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Scaffolding through the Network: Analysing the Promotion of Improved Online Scaffolds among University Students
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Pifarre, Manoli – Studies in Higher Education, 2007
This article explores how to enrich scaffolding processes among university students using specific Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) software. A longitudinal case study was designed, in which 18 students participated in a 12-month learning project. During this period the students followed an instructional process, using the CSCL…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Knowledge Acquisition in Intelligent Learning Environments.
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Mandl, Heinz, Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1988
Issues connected with knowledge acquisition through the development of complex computer programs--Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs)--are discussed. The components of such a system and its applications are considered, including: elicitation of knowledge, tutoring with incomplete/uncertain knowledge, self-improving tutoring systems, and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Cooperative Training in a Microcomputer Setting.
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Baron, Lois J.; And Others – 1992
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of both ability grouping and cooperative training on microcomputer learning at the upper elementary level using both drill and practice and tutorial software programs. A total of 263 grade 5 and 6 students participated in the study. Half of the group was trained on cooperative interpersonal…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Clarifying the "A" in CAI for Learners of Different Abilities. Assessing the Cognitive consequences of Computer Environments for Learning (ACCCEL).
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Mandinach, Ellen B. – 1984
This study investigated the degree to which 48 seventh and eighth grade students of different abilities acquired strategic planning knowledge from an intellectual computer game ("Wumpus"). Relationships between ability and student performance with two versions of the game were also investigated. The two versions differed in the structure…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Cognitive Styles, Computerized Treatments on Mathematics Achievement and Reaction to Treatments.
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Canino, Casilda; Cicchelli, Terry – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1988
Describes aptitude treatment interaction study that used the cognitive styles field dependence and independence matched with computerized algorithmic and discovery treatments to determine mathematics achievement on a criterion-referenced test. Posttest mathematics scores and student responses to the computer are analyzed, and mastery learning is…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Review of Research on the Cognitive Effects of Computer-Assisted Learning.
Mandinach, E.; And Others – 1983
This review of the research on the cognitive effects of computer-assisted instruction begins with an overview of the ACCCEL (Assessing Cognitive Consequences of Computer Environments for Learning) research program at the University of California at Berkeley, which consists of several interrelated studies examining the acquisition of such higher…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures