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Nichols, Kim; Hanan, Jim; Ranasinghe, Muditha – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study used an interactive dynamic simulation of action potential to explore social practices of learning among first year undergraduate biology students. It aimed to create a learning environment that fosters knowledge building discourse through working with multiple concept-specific representations. Three hundred and eighty-nine students and…
Descriptors: Biology, Foreign Countries, Experimental Groups, Tutors
Fadlelmula, Fatma Kayan; Ozgeldi, Meric – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine how a learner self-regulates learning while reading an academic text. In particular, the aim is not to generalize self-regulatory processes for any learning task, but to have an overall idea about how a learner self-regulates. In particular, Pintrich's SRL (self-regulated learning) model is used to find out…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Interviews, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Elshout, Jan J.; Veenman, Marcel V. J. – Journal of Educational Research, 1992
The relationship between intellectual ability, working method, and learning was investigated with simulations in both structured and unstructured learning environments. High- and low-intelligence college students' thinking-aloud protocols were analyzed on quality of working method. Results indicated that both intellectual ability and working…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, College Students, Computer Simulation