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Personalization vs. How People Learn
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Riley, Benjamin – Educational Leadership, 2017
Riley asserts that some findings of cognitive science conflict with key principles of personalized learning--that students should control the content of their learning and that they should control the pace of their learning. A personalized approach is in conflict with the cognitive science principle that committing key facts in a discipline to…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Learner Controlled Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Science
Online Learning: Audio or Text?
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de Oliveira Neto, Jose Dutra; Huang, Wenhao David; de Azevedo Melli, Nádia Cristina – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Implementing online technologies alone cannot ensure learning. A verified approach is needed to optimize the pedagogical effect of online learning. Previous studies have suggested that the application of the modality principle in multimedia design improves the efficiency of learning by reducing cognitive load. Nevertheless, this design approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Multimedia Instruction
Supporting Self-Regulated Personalised Learning through Competence-Based Knowledge Space Theory
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Steiner, Christina M.; Nussbaumer, Alexander; Albert, Dietrich – Policy Futures in Education, 2009
This article presents two current research trends in e-learning that at first sight appear to compete. Competence-Based Knowledge Space Theory (CBKST) provides a knowledge representation framework which, since its invention by Doignon & Falmagne, has been successfully applied in various e-learning systems (for example, Adaptive Learning with…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Learning Processes, Learning Experience
How Pacing of Multimedia Instructions Can Influence Modality Effects: A Case of Superiority of Visual Texts
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Stiller, Klaus D.; Freitag, Annika; Zinnbauer, Peter; Freitag, Christian – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
"Present text accompanying pictures aurally to promote learning" is a well established principle of instructional design. But recently, it was shown that under certain conditions visual texts can be preferable. Instructional pacing seems to be one of these conditions that mediate effects. Especially, enabling learners to pace an…
Descriptors: Pacing, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Modalities, Visual Aids
Process-Oriented Instruction in Learning and Thinking Strategies.
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Vermunt, Jan D. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1995
Shows the effects of a tutorial program for college students using process-oriented instruction. Process-oriented instruction combines domain-specific knowledge with teaching thinking strategies. Tutorials included a diagnostic learning style instrument and learning guides. Evaluation questionnaires and exam scores both indicated improved study…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Feedback
Preventing Impulsivity in the Classroom: How Computers Can Help Teachers.
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Bornas, Xavier; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Illustrates how computers can assist teachers in preventing impulsivity and foster the cognitive and metacognitive development of students. Discusses theoretical aspects of impulsivity and learning difficulties; software for improving self-regulated learning, in particular the VISPRO (Visualizing Processes) project; and teacher education needs,…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software