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Schwibbe, Anja; Kothe, Christian; Hampe, Wolfgang; Konradt, Udo – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Sixty years of research have not added up to a concordant evaluation of the influence of spatial and manual abilities on dental skill acquisition. We used Ackerman's theory of ability determinants of skill acquisition to explain the influence of spatial visualization and manual dexterity on the task performance of dental students in two…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Spatial Ability, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development
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Chang, Hsin-Yi – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
The purpose of this study is to investigate how three teachers guided their students to learn science using interactive dynamic visualizations incorporated in an inquiry digital unit. The results show that the teachers' guidance varied in frequency, occasion, and content type. Each teacher demonstrated a different instructional approach in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Visualization, Electronic Learning
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Albert Y. Kim; Adriana Escobedo-Land – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
We present a data set consisting of user profile data for 59,946 San Francisco OkCupid users (a free online dating website) from June 2012. The data set includes typical user information, lifestyle variables, and text responses to 10 essay questions. We present four example analyses suitable for use in undergraduate introductory probability and…
Descriptors: Statistics, Introductory Courses, Data, Educational Practices