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Guided Self-Management of Transient Information in Animations through Pacing and Sequencing Strategies
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Hatsidimitris, George; Kalyuga, Slava – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
Learning with instructional animations may overstretch limited working memory resources due to intense processing demands associated with transient information. The authors investigated whether explicit instructional advice coupled with a task-specific learner control mechanism (such as a timeline scrollbar) could facilitate the successful…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning, Learner Controlled Instruction
Theoretical Bases for the Use of Learner Control: Three Different Perspectives.
Milheim, William D.; Martin, Barbara L. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1991
Discusses and reviews learner control research and presents three theoretical bases to help provide a framework for past research as well as to assist in designing future studies: (1) motivation, (2) attribution, and (3) information processing. Three types of learner control are discussed in relation to the theoretical perspectives: pacing,…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learning Motivation
Acquisition de L2 et sequences d'apprentissage: degree de stabilite interactive (L2 Acquisition and Learning Sequences: Degree of Interactive Stability).
Faraco, Martine; Kida, Tsuyoshi – IRAL, 1999
Donsiders the role and nature of learning sequences occurring in the second-language classroom situation. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Interaction
On the Development of the Mental Number Line: More, Less, or Never Holistic with Increasing Age?
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Nuerk, Hans-Christoph; Kaufmann, Liane; Zoppoth, Sabine; Willmes, Klaus – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Magnitude is assumed to be represented along a holistic mental number line in adults. However, the authors recently observed a unit-decade compatibility effect for 2-digit numbers that is inconsistent with this "holisticness" assumption (H.-C. Nuerk, U. Weger, & K. Willmes, 2001). This study used the compatibility effect to examine whether the…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Computation, Models, Cognitive Processes
Some Learning and Instructional Theory Considerations for the Development of Computer Related Instructional Materials.
Smith, Peter E. – Educational Technology, 1989
Presents guidelines for developing computer-assisted instructional materials that are based on theoretical instructional theories, including behaviorism; neobehaviorism (imitation and modeling); information processing; cognitive psychology; and learning styles. Guidelines highlight feedback and reinforcement, practice opportunities, sequencing,…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction
Recall of the Pattern, Sequence, and Names of Concepts Presented in Instructional Diagrams.
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Winn, William – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Reports on students' study and drawing of five electronic circuit diagrams. Concludes that the success of the students depended upon the amount of detail in the instructional diagrams. (RT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Educational Research, Holistic Approach
Mathematical Word-Problem-Solving Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities and Students At Risk for Math Failure: A Research Synthesis.
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Jitendra, Asha; Xin, Yan Ping – Journal of Special Education, 1997
Summarizes 14 mathematics word-problem-solving intervention studies for elementary and secondary students with disabilities or who were at-risk for math failure. Interventions included representational techniques (diagramming), strategy-training procedures (cognitive and metacognitive), task variations (sequencing and word-problem context), and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Diagrams, Elementary Secondary Education
From the Impersonal to the Personal: A Cognitive Rationale for a Radical Freshman Writing Syllabus.
Saxton, Ruth O. – 1987
The implicit assumption behind personal writing assignments given at the beginning of a writing course is that personal essays eliminate the writing apprehension of having nothing to say. However, college freshmen find it very difficult to write about themselves and their own opinions because this writing involves abstract mental processes and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College English, Course Content, Expository Writing