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Team-Skills Training Enhances Collaborative Learning
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Prichard, Jane S.; Stratford, Robert J.; Bizo, Lewis A. – Learning and Instruction, 2006
This study investigated the effects of team-skills training on collaborative learning in a university setting. Groups worked under one of three conditions: (1) groups received team-skill training as a group and remained in that group (Trained-Together), (2) groups received team-skills training, but were then reassigned into new groups…
Descriptors: Team Training, Cooperative Learning, Time Management, Learning Strategies
Optimistic, Defensive-Pessimistic, Impulsive and Self-Handicapping Strategies in University Environments.
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Eronen, Sanna; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Learning and Instruction, 1998
A person-oriented approach was used to study the types of achievement strategy students apply in university environments and how these are associated with academic achievement, related satisfaction, and personal well-being. Results with 254 undergraduates over 2 years found academic achievement associated with 4 types of achievement strategy, each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Satisfaction
Cognitive Strategies for Learning from Static and Dynamic Visuals.
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Lewalter, D. – Learning and Instruction, 2003
Studied the effects of including static or dynamic visuals in an expository text on a learning outcome and the use of learning strategies when working with these visuals. Results for 60 undergraduates for both types of illustration indicate different frequencies in the use of learning strategies relevant for the learning outcome. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Multimedia Instruction
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
Experiences of Understanding in Revising for Degree Examinations.
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Entwistle, Abigail; Entwistle, Noel – Learning and Instruction, 1992
Students' experiences of revision were used to clarify the concept of understanding for 24 undergraduates through interviews describing the nature of their understanding and how it was reached. Contrasting forms of understanding were discovered. Implications for teaching and learning in higher education are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Degree Requirements, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries