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Cheng, Chao-Yang; Chen, Jim-Ming; Chen, Sherry Y. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Online tests offer many advantages but they still belong to assessment, which may make learners have anxiety. Thus, students may experience certain emotion. Academic emotion is a branch of emotion and has great effects on student learning. Such effects can be associated with individual differences, especially prior knowledge. To this end, this…
Descriptors: College Students, Prior Learning, Academic Achievement, Emotional Response
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Wang, Jingyun; Shimada, Atsushi; Oi, Misato; Ogata, Hiroaki; Tabata, Yoshiyuki – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This study presents an ontology-based visualization support system for e-book learners which promotes both meaningful receptive learning and meaningful discovery learning. To examine the system effectiveness, two learning modes are used: (a) reception comparison mode, where at the outset learners are shown complete versions of expert-generated…
Descriptors: Visualization, Electronic Publishing, Books, Electronic Learning
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Zhang, Lishan; Pan, Mengqi; Yu, Shengquan; Chen, Ling; Zhang, Jing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
This paper introduces a system that supports student-centered online one-to-one tutoring and evaluates the practical value of the system by running an experiment with 64 experienced mathematics teachers and 810 students in Grade 7. The experiment lasted for 50 days. A comprehensive evaluation was performed using students' academic performance…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Grade 7, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
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Wei, Chun-Wang; Lin, Yi-Chun; Lin, Yen-Ting – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Clinical resources in nursing schools are always insufficient for satisfying the practice requirements of each student at the same time during a formal course session. Although several studies have applied information and communication technology to develop computer-based learning tools for addressing this problem, most of these developments lack…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Clinical Experience, Web Based Instruction, Nursing Students
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Chuang, Chien-Pen; Jou, Min; Lin, Yen-Ting; Lu, Cheng-Tien – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
Electronic engineering industries require technical specialists to operate precision electronic instruments. However, limitations in course designs and equipment availability mean that only a few students are able to use the equipment in practical lessons within a limited timeframe. Also, instruction of techniques and skills are still mostly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Technical Education, Context Effect
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Asoodar, Maryam; Marandi, Seyyedeh Susan; Vaezi, Shahin; Desmet, Piet – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
In this study we explored the effect of podcasting on the motivation of the students in an online English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at the university level (N = 179). By using a mixed-method approach, we analyzed the data collected on the learners' impressions about using podcasts as a learning tool. The particular aim of this study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Academic Purposes, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
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Liu, Han-Chin; Chuang, Hsueh-Hua – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
This study investigated how the format of verbal instructions in computer simulations and prior knowledge (PK) affected 8th graders' cognitive load (CL) level and achievement in a multimedia learning environment. Although PK was not found to significantly affect student performance and CL level, instruction format was found to impact both.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Prior Learning, Grade 8