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Cheng-Wen He; Logan Fiorella; Paula P. Lemons – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
This study tested competing theories about the effectiveness of different instructional sequences for learners with different levels of prior knowledge. Across two classroom experiments, undergraduates learned about noncovalent interactions in biochemistry by either receiving explicit instruction before problem-solving (I-PS group) or engaging in…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Problem Solving, Prior Learning, Learning Processes
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Gerit Wagner; Laureen Thurner – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2025
Git, as the leading version-control system, is frequently employed by software developers, digital product managers, and knowledge workers. Information systems (IS) students aspiring to fill software engineering, management, or research positions would therefore benefit from familiarity with Git. However, teaching Git effectively can be…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Information Systems, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
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Hostetler, Kirsten; Luo, Tian – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
This study examined how instructional librarians can incorporate principles from cognitive load theory to engage students in research and improve learning outcomes for a common library instructional delivery model. The study employed a between-subjects, quasi-experimental design to compare how instructional sessions would impact information…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
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Chou, Yin-Yu; Wu, Pei-Fen; Huang, Chun-Yen; Chang, Shan-Hsi; Huang, Hwa-Shan; Lin, Wei-Min; Lin, Man-Li – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2022
This study explores whether learning approaches combining augmented reality and multidimensional concept maps (ARMCMs) would improve learning effectiveness, learning motivation, learning satisfaction, and cognitive load more than multidimensional concept maps (MCMs) and augmented reality (AR) learning do. The study employed a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Concept Mapping, Learning Motivation, Instructional Effectiveness
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Mierdel, Julia; Bogner, Franz X. – Research in Science Education, 2021
Genetics is known to be one of the most challenging subjects in biology education because of its abstract concepts and processes. Therefore, hands-on experiments in authentic learning environments are supposed to increase comprehensibility and provide otherwise unavailable experiences to students. We applied a hands-on module in an out-of-school…
Descriptors: Genetics, Hands on Science, Science Experiments, Authentic Learning
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Branko Andic; Mirjana Maricic; Filiz Mumcu; Theodosia Prodromou; Janika Leoste; Musa Saimon; Zsolt Lavicza – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
Educational Robotics (ER) has emerged as one of the tools to improve STEM learning in primary education if students are properly instructed. However, there is a lack of studies that guide teachers on which type of instruction should be used for ER in STEM between direct (DI) and indirect instruction (II). As a result, the present study aims to…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Educational Technology, Robotics, Task Analysis
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Thompson, Penny; Xiu, Ying; Tsotsoros, Jessica D.; Robertson, Michelle A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2021
Aim/Purpose: This study aims to explore whether instructors and educators should segment portions of instructional video that can be loaded and executed independently of other portions, and how long the segment portion of instructional video should be to effectively influence students' learning, perception, and interaction. Background:…
Descriptors: Instructional Films, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Design, Video Technology
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Cheng, Xin; Ma, Xin-Yue; Luo, Chaohua; Chen, Jian; Wei, Wei; Yang, Xuesong – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Students' preferences and engagement with online educational resources and activities are crucial for academic success in the context of online medical education. This study investigated the preferences of Chinese medical students regarding the teaching strategies used by instructors and their relationship with course difficulty level, student's…
Descriptors: Correlation, Medical Students, Preferences, Electronic Learning
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Savage, Sara; Tutton, Lucy; Gordon, Ellen; Oliver, Emily; Ward, Alexander – Journal of Social Science Education, 2020
Purpose: To promote gains in cognitive complexity (measured by integrative complexity, IC) associated with recognition of validity in others' viewpoints/values, supporting peaceful conflict reduction. Design: Assessment of effectiveness of "Living Well with Difference" (LWWD) course designed to promote critical thinking about contested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
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Sudatip Prapunta – MEXTESOL Journal, 2025
This research study aims to explore students' perceptions and reflections on the effectiveness of project-based learning (PBL) in a Thai-English translation course in the EFL context. The participants of this study included forty-nine students who were enrolled in the Thai-English translation course. The participants were asked to produce a…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Lutz, Ben; Ríos, Laura – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Learning assistants (LAs) are peer educators who work alongside faculty to facilitate active learning activities and help students develop conceptual understanding. LAs and LA training programs are becoming increasingly prevalent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) gateway courses in the United States, and research…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Peer Teaching, Concept Formation
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Yang, Dazhi; Streveler, Ruth; Miller, Ronald L.; Senocak, Inanc; Slotta, Jim – Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Background: Chi and colleagues have argued that some of the most challenging engineering concepts exhibit properties of emergent systems. However, students often lack a mental framework, or schema, for understanding emergence. Slotta and Chi posited that helping students develop a schema for emergent systems, referred to as schema training, would…
Descriptors: Heat, Thermodynamics, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Katz, Adi – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2020
Conceptual modeling of databases is a complex cognitive activity, particularly for novice database designers. The current research empirically tests a new pedagogy for this activity. It examines an instructional approach that stresses visualizing gradual transitions between levels of abstraction in different hierarchic levels of a relational…
Descriptors: Databases, Database Design, Information Science Education, Teaching Methods
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Blonder, Megan; Skinner, Christopher H.; Ciancio, Dennis; Cazzell, Samantha; Scott, Katie; Jaquett, Carrie; Ruddy, Jonah; Thompson, Kelly – Contemporary School Psychology, 2019
Researchers have evaluated the effects of repeated reading and listening-while-reading interventions on oral reading fluency and comprehension, and have compared the effects of these two interventions on indirect measures of comprehension. The current study was designed to extend this research by evaluating and comparing the effects of these two…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Accuracy, Reading Rate, Repetition
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Alshammari, Hammad Ali; Ahmed, Elsayed Abdalla; Shouk, Mukhled Atta Abu – English Language Teaching, 2020
Studying English literature is interrelated to studying English as a foreign language (EFL), and thus incorporating literary texts into EFL learning curricula is important for providing EFL learners with the necessary language skills and emotional growth. However, EFL learners prefer to avoid studying English literature due to several challenges…
Descriptors: English Literature, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Difficulty Level
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