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On-Line Synchronous Scientific Argumentation Learning: Nurturing Students' Argumentation Ability and Conceptual Change in Science Context
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Yeh, Kuan-Hue; She, Hsiao-Ching – Computers & Education, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the difference in effectiveness between two on-line scientific learning programs--one with an argumentation component and one without an argumentation component--on students' scientific argumentation ability and conceptual change. A quasi-experimental design was used in this study. Two classes of 8th grade…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Persuasive Discourse, Chemistry
Microcomputers, Conceptual Change and the Design of Science Instruction: Examples from Kinematics and Dynamics.
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Hewson, Peter W. – South African Journal of Science, 1984
This article describes an approach to modifying science students' alternative conceptions of physical phenomena by means of diagnostic and remedial microcomputer programs designed in accord with a model of conceptual change. Current applications of microcomputers are discussed, including numerical work, drill and testing, tutorials, simulation,…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Toward an Ontological Approach in Goal-Oriented Language Courseware Design and Its Implications for Technology-Independent Content Structuring
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Colpaert, Jozef – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2006
The term "design" is being understood more and more as a methodological process, together with its acceptance as the result of such a process. As a process, it is a stage in the courseware engineering life cycle which primarily focuses on rendering the development process more effective and on enhancing the qualities of the finished system,…
Descriptors: Courseware, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Development, Instructional Effectiveness
ICCE/ICCAI 2000 Full & Short Papers (Cognition and Conceptual Change).
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This document contains the following full and short papers on cognition and conceptual change from ICCE/ICCAI 2000 (International Conference on Computers in Education/International Conference on Computer-Assisted Instruction): (1) "A Method of Creating Counterexamples by Using Error-Based Simulation" (Tomoya Horiguchi and Tsukasa…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation
The Sequence of Conceptual Information in Instruction and Its Effect on Retention.
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Ranzijn, Frederik J. A. – Instructional Science, 1992
Describes two experiments in Dutch secondary schools that were carried out to study the effect of the sequencing of the information in computer-assisted instructional programs. Instructional design for concept learning is discussed; successive and coordinate relationships between concepts are explained; and tests designed for procedural and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Concept Formation
Effects of Inductive Multimedia Programs Including Graphs on Creation of Linear Function and Variable Conceptualization.
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Johari, Abbas – 1998
This study examined the effects of an inductive multimedia program, including graphs, on subjects' ability to create linear functions and conceptualize variables from word problems. Subjects were 98 undergraduate students in two sections of a computer literacy course. Students' achievements were assessed via pre- and posttests, which were parallel…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Concept Formation