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Does Teaching Sequence Matter When Teaching High School Chemistry with Scientific Visualisations?
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Fogarty, Ian; Geelan, David; Mukherjee, Michelle – Teaching Science, 2012
Five Canadian high school Chemistry classes in one school, taught by three different teachers, studied the concepts of dynamic chemical equilibria and Le Chatelier's Principle. Some students received traditional teacher-led explanations of the concept first and used an interactive scientific visualisation second, while others worked with the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, High Schools
Teaching Learning Disabled Students Place Value Using the Concrete to Abstract Sequence.
Peterson, Susan K.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research, 1988
The study compared two methods of teaching an initial place value skill: a concrete, semiconcrete, abstract teaching sequence and an abstract-only presentation. Learning-disabled elementary and middle school students (N=24) using the concrete to abstract teaching sequence performed significantly better on three posttests than students taught the…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
Collaboration Scripts--A Conceptual Analysis
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Kollar, Ingo; Fischer, Frank; Hesse, Friedrich W. – Educational Psychology Review, 2006
This article presents a conceptual analysis of collaboration scripts used in face-to-face and computer-mediated collaborative learning. Collaboration scripts are scaffolds that aim to improve collaboration through structuring the interactive processes between two or more learning partners. Collaboration scripts consist of at least five components:…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Learning Activities