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Subramaniam, Karthigeyan – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2012
This article examines the merits of WebQuests in facilitating students' in-depth understanding of science concepts using the four principles of learning gathered from the National Research Council reports "How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School" (1999) and the "How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom" (2005) as an analytic…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Courseware, Classroom Techniques, Scientific Concepts
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Ozcelik, Erol; Acarturk, Cengiz – Computers & Education, 2011
Online information sources, such as pictures and animations on web pages are frequently used for complementing printed course material in educational contexts. The concurrent use of online and printed information sources by students, however, requires going back and forth between physically separated course material, such as a course book and a…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Internet, Printed Materials, Electronic Libraries
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Lu, Fong-Mei; Eliceiri, Kevin W.; Stewart, James; White, John G. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
The utilization of biology research resources, coupled with a "learning by inquiry" approach, has great potential to aid students in gaining an understanding of fundamental biological principles. To help realize this potential, we have developed a Web portal for undergraduate biology education, WormClassroom.org, based on current research…
Descriptors: Biology, Instructional Materials, Research Tools, Undergraduate Study