NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
An Architecture for Designing Content Agnostic Game Mechanics for Educational Burst Games
Direct linkDirect link
Baron, Tyler – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Currently, educational games are designed with the educational content as the primary factor driving the design of the game. While this may seem to be the optimal approach, this design paradigm causes multiple issues. For one, the games themselves are often not engaging as game design principles were put aside in favor of increasing the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Course Content, Engineering, Models
Lost in Second Life: Virtual Embodiment and Language Learning via Multimodal Communication
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Pasfield-Neofitou, Sarah; Huang, Hui; Grant, Scott – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Increased recognition of the role of the body and environment in cognition has taken place in recent decades in the form of new theories of embodied and extended cognition. The growing use of ever more sophisticated computer-generated 3D virtual worlds and avatars has added a new dimension to these theories of cognition. Both developments provide…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Acquisition, Classroom Environment, Case Studies
The TriLab, a Novel ICT Based Triple Access Mode Laboratory Education Model
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Abdulwahed, Mahmoud; Nagy, Zoltan K. – Computers & Education, 2011
This paper introduces a novel model of laboratory education, namely the TriLab. The model is based on recent advances in ICT and implements a three access modes to the laboratory experience (virtual, hands-on and remote) in one software package. A review of the three modes is provided with highlights of advantages and disadvantages of each mode.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Science Laboratories, Cognitive Psychology
Flatbrain Spreadsheets: Mindtool outside the Box?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lamontagne, Claude; Desjardins, Francois; Benard, Michele – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
Managing the pedagogical aspects of the "computational turn" that is occurring within the Humanities in general and the disciplines associated with cognitive science and neuroscience in particular, first implies facing the challenge of introducing students to computation. This paper presents what has proven to be an efficient approach to bringing…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Computer Simulation, Spreadsheets, Humanities
Training Problem-Solving Skills--Part 2: Design Guidelines Based on Cognitive Psychology.
Taylor, David; Clark, Ruth – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Discussion of differences between problem-solving techniques of novices and experts suggests that both the experts' mental model and common novice problems can be derived from analyses of several expert and novice protocols. Three instructional strategies based on these differences are discussed, including the use of a computer simulation to solve…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation
An Interactive Classroom Demonstration of Propositional and Analogical Representation.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kruschke, John K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes a classroom exercise that uses a computer simulation to give students a rat's-eye view of a maze. The students call out instructions for navigating the maze. A follow-up presentation examines two theories of learning that explain why the students' are successful in their second navigating attempt. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Comprehension