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van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G.; Salden, Ron; Corbalan, Gemma; de Croock, Marcel; Kester, Liesbeth; Paas, Fred – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Several empirical studies are discussed which indicate that adapting the level of support, the difficulty of the learning task, or support as well as difficulty has beneficial effects on learning and transfer test performance. Three conclusions can be drawn from the presented studies. First, both the level of available support and the difficulty…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Integrated Curriculum, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Instructional Design
Knowlton, Dave S. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Designers who are charged with creating online environments that support students' problem-solving efforts and instructors who are searching for instructional strategies to support students' asynchronous problem-solving efforts will find this paper useful. The paper describes a systematic approach for using computer-mediated bulletin boards to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Problem Solving
Simonson, Michael R., Ed.; Zvacek, Susan M., Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1987
Current issues in educational communications and technology are addressed in this collection of 51 papers, which are mainly research reports. The first five papers were prepared for a symposium on the status of research in instructional technology, an introduction and four discussions of divergent points of view in the current controversy over the…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction

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