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Tchoshanov, Mourat; Fierro, Kevin; Shakirova, Gulshat – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2022
Not-knowing is an underexplored concept defined as an individual's ability to be aware of what they do not know to plan and effectively face complex situations. This paper focuses on analyzing students' articulation of not-knowing while completing geometric reasoning tasks. Results of this study revealed that not-knowing is a more cognitively…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Level, Mathematical Logic
Na Tao; Ying Wang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Task design features have different effects on second language (L2) production and can be adopted for different pedagogical purposes. However, the synergistic effects of task features were left unexplored in the extant task-based literature. The present study investigated the synergistic effects of two task design features, namely, prior knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Connor Haindfield; William Cerbin; Douglas Baumann; Heather Schenck – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Two generative approaches to reaction mechanism instruction for novice students were compared to lecture instruction. In both approaches, students were coached to propose selected reaction mechanisms based on prior knowledge. New instructional methods were correlated with increased skill in representations of electron movements and other gains.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Prior Learning, Science Achievement
Miller, David Allan; Schraeder, Matthew – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2022
At a research university near the east coast, a college algebra class has been restructured into two large lectures a week, an active recitation size laboratory once a week, and an extra day devoted to active group work called Supplemental Practice (SP). SP was added as an extra day of class where the SP leader has students work in groups on a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Large Group Instruction
Mangaroska, Katerina; Sharma, Kshitij; Gaševic, Dragan; Giannakos, Michail – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Problem-solving is a multidimensional and dynamic process that requires and interlinks cognitive, metacognitive, and affective dimensions of learning. However, current approaches practiced in computing education research (CER) are not sufficient to capture information beyond the basic programming process data (i.e., IDE-log data).…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Psychological Patterns, Problem Solving, Programming
Yang, Hui-Yu – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2022
The present study was to explore whether dynamic visualizations enriched with visuospatial cues can optimize learners' cognitive processing of mechanical systems. The animated conditions and cueing patterns were the independent variables with an attempt to investigate their impacts on retention and transfer tests. Either dynamic or static…
Descriptors: Visualization, Visual Stimuli, Spatial Ability, Cues
Gupta, Udita; Zheng, Robert Z. – European Journal of STEM Education, 2020
Cognitive load can play a key role in learners' abilities to solve complex problems like mathematics. Many factors can affect the presence of cognitive load in learning including instructional strategy, task difficulty and prior knowledge. To understand the interaction of above factors and their influence on learner cognitive load and performance,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Student Motivation, College Students
Yau, Hon Keung; Chan, Chui Fan – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2023
Simulation software has been integrated into education delivery process in order to provide an effective learning environment for students such as FlexSim and Arena. This study investigated Hong Kong engineering students' help-seeking perception and attitudes towards learning simulation software at their university education institution. Students…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Students, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology
Angelica Ronconi; Lucia Mason; Lucia Manzione; Anne Schüler – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: During digital reading on internet-connected devices, students may be exposed to a variety of on-screen distractions. Learning by reading can therefore become a fragmented experience with potentially negative consequences for reading processes and outcomes. Objectives: This study investigated the effects of on-screen distractions, as…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Electronic Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Reading
Bichler, Sarah; Schwaighofer, Matthias; Stadler, Matthias; Bühner, Markus; Greiff, Samuel; Fischer, Frank – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
A previous study found that task shifting and fluid intelligence, but not working memory capacity (WMC) and prior knowledge, influenced the worked example effect (Schwaighofer, Bühner, & Fischer, 2016). To increase confidence in these findings, we report a preregistered extended replication study of Schwaighofer et al.'s investigation.…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Executive Function
Bolkan, San; Goodboy, Alan K. – Communication Education, 2020
This experiment examined learning differences between students who read instructional examples that varied in the order that information was presented. In an online lesson about advice giving, 275 students were randomly assigned to a learning condition where the order of instructional information moved either from (a) concrete examples to abstract…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Demonstrations (Educational), Sequential Approach
Pilotti, Maura A. E.; Aamir, Siddiqua; Al Ghazo, Runna; Al Kuhayli, Halah Abdulaziz – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2019
The main aim of the present investigation was to examine conditional reasoning skills in college students whose educational past had emphasized verbatim learning. A successive independent-samples design was utilized to explore the effects of instruction that explicitly targeted critical thinking principles in either freshman students or…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills, Prior Learning, Cognitive Processes
Yang, Hui-Yu – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2021
The present empirical study investigated whether progressive visuospatial cues presented in a self-regulatory mode could assist learners in comprehending the operation of a mechanical system. In the present study, the interactivity and cueing were the independent variables in terms of investigating their effectiveness on retention and transfer…
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Stimuli, Comprehension, Retention (Psychology)
Schneider, Sascha; Nebel, Steve; Beege, Maik; Rey, Günter Daniel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Many (digital) learning materials are often based on a combination of text and pictures, whereby pictures often only serve a decorative (learning-irrelevant) function. Such decorative pictures were proven as detrimental for learning success. In contrast, research on retrieval cues (also known as "memory cues") showed that a…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Pictorial Stimuli, Cues, Multimedia Materials
Lespiau, Florence; Tricot, André – Educational Psychology Review, 2019
According to Geary's evolutionary approach, humans are able to easily acquire primary knowledge and, with more efforts, secondary knowledge. The present study investigates how primary knowledge contents can facilitate the learning of formal logical rules, i.e., secondary knowledge. Framing formal logical problems in evolutionary salient contexts…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Learning Motivation, Abstract Reasoning, Logical Thinking