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Conrad Borchers; Hendrik Fleischer; David J. Yaron; Bruce M. McLaren; Katharina Scheiter; Vincent Aleven; Sascha Schanze – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
Intelligent tutoring system (ITS) provides learners with step-by-step problem-solving support through scaffolding. Most ITSs have been developed in the USA and incorporate American instructional strategies. How do non-American students perceive and use ITS with different native problem-solving strategies? The present study compares Stoich Tutor,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Learning Strategies, Protocol Analysis
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Bachtiar, Rayendra Wahyu; Meulenbroeks, Ralph F. G.; van Joolingen, Wouter R. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
This article reports on a case study that aims to help students develop mechanistic reasoning through constructing a model based stop-motion animation of a physical phenomenon. Mechanistic reasoning is a valuable thinking strategy for students in trying to make sense of scientific phenomena. Ten ninth-grade students used stop-motion software to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Grade 9, Physics, Science Process Skills
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Lazonder, Ard W.; Wiskerke-Drost, Sjanou – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
Several studies found that direct instruction and task structuring can effectively promote children's ability to design unconfounded experiments. The present study examined whether the impact of these interventions extends to other scientific reasoning skills by comparing the inquiry activities of 55 fifth-graders randomly assigned to one of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Thinking Skills, Scientific Methodology, Direct Instruction