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Cheah, Chin Soon – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2020
This paper reviews the literature relating to the factors that contribute to the difficulties in learning of computer programming. Programming has been a difficult subject to learn and master even at the early stage of education. It has been a global problem and continues to worsen at the local level. Although, there are many education tools…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Programming, Computer Science Education, Educational Research
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Chernikova, Olga; Heitzmann, Nicole; Stadler, Matthias; Holzberger, Doris; Seidel, Tina; Fischer, Frank – Review of Educational Research, 2020
Simulation-based learning offers a wide range of opportunities to practice complex skills in higher education and to implement different types of scaffolding to facilitate effective learning. This meta-analysis includes 145 empirical studies and investigates the effectiveness of different scaffolding types and technology in simulation-based…
Descriptors: Simulation, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Wyse, Sara A.; Soneral, Paula A. G. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Despite its value in higher education, academic rigor is a challenging construct to define for instructor and students alike. How do students perceive academic rigor in their biology course work? Using qualitative surveys, we asked students to identify "easy" or "hard" courses and define which aspects of these learning…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes, Biology
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2014
Active service members and veterans are pursuing postsecondary degrees in record numbers today, due in large part to the GI Bill education benefits that can cover much or all of the cost. An important tool for helping service members and veterans succeed in postsecondary education is prior learning assessment (PLA). PLA is a process that includes…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Veterans, College Students, Prior Learning
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Stiller, Klaus D.; Petzold, Kirstin; Zinnbauer, Peter – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The superiority of learner-paced over system-paced instructions was demonstrated in multiple experiments. In these experiments, the system-paced presentations were highly speeded, causing cognitive overload, while the learner-paced instructions allowed adjustments of the presentational flow to the learner's needs by pacing facilities, mostly…
Descriptors: Pacing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Experiments
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Vandewaetere, Mieke; Clarebout, Geraldine – Computers & Education, 2011
This study examined the role of learners' perceptions in a learner-controlled computer-based learning environment. Computer-based learning environments that offer learner control (LC) to the learners are assumed to enhance motivation and learning outcomes. Recently, the focus of LC research has shifted from measuring the direct effect of LC on…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Self Efficacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning
Pastore, Raymond S. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of visual representations and time-compressed instruction on learning and learners' perceptions of cognitive load. Time-compressed instruction refers to instruction that has been increased in speed without sacrificing quality. It was anticipated that learners would be able to gain a conceptual…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Undergraduate Students, Prior Learning, Identification
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2014
For the thirty-seventh year, the Research and Theory Division and the Division of Instructional Design of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) sponsored the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. This year's Proceedings…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Visualization
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Grussing, Paul G.; Purohit, Anal A. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1982
Entry level and senior students given identical pharmacy law units were compared and effects of prior internship and externship experience assessed. Seniors' achievement gain was greater, but prior practical experience showed little effect on achievement. Retention was statistically significant for sophomores 9 to 12 months post-instruction, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
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Bott, Ross A. – 1979
An analysis and model of the cognitive processes underlying complex learning situations are presented. A theory is proposed that attempts to specify particular internal knowledge structures generated and modified during instruction, and to use them to explain specific difficulties that the learner experiences and also the overall progress being…
Descriptors: Analogy, Computer Science Education, Concept Formation, Difficulty Level
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Alderson, J. Charles; Urquhart, A. H. – Language Testing, 1985
Reviews earlier studies of the effect of student background knowledge on reading comprehension and then reports on a third investigation into the same effect. Concludes that the test results obtained in the study can be accounted for in terms of an interaction between background knowledge and linguistic proficiency. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Difficulty Level, Educational Background, English for Special Purposes
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Ozcelik, Erol; Yildirim, Soner – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
High demands on learners in Web-based learning environments and constraints of the human cognitive system cause disorientation and cognitive overload. These problems could be inhibited if appropriate cognitive tools are provided to support learners' cognitive processes. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing the use of…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning, Cognitive Processes
Fleming, Malcolm – 1984
In a framework of cognitive theory, an exploratory study examined eye movements of learners studying print materials combining text and illustrations. Eye movement patterns were used as indicators of the cognitive strategies employed. Both design and learner variables were emphasized. Twenty-four graduate education students were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Attention, Difficulty Level, Epistemology, Eye Movements
Miyake, Naomi; Norman, Donald A. – 1978
This study involved the manipulation of question-asking in a learning task. The hypothesis that learners should ask the most questions when their knowledge was well-matched to the level of presentation was tested, using two levels of background knowledge and two levels of difficulty of material to be learned. The more simple instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Classification, Computer Science Education, Difficulty Level
Peretz, Arna S.; Shoham, Miriam – 1990
A study investigated the hypothesis that topic familiarity and assessed difficulty of a second language text correlated positively with performance on reading comprehension tests in languages for special purposes (LSP). Subjects were 177 advanced students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at Ben Gurion University (Israel). Faculty from the…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)
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