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Faulconer, Emily K.; Gruss, Amy B. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
The effectiveness of traditional face-to-face labs versus non-traditional online, remote, or distance labs is difficult to assess due to the lack of continuity in the literature between terminology, standard evaluation metrics, and the use of a wide variety non-traditional laboratory experience for online courses. This narrative review presents a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
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Pellas, Nikolaos; Kazanidis, Ioannis; Konstantinou, Nikolaos; Georgiou, Georgia – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The present literature review builds on the results of 50 research articles published from 2000 until 2016. All these studies have successfully accomplished various learning tasks in the domain of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education using three-dimensional (3-D) multi-user virtual worlds for Primary, Secondary and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Computer Simulation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Graham, Steve; Santangelo, Tanya – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
Despite the importance of spelling for both writing and reading, there is considerable disagreement regarding how spelling skills are best acquired. During this and virtually all of the last century, some scholars have argued that spelling should not be directly or formally taught as such instruction is not effective or efficient. We conducted a…
Descriptors: Spelling, Skill Development, Meta Analysis, Quasiexperimental Design
Anderson, John R. – 1985
According to the ACT theory of skill acquisition, cognitive skills are encoded by a set of productions, which are organized according to a hierarchical goal structure. People solve problems in new domains by applying weak problem-solving procedures to declarative knowledge they have about this domain. From these initial problem solutions,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Experiments, Elementary Secondary Education