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Wackerly, Jay Wm. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
This commentary provides an overview of abduction, also known as Inference to the Best Explanation, and argues that the term and relevant problem-solving methods should be adopted by chemistry educators. Abductive reasoning, especially within the context of science and medicine, continues to be an active area of exploration for philosophers and…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Logical Thinking
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Wiliam, Dylan – Psychology of Education Review, 2019
In this "Open Dialogue: Peer Response," the author notes that in the initial paper, "Contributions of Educational Psychology to Understanding Student Learning: What Has Been Discovered - What More Could Be Done?" Entwistle lays out a useful summary of the way that psychology has contributed to an understanding of student…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Learning Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Theories
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Markauskaite, Lina – Research Papers in Education, 2020
Could knowledge work practices become pervasive in formal education? Could knowledge creation pedagogies help us close the gap between graduates' knowledge work competencies and fast changing needs of the knowledge society? In this commentary, I first revisit the most notable contributions of this special issue. Then, I turn to some overarching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Education Work Relationship, Knowledge Economy, Learning Processes
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Ai, Bin – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2016
In this paper, I narrate highlights of my long process of learning and teaching English as a foreign language in mainland China and Australia, presenting a picture of the practices of learning and teaching English in mainland China from the bottom up. Over the past 50 years, English learners in mainland China, as Gao Yihong has written, have…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Govender, Irene – Computers & Education, 2009
In this paper the influence of the learning context is considered when learning to program. For the purposes of this study, the lectures, study process, previous knowledge or teaching experience and tests comprised the learning context. The article argues that students' experiences of the learning context have important implications for teaching…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Context Effect, Educational Environment, Teachers
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Dippold, Doris – ReCALL, 2009
Recent years have seen the emergence of Web2.0, in which users are not only passive recipients of the featured content, but actively engaged in constructing it. Sites such as "Facebook" and "Myspace" are typical examples of this, as are blogs that allow users to present themselves online, to write about their daily lives or even to establish…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Focus Groups, Learning Processes
Newman, Butler; Riner, Robert W. – Training and Development, 1997
Accessibility and accuracy are important attributes for either manual or electronic support tools. Training with performance support tools will fail if it uses the same approach, only electronic; has no mechanism for keeping content up to date; and is not integrated with the job. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Training
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Lemire, David – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2002
Considers three serious problems associated with learning styles: confusion in definitions, weaknesses in reliability and validity, and the identification of relevant characteristics in instructional settings, or aptitude-treatment interactions. Discusses four basic groups of learning styles that developmental educators should be aware of.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Myers, Marie J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
Lack of knowledge of learning psychology is the underlying reason for failure in second language learning. The highest cognitive step is not given the required attention. The unanswered question is whether an institutional setting allows for this, or whether an immersion program should be a mandatory complement to any program. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Immersion Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes
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Taylor, Harry – Management Education and Development, 1991
Examines how training practice diverges from the prevailing Systematic Training Model, in terms of a rehabilitative and a radical critique. Outlines an alternative transitional model while suggesting criteria with which to assess any updated model. (SK)
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Systems, Learning Processes, Models
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Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The overview focuses on the advantages and principles of instruction using learning strategies for students with learning disabilities. It is emphasized that strategies are not to be applied without consideration of the individual, process, or context. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Individual Differences, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
Ross, Tweed W. – Ed-Tech Review, 1993
Discusses parallels between Bloom's taxonomy for cognitive learning outcomes and hypertext design, and argues that hypertext designs should be consistent with desired learning outcomes. Bloom's taxonomy is explained; hypertext designs are described and diagrammed; and the need for more research connecting hypertext design and effective learning is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Development, Hypermedia
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Adams, Dennis; Hamm, Mary – TechTrends, 1988
Discusses symbol systems and learning in educational media. Symbols in printed materials, video, and other electronic media are discussed; media attributes are reviewed; suggestions for student-created video productions are given; and electronic communications technology of the future is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Instructional Effectiveness
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Wolfson, Larry; Willinsky, John – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1998
Describes how the theory and practice of situated learning provide a model for examining the learning claims of service learning and for research into its effectiveness. While service learning emphasizes the nature of service and students' engagement with communities outside school, situated learning focuses on the nature of the learning in…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Johnstone, D. Bruce; Maloney, Patricia A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1998
The learning productivity approach to higher education attempts to gain productivity, not so much by reducing or cheapening inputs but by enhancing higher education's major output: student learning. In the learning productivity perspective, the principal problem is in teaching and learning inefficiencies such as excessive nonlearning time,…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Efficiency
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