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Ifenthaler, Dirk; Seel, Norbert M. – Computers & Education, 2013
In this paper, there will be a particular focus on mental models and their application to inductive reasoning within the realm of instruction. A basic assumption of this study is the observation that the construction of mental models and related reasoning is a slowly developing capability of cognitive systems that emerges effectively with proper…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Models
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Lee, Chwee Beng – Computers & Education, 2013
The use of computers for learning is often a complex issue which involves cognitive and metacognitive concerns. This gives rise to our interest in examining the intention to use technology with relation to regulation of cognition. The use of technology for learning would necessarily require learners to exercise a certain level of regulation over…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Age Differences, College Students, Gender Differences
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Korallo, Liliya; Foreman, Nigel; Boyd-Davis, Stephen; Moar, Magnus; Coulson, Mark – Computers & Education, 2012
Single linear virtual timelines have been used effectively with undergraduates and primary school children to convey the chronological ordering of historical items, improving on PowerPoint and paper/textual displays. In the present study, a virtual environment (VE) consisting of three parallel related timelines (world history and the histories of…
Descriptors: World History, Memory, Serial Ordering, History
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Cress, Ulrike; Held, Christoph; Kimmerle, Joachim – Computers & Education, 2013
Tag clouds generated in social tagging systems can capture the collective knowledge of communities. Using as a basis spreading activation theories, information foraging theory, and the co-evolution model of cognitive and social systems, we present here a model for an "extended information scent," which proposes that both collective and individual…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Search Strategies, Hypermedia, Social Networks
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Krauskopf, Karsten; Zahn, Carmen; Hesse, Friedrich W. – Computers & Education, 2012
Web-based digital video tools enable learners to access video sources in constructive ways. To leverage these affordances teachers need to integrate their knowledge of a technology with their professional knowledge about teaching. We suggest that this is a cognitive process, which is strongly connected to a teacher's mental model of the tool's…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Cognitive Processes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Electronic Publishing
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Kuo, Fan-Ray; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Lee, Chun-Chia – Computers & Education, 2012
Fostering problem-solving abilities has long been recognized as an important issue in education; however, past studies have shown that it is difficult and challenging to find effective learning strategies or tools for improving students' problem-solving abilities. To cope with this problem, in this study, a hybrid approach that integrates the…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Experimental Groups, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving