The study describes changes occurring in instructional practices of teachers in technology-enriched classrooms and their relationships to students’ and teachers’ views concerning the meaning and role of information and communication technologies (ICT), and to students' views on learning in a technology-rich environment. The study was performed in the context of a 3-year longitudinal project in ...

ix CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER II: BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES 7 2.1 Building Schemata in Tax Provision Novices 7 2.2 Background on Tax Provisions 7 2.3 Cognitive Load Theory 9 2.3.1 Background on Cognitive Load and Working Memory 9 2.3.2 How Systems-Thinking Methodology Reduces Cognitive Load 12 2.4 Constructivist Learning 13 2.4.1 Background on Constructivist Learning 14 2.4.2 Constructiv...

This study investigates middle school and high school students’ online information uses and social constructivist engagement during a blended e-learning program of game design for computer science education. Students use a learning management system (LMS) pre-populated with curriculum and resources, participating in an in-school class, daily for credit and a grade for a year, with non-expert te...

What instructional materials and practices will help students make sense of probability notions? Li (11 years) participated in an interview-based implementation of a design for the binomial. The design was centered around an innovative urn-like random generator, creating opportunities to reconcile two mental constructions of anticipated outcome distributions: (a) holistic perceptual judgments b...

Recent studies have shown that using social media such as blogs and wikis in classroom can enhance student learning. In this paper, we briefly introduce constructivist and social learning theories, blog technology and the use of blogs in education, and different design architecture of educational blogs. We then present a case study of using blogs in an undergrad level management information sys...

The need for a bridge between basic learning research and educational practice has long been discussed. To ensure a strong connection between these two areas, Dewey (cited in Reigeluth, 1983) called for the creation and development of a “linking science”; Tyler (1978) a “middleman position”; and Lynch (1945) for employing an “engineering analogy” as an aid for translating theory into practice. ...

In order to prepare students for careers as software process engineers, software engineering education needs to adopt innovative instructional designs to support effectively the learning of required knowledge and skills. In this paper, we propose a cross-course design for teaching software process improvement and assessment in a graduate course in combination with an undergraduate capstone proj...

This paper describes the designing and real time implementation of web based Learning Management Systems (LMSs) based on Moodle open source. We are giving attention to Moodle based LMS system implementation in our college because of its fast growing presence and worldwide community of professionals and educators are passionate on promoting free software and improving the online learning experie...

Collaborative learning environments are mainly based on constructivist instructional design theories where students construct their own knowledge by interacting with their environment. The so-called virtual communities constitute and approach that facilitates the constructivist learning within these environments. In this context, the learning process consists of authentic participation in the a...

How do we create better learning environments in the classroom? Some researchers advocate restructuring the classroom through student design-based inquiry. This paper reports a year-long classroom study that used student design-based inquiry to reform the classroom toward more constructivist teaching and learning practices. Two teachers in a rural school and their 125 seventh graders attempted ...