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Effects of primer podcasts on stimulating learning from lectures: How do students engage?
Anguelina Popova; Paul A. Kirschner; Richard Joiner
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 45, No. 2 (Mar 10, 2014) pp. 330–339
A number of factors can influence learning from lectures such as students' prior knowledge, their motivation, the instructional design, the lecturer and so forth. Instructional aid techniques such as preparing class notes, giving quizzes (either...
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Avoiding split attention in computer-based testing: Is neglecting additional information facilitative?
Halszka Jarodzka; Noortje Janssen; Paul A. Kirschner; Gijsbert Erkens
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 46, No. 4 (Jul 01, 2015) pp. 803–817
This study investigated whether design guidelines for computer-based learning can be applied to computer-based testing (CBT). Twenty-two students completed a CBT exam with half of the questions presented in a split-screen format that was analogous...
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The Management of Cognitive Load During Complex Cognitive Skill Acquisition by Means of Computer-Simulated Problem Solving
Liesbeth Kester; Paul A. Kirschner; Jeroen J.G. van Merrienboer
British Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 75, No. 1 (March 2005) pp. 71–85
This study compared the effects of two information presentation formats on learning to solve problems in electrical circuits. In one condition, the split-source format, information relating to procedural aspects of the functioning of an electrical...
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The Adult Learning Open University Determinants (ALOUD) study: Biological and psychological factors associated with learning performance in adult distance education
Joyce Neroni; Hieronymus J.M. Gijselaers; Paul A. Kirschner; Renate H.M. Groot de
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 46, No. 5 (Sep 01, 2015) pp. 953–960
Learning is crucial for everyone. The association between biological (eg, sleep, nutrition) and psychological factors (eg, test anxiety, goal orientation) and learning performance has been well established for children, adolescents and college...
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Cohort profile of the GOALS study: A large-scale research of physical activity in Dutch students
Renate H.M. Groot de; Martin L. Dijk van; Paul A. Kirschner
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 46, No. 5 (Sep 01, 2015) pp. 947–952
The GOALS study (Grootschalig Onderzoek naar Activiteiten van Limburgse Scholieren [Large-scale Research of Activities in Dutch Students]) was set up to investigate possible associations between different forms of physical activity and inactivity...
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Timing of Information Presentation in Learning Statistics
Liesbeth Kester; Paul A. Kirschner; Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 32, No. 3 (May 2004) pp. 233–252
This study in the domain of statistics compares four information presentation formats in a 2 x 2 factorial design: timing of supportive information (before or during task practice) ? timing of procedural information (before or during task practice). ...
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Effects of Representational Guidance during Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Jeroen Janssen; Gijsbert Erkens; Paul A. Kirschner; Gellof Kanselaar
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 38, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 59–88
This research investigates the role of representational guidance by comparing the effects of two different representational tools. We used a design with two different groups defined by the type of argumentative diagram students co-constructed while...
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Three Worlds of Instructional Design: State of the Art and Future Directions
Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer; Paul A. Kirschner
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 29, No. 4 (2001) pp. 429–41
Explains three worlds of instructional design: the world of knowledge, including knowledge structures and instructional strategies; the world of learning, including learning processes; and the world of work, focusing on real life task performance....
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ICT-Support for Grounding in the Classroom
Pieter J. Beers; Paul A. Kirschner; Henny P. A. Boshuizen; Wim H. Gijselaers
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 35, No. 6 (November 2007) pp. 535–556
More and more educators and researchers use ICT-tools to support collaborative learning. Research has shown that, for collaborative learning to be more effective than individual learning, individual learners have to achieve a sufficiently common...
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Answering Questions after Initial Study Guides Attention during Restudy
Kim J. Dirkx; Gun-Brit Thoma; Liesbeth Kester; Paul A. Kirschner
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 43, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 59–71
Though the testing-effect can be boosted by including a restudy phase after answering test questions, we do not know precisely why it does so. One possible explanation is being tested here. The present study measured attention allocation during...
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Team Effectiveness and Team Development in CSCL
Jos Fransen; Armin Weinberger; Paul A. Kirschner
Educational Psychologist Vol. 48, No. 1 (2013) pp. 9–24
There is a wealth of research on computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) that is neglected in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) research. CSCW research is concerned with contextual factors, however, that may strongly influence...
