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Download full textNguyen, Huy; Wang, Yeyu; Stamper, John; McLaren, Bruce M. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
Knowledge components (KCs) define the underlying skill model of intelligent educational software, and they are critical to understanding and improving the efficacy of learning technology. In this research, we show how learning curve analysis is used to fit a KC model--one that was created after use of the learning technology--which can then be…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Knowledge Representation, Models, Computer Games
Litwak, Jane Marie – 1996
This paper describes dissertation research using cognitive psychology in the design of museum exhibit labels in an effort to increase learning and memory in museum visitors. Three studies focused on factors affecting whether or not using a question (instead of a statement) as a title on a museum exhibit label would increase the visitor's memory of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Exhibits
Kommers, P. A. M. – 1995
Hypermedia as a learning environment complements traditional instruction as it places the student at a higher level of control. Instead of "wait and see" what the teacher expects the student to learn next, hypermedia stimulates the student to become aware of his/her own cognitive needs and interests. This paper presents a combination of notions…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation
Fessey, Christine – 2002
The progression of qualified surgical nurses toward capable proficiency was examined in an ethnographic study during which 25 nurses, including 4 who transferred to other wards, were observed to determine whether social mediation affects the process of proficiency development. The nurses were observed for 18 months. Data were also gathered through…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Collegiality, Competence, Concept Mapping
Buch, Anders – 1999
Knowledge production and learning in engineering is a local, situated, negotiated, and thoroughly social process. Although engineering work entails the construal, production, and application of artifacts and technical devices belonging to the "object world," the process of designing is a process of achieving consensus among real or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
Desforges, Charles – 2001
Educational research is distinctive inasmuch as it shares the moral objective of education, which is to help people make the best of themselves through processes of learning. Educational research is a service industry for education. As such, its contribution to the efficiency and effectiveness of educational processes can be increased by focusing…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Learning, Definitions, Diffusion (Communication)
