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Instructional Sequences in Science Teaching: Considering Element Interactivity When Sequencing Inquiry-Based Investigation Activities and Explicit Instruction
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Lin Zhang; John Sweller – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
The use of investigations in science teaching is both common and commonly advocated for in science education literature. We suggest that the use of investigations should differ depending on the complexity of the subject matter. That complexity can vary depending on both the nature of the information and students' expertise levels. The present…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Inquiry
Model-Based Analysis of the Impact of a Teaching-Learning Sequence about Carbonated Drinks on Students' Understanding of the Dissolution of Gases in Liquids
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Joaquín Cañero-Arias; Ángel Blanco-López; José María Oliva – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
This research integrates context-based learning and modelling. It presents a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) about the dissolution of gases in liquids using carbonated drinks as the context. The impact of the TLS is analysed in a longitudinal short-term study involving two groups of learners aged 13-14 years old (n=53). The results led us to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Models, Secondary School Science
Learning Behavior Characterization with Multi-Feature, Hierarchical Activity Sequences
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Ye, Cheng; Segedy, James R.; Kinnebrew, John S.; Biswas, Gautam – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
This paper discusses Multi-Feature Hierarchical Sequential Pattern Mining, MFH-SPAM, a novel algorithm that efficiently extracts patterns from students' learning activity sequences. This algorithm extends an existing sequential pattern mining algorithm by dynamically selecting the level of specificity for hierarchically-defined features…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Processes, Data Collection, Student Behavior
Multiple Teaching Approaches, Teaching Sequence and Concept Retention in High School Physics Education
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Fogarty, Ian; Geelan, David – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2013
Students in 4 Canadian high school physics classes completed instructional sequences in two key physics topics related to motion--Straight Line Motion and Newton's First Law. Different sequences of laboratory investigation, teacher explanation (lecture) and the use of computer-based scientific visualizations (animations and simulations) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction
A CAI Study of Learning Geologic Time and Evolution.
Young, James P.; Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1969
Twenty-two college students in science education were given an adjunctive computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program by means of typewriter consoles and computer-controlled colored slide presentations of critical information. Students were pretested, told how to respond at the student console, taught by the Harvard CAI System, and posttested. The…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Attitudes
Use of Student Performance Data for Improvement of Individualized Instructional Materials.
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Rahmlow, Harold F. – 1969
The Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs (PLAN) was devised to be self-improving through a system of computer analysis of student performance data. The PLAN instructional program consists of teaching-learning units in various subject areas, such as reading and science, which are composed of self-paced alternative learning activities,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computers, Data Analysis, Educational Strategies