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Whyte, Shona; Edmonds, Amanda; Palasis, Katerina; Gerbier, Emilie – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Language researchers and teachers have long been interested in the timing of learning, and the distributed practice effect, whereby greater inter-session intervals result in longer retention, is well-known (Kim & Webb, 2022). Many L2 studies have focused on the intentional learning of lexis (Edmonds, Gerbier, Palasis, & Whyte, 2021),…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Pareja-Lora, Antonio; Rodríguez-Arancón, Pilar; Calle-Martínez, Cristina – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Currently, there is an international change in education that includes the development of new learning programmes and policies, such as (a) bilingual education programmes, (b) the Bologna process, with an emphasis on a more autonomous way of learning, or (c) the systematic evaluation and assessment of students and educational results. These…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Gholson, Barry; Craig, Scotty D. – Educational Psychology Review, 2006
This article explores several ways computer-based instruction can be designed to support constructive activities and promote deep-level comprehension during vicarious learning. Vicarious learning, discussed in the first section, refers to knowledge acquisition under conditions in which the learner is not the addressee and does not physically…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Design, Learning Processes
Derry, Sharon J. – 1984
Attempts to train learning strategies have not produced marked or lasting increases in academic IQ, probably because current training models fail to recognize the evolutionary nature of strategies acquisition. Empirical and theoretical evidence supports an incidental learning model, which engineers the instructional environment following study…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Requirements
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Stephenson, Peter – Improving Schools, 2004
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has made no secret of its desire for teachers to introduce more creativity into UK classrooms. Imaginatively minded teachers have found a number of ways to introduce creativity into the classroom. Dance, music, problem solving and role-play exercises are all well trodden routes, but it was the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Pilot Projects, Computer Assisted Instruction, Incidental Learning
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White, Frank – Library Software Review, 1994
Discussion of expert systems and how they can be used focuses on recent research and empirically validated interface features. Highlights include immediate feedback; text brevity; graphics; explanations and human information processing abilities; novice user learning styles; multioption displays; users' mental models; incidental learning; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics