tool, to allow seventh-grade students to construct flipbook-like simple animations to show…
Descriptors: Animation, Peer Evaluation, Factor Analysis, Effect Size
Training in Spatial Visualization: The Effects of Training Method and Gender
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Rafi, Ahmad; Samsudin, Khairul Anuar; Said, Che Soh – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
This paper reports the findings from an experimental study involving thirty three secondary school students (mean age = 15.5 years) in spatial visualization (SV) training through an interactive desktop virtual environment spatial trainer (iDVEST). Stratified random sampling was used to assign students into two experimental groups and one control…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Secondary School Students, Adolescents