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Peer reviewedVan Oostendorp, Herre; De Mul, Sjaak – Instructional Science, 1999
Describes a study of university students that examined the ability of people to learn a computer system by exploration and discusses the role of thinking aloud and reflection to obtain information about the goals of the user. Considers display-based, exploratory learning in relation to planning and problem solving. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computers, Discovery Learning, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedVan Joolingen, Wouter R.; De Jong, Ton – Instructional Science, 1997
This article describes and tests a theory of scientific discovery learning based on the Scientific Discovery as Dual Search (SDDS) model. A study of 22 university chemistry students determined that conditions for performing a search operation in hypothesis space include sufficient knowledge of the search operation and reasons for choosing a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Discovery Learning, Higher Education, Information Seeking
