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Basu, Satabdi; Sengupta, Pratim; Biswas, Gautam – Research in Science Education, 2015
Students from middle school to college have difficulties in interpreting and understanding complex systems such as ecological phenomena. Researchers have suggested that students experience difficulties in reconciling the relationships between individuals, populations, and species, as well as the interactions between organisms and their environment…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Ecology, Environmental Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Chen, Zhi-Hong; Chou, Chih-Yueh; Biswas, Gautam; Chan, Tak-Wai – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Although competition is regarded as a powerful motivator in game-based learning, it might have a negative influence, such as damage to confidence, on students who lose the competition. In this paper, we propose an indirect approach, substitutive competition, to alleviate such negative influences. The approach is used to develop a My-Pet v3 system,…
Descriptors: Competition, Chinese, Negative Attitudes, Educational Experiments

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