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Direct linkLazonder, Ard W.; Kamp, Ellen – Learning and Instruction, 2012
This study examined whether and why assigning children to a segmented inquiry task makes their investigations more productive. Sixty-one upper elementary-school pupils engaged in a simulation-based inquiry assignment either received a multivariable inquiry task (n = 21), a segmented version of this task that addressed the variables in successive…
Descriptors: Investigations, Inferences, Science Instruction, Inquiry
Frederiksen, Christian; Kehoe, E. James; Wood, Robert – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This study tested the effects of two instructional aids in a complex, dynamic environment, specifically, a business simulation. Participants studied (1) a "causal map," which depicted key variables in an interconnected network, (2) a textual outline of the same relationships, or (3) no-aid. With the relevant aid still available, the participants…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Information Processing, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
van der Meij, Jan; de Jong, Ton – Learning and Instruction, 2006
In this study, the effects of different types of support for learning from multiple representations in a simulation-based learning environment were examined. The study extends known research by examining the use of dynamic representations instead of static representations and it examines the role of the complexity of the domain and the learning…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology
