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Based on the literature concerning feedback, self-regulated learning and cooperative learning, this paper discusses a model of effective feedback that can be used to support student learning in computer-mediated environments. The model portrays the...

Online courses have been criticized for their focus on knowledge acquisition rather than on how to solve authentic complex problems, a skill that is increasingly being recognized as critical to meet the challenges in the real world. The purpose of...

Teaching a course online means more than just placing a syllabus on a server. Online delivery involves extensive planning and attention to details that often go overlooked in typical classroom settings. Challenges for first-generation instructors...

The present study is a quantitative synthesis of the studies that compared the effects of small group learning versus individual learning with technology on student attitudes toward small group learning with technology and task completion time. The...

The purpose of this project was to study how task structure and group collaboration may influence the way children learn with Internet resources. A group of 27 elementary school children and two classes of pre-service teachers participated in this ...

This NSF-funded project is designed to develop two interrelated tools, Inquiry Skill Analyzer (iSA) and Inquiry Activity Portal (iAP), in the context of earth science to help middle school science teachers in their inquiry-based science teaching....

The Pathways to Inquiry Project (PTI) has developed two interrelated tools, an Inquiry Skill Analyzer (iSA) and an Inquiry Activity Portal (iAP). The iSA is designed for teachers to analyze and monitor the progress of their inquiry skills in...