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Belland, Brian R.; Kim, ChanMin; Hannafin, Michael J. – Educational Psychologist, 2013
A problematic, yet common, assumption among educational researchers is that when teachers provide authentic, problem-based experiences, students will automatically be engaged. Evidence indicates that this is often not the case. In this article, we discuss (a) problems with ignoring motivation in the design of learning environments, (b)…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Problem Based Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
Richard, Lynne F. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Computer technology is used as a mediational tool to support collaborative instructional methods. Computer support offers a platform for collaboration with the goal of scaffolding students' understanding, providing increased agency to the student for their own learning, and motivating students, as participants in a PBL process. In online PBL,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Educational Psychology, Computer Mediated Communication
Chun-Ming Ou – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Cross-cultural online collaboration has evolved as an inevitable trend that people influenced by globalization cannot neglect. The primary purpose of this study was to discover major factors contributing to productive and effective online cross-cultural collaborative learning for people from diverse cultural backgrounds with varying levels of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Non English Speaking, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2015, taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 2 to 4 of May. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Achievement
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Green, Susan K.; Johnson, C. Douglas – College Teaching, 2003
Educators are becoming increasingly sensitive to accommodating the needs of students from diverse backgrounds in their classes while ensuring that learning occurs. Group work often is the vehicle chosen to stimulate participation and positively affect learning. In this paper, we describe the development of parallel case studies related to…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Motivation Techniques, Human Resources, Educational Psychology
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Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E. – Educational Psychology Review, 2004
Problem-based approaches to learning have a long history of advocating experience-based education. Psychological research and theory suggests that by having students learn through the experience of solving problems, they can learn both content and thinking strategies. Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method in which students learn…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Educational Psychology, Learning Strategies, Cooperative Learning
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers