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Wang, Zhe; Adesope, Olusola – International Journal of Instruction, 2016
Previous work on seductive details has demonstrated that interesting but irrelevant messages hinder students' text learning. Considering that there is little evidence suggesting the relationship between seductive details and prior knowledge, the present study examined how seductive details affect learning in terms of prior knowledge to address the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Middle School Students, Knowledge Level, Recall (Psychology)
Bires, Nancy K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There have been a limited number of studies on the short-term influence of environmental and earth education programs, however, not much information is available about the long-term influence of these programs on participants' environmental attitudes and actions. This mixed methods study explores the long-term influence of the earth education…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Environmental Education, Science Education, Mixed Methods Research