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Holmes, N. G.; Day, James; Park, Anthony H. K.; Bonn, D. A.; Roll, Ido – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
Invention activities are Productive Failure activities in which students attempt (and often fail) to invent methods that capture deep properties of a construct before being taught expert solutions. The current study evaluates the effect of scaffolding on the invention processes and outcomes, given that students are not expected to succeed in their…
Descriptors: Failure, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Inquiry, Active Learning
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Khan, Shahadat Hossain – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
This article presents the results of a study, undertaken from a phenomenographic perspective, which examines technical and further education (TAFE) teachers' conceptions of ICT-enhanced teaching. A cohort of 23 teachers from three TAFE institutions in Australia, participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. These interviews were used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education
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Litmanen, Topi; Lonka, Kirsti; Inkinen, Mikko; Lipponen, Lasse; Hakkarainen, Kai – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
In the present study teacher students' contextual learning experiences were examined longitudinally in authentic study environments using the contextual activity sampling system, a means of mobile-supported experience sampling. The students' (n = 9) experiences were first recorded during a 2 week period in their first year of study. The same…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Emotional Experience, Student Experience, Preservice Teacher Education