The Effectiveness of Three Methods of Teaching Social Studies Concepts to Fourth-Grade Students: An Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Study

McKinney, C. Warren; Larkins, A. Guy; Ford, Mary Jane; Davis, John C.

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“…Conditions of learning had been applied to teaching both adults and children a variety of disciplines including Library and Information Science, Computer science and Health (Martin, Klein, & Sullivan, 2004; McKinney, Larkins, Ford, & Davis, 1983; Surprenant, 1982). A number of studies suggest that conditions of learning or some of its components (e.g., events of learning) is effective in facilitating students' learning outcomes (Martin et al, 2004; Yen, 1987).…”

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The Effect of training on biologists acceptance of bioinformatics tools: A field experiment

Shachak¹,

Fine²

2008

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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A recent development in biological research is the emergence of bioinformatics, which employs novel informatics techniques to handle biological data. Although the importance of bioinformatics training is widely recognized, little attention has been paid to its effect on the acceptance of bioinformatics by biologists. In this study, the effect of training on biologists' acceptance of bioinformatics tools was tested using the technology acceptance model (TAM) as a theoretical framework. Ninety individuals participated in a field experiment during seven bioinformatics workshops. Pre-and post-intervention tests were used to measure perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and intended use of bioinformatics tools for primer design and microarray analysis-a simple versus a complex tool that is used for a simple and a complex task, respectively. Perceived usefulness and ease of use were both significant predictors of intended use of bioinformatics tools. After hands-on experience, intention to use both tools decreased. The perceived ease of use of the primer design tool increased but that of the microarray analysis tool decreased. It is suggested that hands-on training helps researchers to form realistic perceptions of bioinformatics tools, thereby enabling them to make informed decisions about whether and how to use them.

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The Effect of training on biologists acceptance of bioinformatics tools: A field experiment

Shachak¹,

Fine²

2008

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…Although concept formation may often begin without direct instruction, educators have long sought to use examples, as well as nonexamples, as a way to facilitate quicker and fuller concept formation (Klausmeier and Feldman 1975;McKinney, Larkins, Ford and Davis 1983). In mathematics education, the use of examples and nonexamples has largely been investigated in relation to the acquisition of geometrical concepts (Cohen and Carpenter 1980;Petty andJansson 1987, Vinner 1991;Wilson 1986).…”

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Intuitive nonexamples: the case of triangles

2008

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In this paper we examine the possibility of differentiating between two types of nonexamples. The first type, intuitive nonexamples, consists of nonexamples which are intuitively accepted as such. That is, children immediately identify them as nonexamples. The second type, non-intuitive nonexamples, consists of nonexamples that bear a significant similarity to valid examples of the concept, and consequently are more often mistakenly identified as examples. We describe and discuss these notions and present a study regarding kindergarten children's grasp of nonexamples of triangles.

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Learners’ Strategies in Interactive Sorting Tasks

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Hershkovitz

Tabach

et al. 2022

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Using examples and non-examples is a common technique to demonstrate concepts’ characteristics and boundaries. Based on their properties, certain objects are accepted as examples or non-examples intuitively, while others are accepted or neglected non-intuitively. This 2*2 classification is powerful when designing technology-enhanced learning experiences in which feedback could be provided in real-time. That is, feedback could be based not only on the correctness of student response, but also on the specifics of the objects with which they were engaged. Following this framework, we developed an interactive sorting task that aims at strengthening elementary school students’ understanding of reflective symmetry. We studied learners’ interaction with the objects presented to them, and their success. Our study included 29 elementary school students (ages 9 to 12) from both Israel and Germany. We used screen recording to code participants’ shape-movements, and defined quantitative measures of these movements. Our findings support the need for designing feedback that takes into consideration object’s properties and students’ behavior.

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The Effectiveness of Three Methods of Teaching Social Studies Concepts to Fourth-Grade Students: An Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Study

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The Effect of training on biologists acceptance of bioinformatics tools: A field experiment

The Effect of training on biologists acceptance of bioinformatics tools: A field experiment

Intuitive nonexamples: the case of triangles

Learners’ Strategies in Interactive Sorting Tasks

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