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Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences

September 2008 Volume 36, Number 5

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Number of articles: 7

  1. Students' Approaches to Learning and Assessment Preferences in a Portfolio-Based Learning Environment

    Marlies Baeten, Filip Dochy & Katrien Struyven

    This study focused on the relationships between experiences with portfolio assessment, students' approaches to learning and their assessment preferences by means of a pre- and post-test design in... More

    pp. 359-374

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  2. The Impact of New Learning Environments in an Engineering Design Course

    Daniel L. Dinsmore, Patricia A. Alexander & Sandra M. Loughlin

    In this study, we investigated the effects of students' participation in a collaborative, project-based engineering design course on their domain knowledge, interests, and strategic processing.... More

    pp. 375-393

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  3. Self-Regulated Strategy Development in Writing: Going beyond NLEs to a More Balanced Approach

    Karen R. Harris, Tanya Santangelo & Steve Graham

    In this article, we present an argument for consideration by those researching and promoting new learning environments (NLEs). We believe advocates of NLEs should consider the literature and... More

    pp. 395-408

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  4. Understanding Collaborative Learning Processes in New Learning Environments

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Ellina Chernobilsky & Rebecca Jordan

    Trying to understand the complexity of computer-mediated problem-based learning environments is not easy. Sociocultural theory provides a theoretical framework for understanding such environments... More

    pp. 409-430

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  5. Constructivist Learning Environments and the (Im)possibility to Change Students' Perceptions of Assessment Demands and Approaches to Learning

    David Gijbels, Mien Segers & Elke Struyf

    Recent research shows that, as students interpret the demands of the assessment tasks, they vary their approaches to learning in order to cope with the assessment tasks. Three research questions... More

    pp. 431-443

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  6. Relationships between Students' Conceptions of Constructivist Learning and Their Regulation and Processing Strategies

    Sofie M. M. Loyens, Remy M. J. P. Rikers & Henk G. Schmidt

    The present study investigated relationships between students' conceptions of constructivist learning on the one hand, and their regulation and processing strategies on the other hand. Students in ... More

    pp. 445-462

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  7. The Effects of Constructivist Learning Environments: A Commentary

    Remy M. J. P. Rikers, Tamara van Gog & Fred Paas

    This special issue on the effects of constructivist learning environments is based on a symposium organized during the last annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in... More

    pp. 463-467

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