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Flipping the Experimentation Process: Influences on Science Process Skills
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Çakiroglu, Ünal; Güven, Onurhan; Saylan, Esin – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This paper reports on a study aiming at examining the development of science process skills through the implementation of experiments in a science course which was performed in flipped classroom design. Flipped classroom model was implemented for a series of experimentation activities in a science classroom in which 38 science teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Science Process Skills, Blended Learning, Science Teachers
Using the First Principles of Instruction and Multimedia Learning Principles to Design and Develop In-Game Learning Support Videos
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Kuba, Renata; Rahimi, Seyedahmad; Smith, Ginny; Shute, Valerie; Dai, Chih-Pu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
Over three years, our research team has designed various learning supports for promoting content knowledge and solving game levels. In this case study, we examined the optimal design and the evaluation of learning support videos for a physics educational game. Often studies focus on investigating the effects of research-based principles without a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Physics, Educational Principles
Automatic Representation of Knowledge Structure: Enhancing Learning through Knowledge Structure Reflection in an Online Course
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Kim, Kyung; Clarianay, Roy B.; Kim, Yanghee – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Summary writing is an important skill that students use throughout their academic careers, writing supports reading and vocabulary skills as well as the acquisition of content knowledge. This exploratory and development-oriented investigation appraises the recently released online writing system, "Graphical Interface of Knowledge…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Vocabulary Skills, Physics, Science Instruction
An Ethnomethodological Perspective on How Middle School Students Addressed a Water Quality Problem
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Belland, Brian R.; Gu, Jiangyue; Kim, Nam Ju; Turner, David J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Science educators increasingly call for students to address authentic scientific problems in science class. One form of authentic science problem--socioscientific issue--requires that students engage in complex reasoning by considering both scientific and social implications of problems. Computer-based scaffolding can support this process by…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Ethnography, Grade 7, Cooperative Learning
The Effect of Two Different Cooperative Approaches on Students' Learning and Practices within the Context of a WebQuest Science Investigation
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Zacharia, Zacharias C.; Xenofontos, Nikoletta A.; Manoli, Constantinos C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of two different cooperative learning approaches, namely, the Jigsaw Cooperative Approach (JCA) and the Traditional Cooperative Approach (TCA), on students' learning and practices/actions within the context of a WebQuest science investigation. Another goal of this study was to identify possible…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Investigations, Cooperative Learning, Ecology
Inquiry-Based Learning and E-Mentoring via Videoconference: A Study of Mathematics and Science Learning of Canadian Rural Students
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Li, Qing; Moorman, Lynn; Dyjur, Patti – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
This research seeks to (1) establish a feasible development and implementation model for an inquiry-based learning environment with e-mentoring using videoconference, and (2) apply the model to examine its impact on rural students' learning. To achieve these goals, we developed a model of inquiry-based learning with e-mentoring (IBLE) based on…
Descriptors: Mentors, Inquiry, Rural Education, Career Awareness