Research suggests that dialogic reading and wordless picture books may improve narrative production comprehension leading to better school readiness. We aim understand children’s experiences using a book scaffolded by audio prompts. designed, implemented assessed the Spring-a-story web app with 35 children aged 3 6 in socio-economically-disadvantaged area UK. sought comprehend what extent appli...

Background Office workers have been identified as being at risk of accumulating high amounts of sedentary time in prolonged events during work hours, which has been associated with increased risk of a number of long-term health conditions.There is some evidence that providing advice to stand at regular intervals during the working day, and using computer-based prompts, can reduce sedentary beha...

Although comparison and explanation have typically been studied independently, recent work suggests connections between these processes. Three experiments investigated effects of comparison and explanation on analogical problem solving. In Experiment 1, explaining the solutions to two analogous stories increased spontaneous transfer to an analogical problem. In Experiment 2, explaining a single...

This article describes the design components and the effectiveness of an Electronic Performance Support System for solving " real world " problems. The intention is for the support system to be reusable, and for the tools to scaffold " complex problem solving processes. " The support system is designed with a constructivist, " open-ended learning environment " grounded in cognitive learning the...