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Shuaizhen Jin; Zheng Zhong; Kunyan Li; Chen Kang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study utilizes a comparative experimental research method to investigate the effect of the Predict, Observe, Explain, and Evaluate (POEE) learning strategy in an immersive virtual environment (IVE) on two types of learners with different levels of prior knowledge. One type referred to as Highly Experienced and Knowledgeable (HEK) learners,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Prior Learning, Electronic Learning
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Hung, Pi-Hsia; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Lee, Yueh-Hsun; Wu, Tsung-Hsun; Vogel, Bahtijar; Milrad, Marcelo; Johansson, Emil – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a ubiquitous problem-based learning system (UPBLS) on students' question-raising performance in field inquiry activities. An experiment was conducted on an elementary school natural science course. A total of 43 sixth and fifth grade elementary students divided into experienced and…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Electronic Learning, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students
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Kaldenberg, Erica; Therrien, William; Watt, Sarah; Gorsh, Jay; Taylor, Jonte – Science Scope, 2011
Students with learning disabilities (LDs) often need additional supports and structure in inquiry classrooms. The authors describe three ways teachers can enhance the achievement of these students: (1) focusing on big ideas; (2) using graphic organizers; and (3) providing mnemonic strategies. Struggling students with LD will benefit greatly from…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Prior Learning, Classrooms, Mnemonics
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Ogu, Uchenna; Schmidt, Suzie Reynard – Young Children, 2009
The authors demonstrate how to tailor curriculum to support the varied interests, abilities, and talents of the children in a kindergarten class. Through words and photographs, they describe an in-depth study of rocks and sand, a topic of great interest to the children. The teachers posed open-ended questions that fostered high-level discussions.…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Childhood Interests, Prior Learning, Kindergarten
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Kirschner, Paul A.; Sweller, John; Clark, Richard E. – Educational Psychologist, 2006
Evidence for the superiority of guided instruction is explained in the context of our knowledge of human cognitive architecture, expert-novice differences, and cognitive load. Although unguided or minimally guided instructional approaches are very popular and intuitively appealing, the point is made that these approaches ignore both the structures…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Structures, Learning Processes
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Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis