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Ferguson, Leila E.; Braten, Ivar – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Using cluster-analysis in a sample of 65 Norwegian 10th graders, we identified subgroups characterized by relatively high levels of knowledge combined with relatively low beliefs in personal justification of knowledge claims, as well as subgroups characterized by the opposite pattern of knowledge and personal justification. Moreover, the high…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Profiles, Reading Comprehension, Grade 10
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van Zundert, Marjo; Sluijsmans, Dominique; van Merrienboer, Jeroen – Learning and Instruction, 2010
Despite the popularity of peer assessment (PA), gaps in the literature make it difficult to describe exactly what constitutes effective PA. In a literature review, we divided PA into variables and then investigated their interrelatedness. We found that (a) PA's psychometric qualities are improved by the training and experience of peer assessors;…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Psychometrics, Peer Evaluation, Literature Reviews
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Goldberg, Tsafrir; Schwarz, Baruch B.; Porat, Dan – Learning and Instruction, 2008
This article investigates the effect of the vitality of historical issues in collective memory on students' history learning processes and products. Forty 12th grade students of different ethnic background participated in two historical problem-solving learning tasks. The historical issues were found to differ in their vitality in collective…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Memory, Learning Processes, Grade 12
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Jarvenoja, Hanna; Jarvela, Sanna – Learning and Instruction, 2005
The aim of the study reported in this paper was to consider the sources of emotional and motivational experiences of secondary school students (N=18), 12-15 years old, during computer-supported collaborative learning projects. We chose the concept of volition to frame the analysis of the various kinds of descriptions the students give of their…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Emotional Response, Student Motivation
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Berry, John; Sahlberg, Pasi – Learning and Instruction, 1996
A research project using an instrument designed to allow teachers to investigate their students' ideas about learning found that the ideas of 193 English and Finnish adolescents about learning were varied, without clear understanding of how they learned. Finnish students seemed to depend more on their teachers than did English students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Epistemology