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Understanding the Association between Future Time Perspective and Self-Regulated Learning through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory
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de Bilde, Jerissa; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Lens, Willy – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The present cross-sectional research examined a process underlying the positive association between holding an extended future time perspective (FTP) and learning outcomes through the lens of self-determination theory. High school students and university students (N = 275) participated in the study. It was found that students with an extended FTP…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Time Perspective, Anxiety, Metacognition
The Extent of Variability in Learning Strategies and Students' Perceptions of the Learning Environment
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Nijhuis, Jan; Segers, Mien; Gijselaers, Wim – Learning and Instruction, 2008
The variability in deep and surface learning has been discussed as part of the trait vs. state debate. However, the question is to what extent students change strategies as a function of course demands. This study focused on discerning subgroups of learners with respect to variability in learning strategies and the role of students' learning…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Multivariate Analysis
The Effects of Realism in Learning with Dynamic Visualizations
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Scheiter, Katharina; Gerjets, Peter; Huk, Thomas; Imhof, Birgit; Kammerer, Yvonne – Learning and Instruction, 2009
Two experiments are reported that investigated the relative effectiveness of a realistic dynamic visualization as opposed to a schematic visualization for learning about cell replication (mitosis). In Experiment 1, 37 university students watched either realistic or schematic visualizations. Students' subjective task demands ratings as well as…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Prior Learning, Visual Aids, Visualization
Engineering Students' Conceptions of and Approaches to Learning through Discussions in Face-to-Face and Online Contexts
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Ellis, Robert A.; Goodyear, Peter; Calvo, Rafael A.; Prosser, Michael – Learning and Instruction, 2008
This study focused on students' conceptions of and approaches to learning through face-to-face and online discussions. The study setting was a course in which students (N = 110) worked in small teams and in which team discussions took place both face-to-face and online. The design of the study involved a combination of in-depth interviews and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Rating Scales, Questionnaires, Interviews
Interactive and Non-Interactive Pictures in Multimedia Learning Environments: Effects on Learning Outcomes and Learning Efficiency
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Rasch, Thorsten; Schnotz, Wolfgang – Learning and Instruction, 2009
New technologies enable flexible combinations of text and interactive or non-interactive pictures. The aim of the present study was to investigate (a) whether adding pictures to texts is generally beneficial for learning or whether it can also have detrimental effects, (b) how interactivity of pictures affects learning, (c) whether the…
Descriptors: Visualization, Instructional Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Visual Aids
Supporting Simulation-Based Learning; The Effects of Model Progression and Assignments on Definitional and Intuitive Knowledge.
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Swaak, Janine; Van Joolingen, Wouter R.; de Jong, Ton – Learning and Instruction, 1998
Sixty-three college students worked with a computer simulation in which gradually increasing model complexity (model progression), model progression plus small assignments, or a control condition without either were used. Definition knowledge increased for all three conditions, but intuitive knowledge gain was greater for the two experimental…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Computer Simulation, Definitions
Learning in Formal and Informal Contexts: Conceptions and Strategies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander University Students.
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Boulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Marton, Ference; Lewis, David C.; Wilss, Lynn A. – Learning and Instruction, 2000
Studied the conceptions of formal learning held by 22 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from 3 Australian universities, a group with a high attrition rate in tertiary education. Results show that these students view and approach university learning in much the same way as other students, but the strategies these students used did not…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indigenous Populations
The Impact of Learning Journals on Metacognitive and Cognitive Processes and Learning Performance.
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McCrindle, Andrea R.; Christensen, Carol A. – Learning and Instruction, 1995
Forty college students in a first-year biology course were randomly assigned to a learning journal (experimental) or scientific report (control) group. Results showed that the experimental group used more metacognitive strategies and more sophisticated cognitive strategies during a learning task. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Journal Writing