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Francesco C. Ugolini; Panagiotis Kakavas – Research on Education and Media, 2024
This study consists of a 17-year (2006-2021) systematic literature review on the effective instructional strategies for developing Computational Thinking (CT) in primary school students (K-5). The aim of this paper is to identify instructional strategies that have been implemented and evaluated by means of a pre- and post-test, with the aim of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
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Lauer, Patricia A.; Christopher, Debra E.; Firpo-Triplett, Regina; Buchting, Francisco – Professional Development in Education, 2014
A narrative literature review was conducted to identify the design features of effective short-term face-to-face professional development (PD) events. The 23 reviewed studies described PD with durations of 30 hours or less and involved participants in education or human service-related professions. Design features associated with positive impacts…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Professional Development, Time on Task, Program Design
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Klauer, Karl Josef; Phye, Gary D. – Review of Educational Research, 2008
Researchers have examined inductive reasoning to identify different cognitive processes when participants deal with inductive problems. This article presents a prescriptive theory of inductive reasoning that identifies cognitive processing using a procedural strategy for making comparisons. It is hypothesized that training in the use of the…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Lambrecht, Judith J. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1993
Discusses the use of microcomputer applications software in education, reviews the literature involving studies on the development of problem-solving skills and on the instructional use of spreadsheets, and describes a project for secondary school students using spreadsheets that provides cognitive support. (Contains 35 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
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Vooijs, Marcel W.; van der Voort, Tom H. A. – Journal of Educational Television, 1993
Describes a study conducted in Dutch primary schools to alter the cognitive effects that television violence can have on 10- to 12-year-olds by encouraging them to evaluate critically the portrayal of violence. Teacher and student attitudes are discussed, and the educational effects of the curriculum are considered. (Contains 20 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Critical Viewing, Educational Television
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Daningburg, Suzanne; Schmid, Richard F. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1994
Describes a study that investigated the effects of use and nonuse of an electronic formative evaluation tool, the Program Evaluation Analysis Computer system, on the cognitive, affective, and evaluative aspects of college students' perceptions of an educational television program emphasizing cognitive learning. Electronic measurement methodologies…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software
Schroeder, Eileen E. – 1994
Maps or graphical browsers of structural knowledge allow the user of a hypertext system to navigate from node to node through the structure as they portray the links between concepts spatially. This study examined the results of using two different graphical browsers that provide different amounts of information about the structure of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Mapping