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Jurkowski, Susanne; Hänze, Martin – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Background: Transactive communication means referring to and building on a learning partner's idea, by, for example, extending the partner's idea or interlinking the partner's idea with an idea of one's own. This transforms the partner's idea into a more elaborate one. Previous research found a positive relationship between students' transactive…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Communication (Thought Transfer), Interpersonal Communication, Educational Benefits
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Hafidi, Mohamed; Bensebaa, Taher – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2015
The majority of adaptive and intelligent tutoring systems (AITS) are dedicated to a specific domain, allowing them to offer accurate models of the domain and the learner. The analysis produced from traces left by the users is didactically very precise and specific to the domain in question. It allows one to guide the learner in case of difficulty…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Universities
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Sayeski, Kristin L.; Hamilton-Jones, Bethany; Oh, Susan – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The vast majority of special education teacher preparation programs in the United States incorporate the IRIS Center's "STAR Legacy" modules into their coursework. Given the diversity of module content and ways in which the modules are employed, the purpose of this study was to explore the potential mediating effects of instructional…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Special Education, Learning Modules, Outcomes of Education