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Social Aspects of CSCL Environments: A Research Framework
Karel Kreijns; Paul A. Kirschner; Marjan Vermeulen
Educational Psychologist Vol. 48, No. 4 (2013) pp. 229–242
Although there are research findings supporting the positive effects of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL), problems have been reported regarding the learning process itself, group formation, and group dynamics. These problems can be...
Topics: Interaction
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Self-Evaluation of Assessment Programs: A Cross-Case Analysis
Liesbeth K. J. Baartman; Frans J. Prins; Paul A. Kirschner; Cees P. M. van der Vleuten
Evaluation and Program Planning Vol. 34, No. 3 (August 2011) pp. 206–216
The goal of this article is to contribute to the validation of a self-evaluation method, which can be used by schools to evaluate the quality of their Competence Assessment Program (CAP). The outcomes of the self-evaluations of two schools are...
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New Learning Design in Distance Education: The Impact on Student Perception and Motivation
Rob Martens; Theo Bastiaens; Paul A. Kirschner
Distance Education Vol. 28, No. 1 (May 2007) pp. 81–93
Many forms of e-learning (such as online courses with authentic tasks and computer-supported collaborative learning) have become important in distance education. Very often, such e-learning courses or tasks are set up following constructivist design ...
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Effects of Feedback on Collaborative Writing in an Online Learning Environment
Teresa Guasch; Anna Espasa; Ibis M. Alvarez; Paul A. Kirschner
Distance Education Vol. 34, No. 3 (2013) pp. 324–338
The need for supporting student writing has received much attention in writing research. One specific type of support is feedback--including peer feedback--on the writing process. Despite the wealth of literature on both feedback and academic...
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Formative Peer Assessment in a CSCL Environment: A Case Study
Frans J. Prins; Dominique M. A. Sluijsmans; Paul A. Kirschner; Jan-Willem Strijbos
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Vol. 30, No. 4 (August 2005) pp. 417–444
In this case study our aim was to gain more insight in the possibilities of qualitative formative peer assessment in a computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. An approach was chosen in which peer assessment was operationalized...
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Changing learning behaviour: Self-efficacy and goal orientation in PBL groups in higher education
Gerry Geitz; Desirée Joosten-ten Brinke; Paul A. Kirschner
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 75, No. 1 (2016) pp. 146–158
Self-efficacy and goal orientation are important variables which affect student learning behaviour. To investigate the relationship between these variables and their effect on learning behaviour over time, a pretest–posttest non-equivalent group...
Language: English
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Socio-emotional conflict in collaborative learning—A process-oriented case study in a higher education context
Piia Näykki; Sanna Järvelä; Paul A. Kirschner; Hanna Järvenoja
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 68, No. 1 (2014) pp. 1–14
This case study explores cognitive, motivational and socio-emotional challenges experienced in collaborative learning, how conflict emerges and what students’ emotional reactions and interpretations are. Collaborative work of 22 higher education...
Language: English
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Stop propagating the learning styles myth
Paul A. Kirschner
Computers & Education Vol. 106, No. 1 (March 2017) pp. 166–171
We all differ from each other in a multitude of ways, and as such we also prefer many different things whether it is music, food or learning. Because of this, many students, parents, teachers, administrators and even researchers feel that it is...
Language: English
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Effects of attitudes and behaviours on learning mathematics with computer tools
Helen C. Reed; Paul Drijvers; Paul A. Kirschner
Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 1 (August 2010) pp. 1–15
This mixed-methods study investigates the effects of student attitudes and behaviours on the outcomes of learning mathematics with computer tools. A computer tool was used to help students develop the mathematical concept of function. In the whole...
Language: English
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Measuring perceived sociability of computer-supported collaborative learning environments
Karel Kreijns; Paul A. Kirschner; Wim Jochems; Hans van Buuren
Computers & Education Vol. 49, No. 2 (September 2007) pp. 176–192
Most asynchronous computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments can be characterized as functional environments because they focus on functional, task-specific support, often disregarding explicit support for the social (emotional)...
Language: English
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The effects of inspecting and constructing part-task-specific visualizations on team and individual learning
Bert Slof; Gijsbert Erkens; Paul A. Kirschner; Michelle Helms-Lorenz
Computers & Education Vol. 60, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 221–233
This study examined whether inspecting and constructing different part-task-specific visualizations differentially affects learning. To this end, a complex business-economics problem was structured into three phase-related part-tasks: (1)...
Language: English
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Data mining in educational technology classroom research: Can it make a contribution?
Charoula Angeli; Sarah K. Howard; Jun Ma; Jie Yang; Paul A. Kirschner
Computers & Education Vol. 113, No. 1 (October 2017) pp. 226–242
The paper addresses and explains some of the key questions about the use of data mining in educational technology classroom research. Two examples of use of data mining techniques, namely, association rules mining and fuzzy representations are...
Language: English
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Electronic outlining as a writing strategy: Effects on students' writing products, mental effort and writing process
Milou J.R. de Smet; Saskia Brand-Gruwel; Mariëlle Leijten; Paul A. Kirschner
Computers & Education Vol. 78, No. 1 (September 2014) pp. 352–366
This study addresses to what extent and how electronic outlining enhances students' writing performance. To this end, the focus of this study is not only on students' final writing products but also on the organisation of the writing process (i.e.,...
Language: English
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The myths of the digital native and the multitasker
Paul A. Kirschner; Pedro De Bruyckere
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 67, No. 1 (October 2017) pp. 135–142
Current discussions about educational policy and practice are often embedded in a mind-set that considers students who were born in an age of omnipresent digital media to be fundamentally different from previous generations of students. These...
Language: English
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The coverage of distributed practice and retrieval practice in Flemish and Dutch teacher education textbooks
Tim Surma; Kristel Vanhoyweghen; Gino Camp; Paul A. Kirschner
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 74, No. 1 (August 2018) pp. 229–237
To determine if and how teachers are being educated about effective learning strategies we analysed the topical coverage of two highly effective strategies, distributed practice and retrieval practice, in introductory teacher education textbooks and ...
Language: English
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Teachers’ opinions on quality criteria for Competency Assessment Programs
Liesbeth K.J. Baartman; Theo J. Bastiaens; Paul A. Kirschner; Cees P.M. Van der Vleuten
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 23, No. 6 (August 2007) pp. 857–867
Quality control policies towards Dutch vocational schools have changed dramatically because the government questioned examination quality. Schools must now demonstrate assessment quality to a new Examination Quality Center. Since teachers often...
Language: English
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Cognitive Tools and Mindtools for Collaborative Learning
Paul A. Kirschner; Gijsbert Erkens
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 35, No. 2 (2006) pp. 199–209
When a computer-based tool or application is used to carry out a specific task in a learning situation--that is, it is used for learning--more effectively or efficiently one speaks of learning "with" the tool or application. When, possibly, that...
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Audiotape Feedback for Essays in Distance Education
Paul A. Kirschner
Innovative Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (1991) pp. 185–95
Twelve students writing essays for a photochemistry course at the Open University of the Netherlands received either audiocasette or written feedback. Time spent in recording versus writing feedback differed minimally. Recorded feedback was...
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Using integrated electronic environments for collaborative teaching/learning
Paul A Kirschner
Learning and Instruction Vol. 10, No. 1 pp. 1–9
Comparative international reports and evaluation reports or audits on the quality of university studies reflect a concern about the quality of graduates in their plea for more skills-oriented education, more real-life orientation of study, more...
Language: English
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Differential effects of problem-solving demands on individual and collaborative learning outcomes
Femke Kirschner; Fred Paas; Paul A. Kirschner; Jeroen Janssen
Learning and Instruction Vol. 21, No. 4 (August 2011) pp. 587–599
The effectiveness and efficiency of individual versus collaborative learning was investigated as a function of instructional format among 140 high school students in the domain of biology. The instructional format either emphasized worked examples,...
Language: English
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Process support in learning tasks for acquiring complex cognitive skills in the domain of law
Rob J. Nadolski; Paul A. Kirschner; Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer
Learning and Instruction Vol. 16, No. 3 (June 2006) pp. 266–278
Whole tasks for acquiring complex skills are often too difficult for novices. To solve this problem,
Language: English
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The effect of practical experience on perceptions of assessment authenticity, study approach, and learning outcomes
Judith T.M. Gulikers; Liesbeth Kester; Paul A. Kirschner; Theo J. Bastiaens
Learning and Instruction Vol. 18, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 172–186
Does authentic assessment or the perception of it affect how students study and learn? Does practical experience affect how assessment authenticity is perceived? And does practical experience influence how an authentic assessment affects student...
Language: English
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The analysis of negotiation of common ground in CSCL
Pieter J. Beers; Henny P.A. Boshuizen; Paul A. Kirschner; Wim H. Gijselaers
Learning and Instruction Vol. 17, No. 4 (August 2007) pp. 427–435
CSCL research has given rise to a plethora of analysis methods, all with specific analysis goals, units of analysis, and for specific types of data (chat, threaded discussions, etc.). This article describes some challenges of CSCL-analysis. The...
Language: English
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Identification of effective visual problem solving strategies in a complex visual domain
Ludo W. van Meeuwen; Halszka Jarodzka; Saskia Brand-Gruwel; Paul A. Kirschner; Jeano J.P.R. de Bock; Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer
Learning and Instruction Vol. 32, No. 1 (August 2014) pp. 10–21
Students in complex visual domains must acquire visual problem solving strategies that allow them to make fast decisions and come up with good solutions to real-time problems. In this study, 31 air traffic controllers at different levels of...
Language: English
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Information and Communication Technology for Teacher Training: Pedagogic Benchmarks for Teacher Education
Paul A. Kirschner
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1940–1945
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) offer the potential to meet the learning needs of individual students; to promote equality of opportunity; to offer high quality learning materials; and to increase self-efficacy and independence of...
Topics: Educational Technology, Communication, Professional Development, Networking Technologies, Information Communication Technologies
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The Sociability of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments
Karel Kreijins; Paul A. Kirschner; Wim Jochems
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 5, No. 1 (2002) pp. 8–22
Discusses computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments in asynchronous distributed learning groups and proposes an intelligent CSCL environment based upon a theoretical framework that suggests embedding certain properties in the...
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Promoting Argumentation Competence: Extending from First- to Second-Order Scaffolding through Adaptive Fading
Omid Noroozi; Paul A. Kirschner; Harm J. A. Biemans; Martin Mulder
Educational Psychology Review Vol. 30, No. 1 (2018) pp. 153–176
Argumentation is fundamental for many learning assignments, ranging from primary school to university and beyond. Computer-supported argument scaffolds can facilitate argumentative discourse along with concomitant interactive discussions among...
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Adopting the Integrative Model of Behaviour Prediction to Explain Teachers' Willingness to Use ICT: A Perspective for Research on Teachers' ICT Usage in Pedagogical Practices
Karel Kreijns; Marjan Vermeulen; Paul A. Kirschner; Hans van Buuren; Frederik Van Acker
Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 22, No. 1 (2013) pp. 55–71
Information and communication technology (ICT) can enable, support, and reinforce the introduction of new pedagogical practices that comply with the educational demands of the twenty-first-century knowledge society. However, despite this potential...
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Motivated strategies for learning questionnaire part B revisited: New subscales for an adult distance education setting
Celeste Meijs; Joyce Neroni; Hieronymus J.M. Gijselaers; Ruslan Leontjevas; Paul A. Kirschner; Renate H.M. de Groot
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 40, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 1–11
In the current study, the underlying factor structure of the learning strategies part of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), originally designed for traditional college students, was explored and a best-fit-solution for...
Language: English
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The use of web-based collaborative concept mapping to support group learning and interaction in an online environment
Minhong Wang; Bo Cheng; Juanjuan Chen; Neil Mercer; Paul A. Kirschner
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 34, No. 1 (July 2017) pp. 28–40
Concept mapping has been employed as a promising tool to facilitate group learning and interaction mainly in the classroom. Computer- and web-based applications provide plenty of opportunities to extend concept mapping mediated group learning to...
Language: English
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Enhancing Socially Shared Regulation in Collaborative Learning Groups: Designing for CSCL Regulation Tools
Sanna Järvelä; Paul A. Kirschner; Ernesto Panadero; Jonna Malmberg; Chris Phielix; Jos Jaspers; Marika Koivuniemi; Hanna Järvenoja
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 63, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 125–142
For effective computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL), socially shared regulation of learning (SSRL) is necessary. To this end, this article extends the idea first posited by Järvelä and Hadwin ("Educ Psychol" 48(1):25-39, 2013)...
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Fostering Self-Regulation in Training Complex Cognitive Tasks
Ludo W. van Meeuwen; Saskia Brand-Gruwel; Paul A. Kirschner; Jeano J. P. R. de Bock; Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 1 (2018) pp. 53–73
In complex cognitive domains such as air traffic control, professionals must be able to adapt to and act upon continuing changes in a highly advanced technological work environment. To function optimally in such an environment, the controllers must...
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A Five-Dimensional Framework for Authentic Assessment
Judith T. M. Gulikers; Theo J. Bastiaens; Paul A. Kirschner
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 3 (2003) pp. 67–86
Authenticity is an important element of new modes of assessment. The problem is that what authentic assessment really is, is unspecified. In this article, we first review the literature on authenticity of assessments, along with a five-dimensional...
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Cognitive Load Measurements and Stimulated Recall Interviews for Studying the Effects of Information and Communications Technology
Pieter J. Beers; Henny P. A. Boshuizen; Paul A. Kirschner; Wim Gijselaers; Jochem Westendorp
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 56, No. 3 (June 2008) pp. 309–328
Many researchers use information and communications technology (ICT)-tools to augment learning in a great variety of tasks. Their effects are generally measured in terms of intended outcomes. This article argues for the use of additional, more...
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A Model for Optimizing Step Size of Learning Tasks in Competency-based Multimedia Practicals
Rob J. Nadolski; Paul A. Kirschner; Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer; Hans G. K. Hummel
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 49, No. 3 (2001) pp. 87–103
Presents a two-phase instructional design model that focuses on optimizing step size in whole-task approaches to learning complex, mainly non-recurrent, cognitive skills. Step size in a multiple-step whole-task approach-needed for the process...
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Effects of Fading Support on Hypertext Navigation and Performance in Student-Centered E-Learning Environments
Liesbeth Kester; Paul A. Kirschner
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 17, No. 2 (June 2009) pp. 165–179
Whether fading support for problems affects accuracy of hypertext navigation and problem performance is investigated in this study. In a student-centered e-learning environment conceptual support is added to help domain novices get an overview of...
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Shared Epistemic Agency: An Empirical Study of an Emergent Construct
Crina I. Damsa; Paul A. Kirschner; Jerry E. B. Andriessen; Gijsbert Erkens; Patrick H. M. Sins
Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 19, No. 2 (2010) pp. 143–186
This article reports on a qualitative study of the construct of shared epistemic agency, investigated in the context of collaborative instructional design activities of university students. The aim of the study is to shed light on the notion of...
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Socially Shared Regulation of Learning in CSCL: Understanding and Prompting Individual- and Group-Level Shared Regulatory Activities
Sanna Järvelä; Paul A. Kirschner; Allyson Hadwin; Hanna Järvenoja; Jonna Malmberg; Mariel Miller; Jari Laru
International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 11, No. 3 (2016) pp. 263–280
The field of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is progressing instrumentally and theoretically. Nevertheless, few studies examine the effectiveness and efficiency of CSCL with respect to cognitive, motivational, emotional, and social...
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Towards Optimal Education Including Self-Regulated Learning in Technology-Enhanced Preschools and Primary Schools
Ton Mooij; Elma M. Dijkstra; Amber Walraven; Paul A. Kirschner
European Educational Research Journal Vol. 13, No. 5 (2014) pp. 529–552
At the start of preschool, four-year-old pupils differ in their development, including in their capacity to self-regulate their playing and learning. In preschool and primary school, educational processes are generally adapted to the mean age of the ...