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Zhang, Shirong; de Koning, Bjorn B.; Paas, Fred – Educational Psychology, 2023
We investigated whether finger pointing is an effective cognitive-load self-management strategy to mitigate the split-attention effect during learning. This effect holds that learning from split-attention examples consisting of spatially separated, but mutually referring text and picture, is less effective than learning from equivalent spatially…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Attention, Self Management, Cognitive Processes
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Shen, Dandan; Chang, Chiung-Sui – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
The emergence of advanced information technology has revolutionized education and accentuated the demand for high-quality learning. However, many teachers fall short of using technology effectively and optimizing instructional design to promote deeper learning. To address this issue, this study proposes a four-element flipped learning model, which…
Descriptors: College Students, Flipped Classroom, Control Groups, Conventional Instruction
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Fowler, Kristen; Skinner, Christopher H.; Cates, Gary L.; Poncy, Brian; Duhon, Gary J.; Belfiore, Phillip J. – Preventing School Failure, 2022
Teachers focused on prevention of academic problems should apply procedures that enhance learning speed, or learning as a function of the time that the learner spends engaged in the intervention(s). Although few researchers evaluate or compare academic interventions using precise measures of learning speed, several strategies for modifying…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Intervention
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MacMahon, Stephanie; Leggett, Jack; Carroll, Annemaree – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: In a classroom, the teacher and other students play an important role in regulating individual and group learning. However, the sudden shift to remote and online learning, as a result of social isolation during COVID-19, has created a social disconnect, making these immediate regulatory supports less accessible. A need was identified for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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Tymoshchuk, Nataliia – Arab World English Journal, 2022
The research paper examines current tendencies in implementing e-learning as an integral part of the educational process, particularly in foreign language learning in higher education. The scholar attempts to answer the following question: How can e-learning contribute to effective foreign language learning? We have identified how e-learning is…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning
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Andrini, Vera Septi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The necessities of the 21st century requires education to continue creating the young generation to have life skills. Life skills are trained through the learning process and identified through the learning outcomes of students. One of the affecting factors for low learning outcomes is learning models. The learning model is a design study that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
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Akdeniz, Celal; Eristi, Bahadir – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2016
This study, considering certain variables, aimed at determining the relationship between elementary school teachers' personality types and the strategies they used in the learning and instructional process. The study designed with the singular and relational survey model was carried out with 580 elementary school teachers and field teachers from…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies
Jacobs, George M. – Online Submission, 2015
A great deal of theory and research, not to mention students' and teachers' practical experience, supports the use of group activities in education. Collaborative learning and cooperative learning are two terms commonly used in discussions of how and why to use group activities. This article looks at the issue of whether the two…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Educational Practices, Learning Strategies
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Hardman, Mark – School Science Review, 2017
Doing science involves the development and evaluation of models. These models are not objective truths but can be understood as explanations, which scientists use to explore and reason about an aspect of the world. Learning science involves students expressing and engaging with models in the classroom. However, this learning should not be seen as…
Descriptors: Models, Science Education, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes
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Rosmawati – Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2014
Dynamic systems theory (DST) is presented in this article as a suitable approach to research the acquisition of second language (L2) because of its close alignment with the process of second language learning. Through a process of identifying and comparing the characteristics of a dynamic system with the process of L2 learning, this article…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Learning Theories, Educational Research
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McConell, David A.; Chapman, LeeAnna; Czaijka, C. Douglas; Jones, Jason P.; Ryker, Katherine D.; Wiggen, Jennifer – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2017
The adoption of active learning instructional practices in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has been shown to result in improvements in student learning, contribute to increased retention rates, and reduce the achievement gap among different student populations. Descriptions of active learning strategies…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, STEM Education
Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali Salmani – Online Submission, 2012
This paper claims that the current theories of Self-regulated learning (SRL) are short-sighted. The author provides a comprehensive, but brief, overview of SRL which addresses such issues as (a) SRL processes, (b) SRL strategies, (c) compartments of SRL, (d) theories of SRL, (e) agency in SRL, and (f) models of SRL. He then presents a new model…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Models, Educational Theories, Learning Processes
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Lehman, Blair; D'Mello, Sidney; Graesser, Art – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
Folk wisdom holds that being confused is detrimental to learning. However, research on emotions and learning suggest a somewhat more complex relationship between confusion and learning outcomes. In fact, it has been proposed that impasses that trigger states of cognitive disequilibrium and confusion can create opportunities for deep learning of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Intervention
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Nalborczyk, Sarah; Sandelands, Luke – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2012
This account examines the action learning process adopted by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., embedded in the organization through the in-company Emerald Academy. In case study format, the paper emphasizes that in order to align learning with organizational objectives joined up thinking and practice is needed beyond the learning and development…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Organizational Objectives, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes
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Pacheco, Mariana – Educational Researcher, 2012
This essay addresses the value of leveraging the unique learning, thinking, and knowledge students develop in home-community spaces for school curriculum. The author explores "everyday resistance" to highlight a particular set of enacted political actions and practices in which students, families, and communities participate to negotiate the…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Hispanic American Students, Constructivism (Learning), Resistance (Psychology)
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