How to improve the peer review method: Free-selection vs assigned-pair protocol evaluated in a computer networking course

Pantelis M. Papadopoulos; Thomas D. Lagkas; Stavros N. Demetriadis

Computers & Education Vol. 59, No. 2 (September 2012) pp. 182–195

This study provides field research evidence on the efficiency of a “free-selection” peer review assignment protocol as compared to the typically implemented “assigned-pair” protocol. The study employed 54 sophomore students who were randomly...

Language: English

Prompting Students' Context-Generating Cognitive Activity in Ill-Structured Domains: Does the Prompting Mode Affect Learning?

Pantelis M. Papadopoulos; Stavros N. Demetriadis; Ioannis G. Stamelos; Ioannis A. Tsoukalas

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 57, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 193–210

This study was designed to investigate the impact of question prompts that guide students to focus on context-related issues when learning through cases in an ill-structured domain. Three groups of undergraduate students studied cases during a lab...

The Value of Writing-to-Learn when Using Question Prompts to Support Web-Based Learning in Ill-Structured Domains

Pantelis M. Papadopoulos; Stavros N. Demetriadis; Ioannis G. Stamelos; Ioannis A. Tsoukalas

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 59, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 71–90

This study investigates the effectiveness of two variants of a prompting strategy that guides students to focus on important issues when learning in an ill-structured domain. Students in three groups studied individually Software Project Management (...

The effect of scaffolding students’ context-generating cognitive activity in technology-enhanced case-based learning

Stavros N. Demetriadis; Pantelis M. Papadopoulos; Ioannis G. Stamelos; Frank Fischer

Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 2 (September 2008) pp. 939–954

This study investigates the hypothesis that students’ learning and problem-solving performance in ill-structured domains can be improved, if elaborative question prompts are used to activate students’ context-generating cognitive processes, during...

Language: English

The Effect of Prompting to Students with Different Learning Styles

Pantelis M. Papadopoulos; Stavros N. Demetriadis; Ioannis G. Stamelos; Ioannis A. Tsoukalas

Multicultural Education & Technology Journal Vol. 4, No. 3 (2010) pp. 198–213

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of question prompts on student learning in relation to their learning styles. The context of the study is technology-enhanced learning in an ill-structured domain. Design/methodology...