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In Search of a Measure to Address Different Sources of Cognitive Load in Computer-Based Learning Environments
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Dönmez, Onur; Akbulut, Yavuz; Telli, Esra; Kaptan, Miray; Özdemir, Ibrahim H.; Erdem, Mukaddes – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
In the current study, we aimed to develop a reliable and valid scale to address individual cognitive load types. Existing scale development studies involved limited number of items without adequate convergent, discriminant and criterion validity checks. Through a multistep correlational study, we proposed a three-factor scale with 13 items to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Content Validity, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
The Lecture Note-Taking Skills of Adolescents with and without Learning Disabilities
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Oefinger, Lisa M.; Peverly, Stephen T. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
The note- and test-taking skills of typically functioning undergraduates are significantly and positively related to handwriting speed, listening comprehension, background knowledge and sustained attention. This study attempted to replicate these findings with two groups of high school students--those with and without the diagnosis of a learning…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Step by Step Learning Using the I Diagram in the Systematic Qualitative Analyses of Cations within a Guided Inquiry Learning Approach
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Akkuzu, Nalan; Uyulgan, Melis Arzu – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
The current study examines the performance and achievement of students in the Systematic Qualitative Analyses of Cations (SQACs). We sought answers to questions such as, "What are the students' levels of performance?" and "What is the relation between the average scores for performance and achievement?." This was done by using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Science Achievement, Inquiry
Effects of Cueing by a Pedagogical Agent in an Instructional Animation: A Cognitive Load Approach
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Yung, Hsin I.; Paas, Fred – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This study investigated the effects of a pedagogical agent that cued relevant information in a story-based instructional animation on the cardiovascular system. Based on cognitive load theory, it was expected that the experimental condition with the pedagogical agent would facilitate students to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant…
Descriptors: Animation, Cues, Instructional Innovation, Information Literacy
Comparing Two Types of Text-Tracking Design for Young Learners' E-Books
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Wang, Pei-Yu – Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
This study examined the impact of e-book text-tracking design on 4th graders' (10-year-old children's) learning of Chinese characters. The e-books used in this study were created with Adobe Flash CS 5.5 and Action Script 3.0. This study was guided by two main questions: (1) Is there any difference in learning achievement (Chinese character…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Books, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Achievement as a Function of Abstractness and Cognitive Level.
Tanner, David E. – 1986
A multiple choice achievement test was constructed in which both cognitive level and degree of abstractness were controlled. Subjects were 75 students from a major university in the Southwest. A group of 13 judges, also university students, classified the concepts for degree of abstractness. Results indicated that both cognitive level and degree…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes