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Direct linkShemwell, Jonathan T.; Chase, Catherine C.; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
Evaluating the relation between evidence and theory should be a central activity for science learners. Evaluation comprises both hypothetico-deductive analysis, where theory precedes evidence, and inductive synthesis, where theory emerges from evidence. There is mounting evidence that induction is an especially good way to help learners grasp the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Correlation, Science Instruction, College Students
Download full textShemwell, Jonathan T.; Chase, Catherine C.; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Evaluating the relation between evidence and theory should be a central activity for science learners. Evaluation comprises both hypothetico-deductive analysis, where theory precedes evidence, and inductive synthesis, where theory emerges from evidence. There is mounting evidence that induction is an especially good way to help learners grasp the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Correlation, Science Instruction, College Students
Chi, Michelene T. H.; Wylie, Ruth – Educational Psychologist, 2014
This article describes the ICAP framework that defines cognitive engagement activities on the basis of students' overt behaviors and proposes that engagement behaviors can be categorized and differentiated into one of four modes: "Interactive," "Constructive," "Active," and "Passive." The ICAP hypothesis…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Active Learning, Outcomes of Education, Learning Theories
Suthers, Daniel D.; Hundhausen, Christopher D.; Girardeau, Laura E. – Computers & Education, 2003
This paper reports an empirical study comparing the role of discourse and knowledge representations (graphical evidence mapping) in face-to-face versus synchronous online collaborative learning. Prior work in face-to-face collaborative learning situations has shown that the features of representational notations can influence the focus of…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Cooperative Learning, Knowledge Representation, Educational Environment
Polito, Tony; Kros, John; Watson, Kevin – Journal of Education for Business, 2004
In this study, the authors investigated the effect of Zarco, an operations management "mock factory" experiential learning activity, on student recollection of operations management concepts. Using a number of single-factor and multiple-factor analyses of variance, the authors compared the recollection of students treated with the Zarco activity…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
