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Ghadirian, Hajar; Salehi, Keyvan; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2018
Peer moderation has been used as a beneficial strategy in asynchronous online discussions to assist student learning performance. However, most studies in peer-moderated asynchronous online discussions (PMAOD) have focused only on learning effectiveness and perceptions of students rather than on students' knowledge dimensions and cognitive…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Cognitive Processes, Behavior Patterns, Computer Mediated Communication
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Gürel, Cem; Süzük, Erol – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study investigates the quality of argumentation developed by a group of pre-service physics teachers' (PSPT) as an indicator of subject matter knowledge on model rocketry physics. The structure of arguments and scientific credibility model was used as a design framework in the study. The inquiry of model rocketry physics was employed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Space Sciences
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Knight, Simon; Mercer, Neil – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
The authors discuss the relationship between information seeking and epistemic beliefs--beliefs about the source, structure, complexity and stability of knowledge--in the context of collaborative information-seeking discourses. They further suggest that both information seeking, and epistemic cognition research agendas, have suffered from a lack…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Epistemology, Beliefs, Cooperative Learning
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Galperin, D.; Raviolo, A. – Science Education International, 2015
This work analysed the evolution of day/night cycle conceptions held by students of different ages and teachers in the Patagonian region of Argentina. The research was based on drawings, written explanations and semi-structured individual interviews. The results showed that both teachers and students had significant comprehension problems. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Freehand Drawing, Semi Structured Interviews
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Setiasih, Lilies – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2014
This paper reports on a case study of the role of out-of-school English literacy activities in promoting students' English literacy at an elementary school in Bandung. The study is an attempt to respond to controversy among decision makers about the idea of offering English at elementary schools and the reality that at the school where the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), After School Education, Learning Activities, Language of Instruction
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Dalma, A.; Veloudaki, A.; Petralias, A.; Mitraka, K.; Zota, D.; Kastorini, C.-M.; Yannakoulia, M.; Linos, A. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2015
Introduction: Aiming at reducing the rates of food insecurity and promoting healthy diet for children and adolescents, we designed and implemented the Program on Food Aid and Promotion of Healthy Nutrition-DIATROFI, a school-based intervention program including the daily provision of a free healthy mid-day meal in disadvantaged areas across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developed Nations, Intervention, Food