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De-Chih Lee; Ching-Yi Chang – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
During the digital age, self-directed learning has emerged as an effective teaching strategy in designing class activities within the educational sphere, prompting an investigation into its impact on the effectiveness of instruction in the K-12 context. This article presents a meta-analysis aimed at examining the efficacy of self-directed learning…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Independent Study, Active Learning
Olanrewaju P. Olaogun; Nathaniel J. Hunsu – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Students have misconceptions about many scientific topics they encounter in the classroom--such misconceptions are especially rife in subjects with counterintuitive concepts. Several studies have copiously documented students' misconceptions in different science domains. Research shows that students' misconceptions can be resistant to change and…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Engineering Education, Misconceptions
Zain, Ismail Md.; Muniandy, Balakrishnan; Hashim, Wahid – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Design of instruction is an important feature in teacher education at fulfilling the needs of 4Cs ("critical thinker," "communicator," "collaborator," "creator") developing "a globally competitive learners". As Instructional design models (ID) need to move from adopting a standard approach to…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Education
Huang, Yueh-Min; Liang, Tsung-Ho; Su, Yen-Ning; Chen, Nian-Shing – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
Today various types of tablet computers are used, including iPad and Android Tablets. These individual portable digital devices can be used as e-book readers to support mobile personalized learning. Though many studies have investigated e-books by targeting undergraduate students, yet less attention has been paid to children. Therefore, an…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Elementary School Students, Instructional Design, Learning Processes
Maitaouthong, Therdsak; Tuamsuk, Kulthida; Techamanee, Yupin – Education for Information, 2011
This study was aimed at developing an instructional model by integrating information literacy in the instructional process of general education courses at an undergraduate level. The research query, "What is the teaching methodology that integrates information literacy in the instructional process of general education courses at an undergraduate…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Education Courses
Del Mar Marin Sanchez, Ma; Ronco, Alicia Mateos – Online Submission, 2010
The Spanish educational system will require certain changes in order to achieve the Bologna objectives for the European Higher Education Area, including a more professional profile, with new activities and roles for both students and teachers, who must assume new skills that will affect concepts and attitudes related to the teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Learning Processes
Gao, Fei; Putnam, Ralph T. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
Drawing on research literature on online discussion and on reading and learning from the text, we argue that research on learning from text has much to offer but has been largely absent in informing the design and study of online learning environments. We propose several key issues to be considered in research and development of online discussion,…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Computer Mediated Communication, Reading Processes, Learning Processes
Christenson, Sandra L.; And Others – 1987
The monograph summarizes characteristics of effective instruction of mildly handicapped and non-handicapped students by focusing on two literature areas: Instructional Psychology and Models of School Learning. The review on instructional psychology covers the following areas: definitions of instruction, principles of learning, models of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Definitions, Educational Methods, Educational Psychology

Sims-Knight, Judith E. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
Discusses the need to consider the cognitive models of students and their learning processes when designing computer tutorials, and describes a tutorial designed to teach students how to generate algebraic equations for story problems. Testing and revisions of the tutorial, with both college and high school students are described. (14 references)…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Equations (Mathematics)

Schatteman, A.; Carette, E.; Couder, J.; Eisendrath, H. – Educational Psychology, 1997
Provides a quantitative analysis of the effectiveness of Interactive Working Groups (IWG). IWG is a process-oriented instruction developed at the Vrije University in Belgium. Analyzes such variables as prior knowledge test results, examination scores, and learning style characteristics. Results showed that IWG enhanced learning performance and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Style, Educational Psychology
Ashcroft, Kate; Foreman-Peck, Lorraine – 1994
This book addresses the practical management of higher education teaching and learning as it is related to any subject. The volume stresses principles of the reflective practitioner model--open-mindedness, responsibility, and wholeheartedness. Chapter 1 introduces the book and its concept of teaching as a management process. Chapter 2 focuses on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Harapnuik, Dwayne – 1998
This paper discusses the development of a learning approach based on the unique needs of adult learners who are required to learn and use new information technologies. It establishes how the "Inquisitivism" learning approach has evolved from a synthesis of key cognitive learning theories into one cohesive approach and how the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Computer Anxiety
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 1992
This guide to working with adult learners approaches the job of the instructor from a threefold perspective that focuses on the role of the instructor as a professional, the needs of the learner, and the instructional process and related technology. Chapter 1 examines the role of an effective instructor as a behavior model and change agent.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students