A critical issue for intelligent tutoring systems is whether knowledgeable diagnosis and feedback offers instructional benefits compared with less knowledge-intensive instructional methods. The effectiveness of different instructional methods is examined in a device operation task: setting a VCR to record a program. Four tutoring simulations use different instructional approaches emphasizing sp...

Human lives depend on the performance of our trainees; thus, the educational methodology used to transform our learners into experts are of paramount importance. Effective use of simulation requires educators explore and apply educational theory as they discover who the learner is, how the learner learns, what the learning needs are, and which planned learning experiences are best suited to mee...

This study focuses on vocational education teachers’ instructional activities in a new technologyenhanced learning (TEL) setting. A content analysis is applied to investigate teachers’ and students’ interactions in a 3D game context. The findings illustrate that when teachers’ and students’ interactions are mediated by a game, teachers seem to apply different discussion activities to empower vo...

OBJECTIVE This article reviews instructional features used in demonstration-based training (DBT). BACKGROUND The need for fast and effective training and performance support that can be accessed from anywhere is a growing need for organizations. DBT programs are one method to address these needs, but a better understanding of how to maximize the effectiveness of DBT activities is needed. Spec...

The present study evaluated the effects of classwide satiation and embedded reinforcement procedures on preschoolers' activity preferences during scheduled free-play periods. The goal of the study was to increase time allocation to originally nonpreferred, but important, activities (instructional zone, library, and science) while continuing to provide access to all free-play activities. The sat...

Traditionally, instructional design has adopted a behaviourist theoretical perspective, but with the influence of other major learning theories and the latest technological advances, cognitivist and constructivist perspectives have gained more predominance. Whichever approach we choose, if we want to take advantage of the web potential as an educational tool, we need to apply the basic componen...

This comparative analysis of teacher-student interaction in two different instructional settings at the elementary-school level (18.3 hr in French immersion and 14.8 hr Japanese immersion) investigates the immediate effects of explicit correction, recasts, and prompts on learner uptake and repair. The results clearly show a predominant provision of recasts over prompts and explicit correction, ...

Subject This thesis deals with the development, implementation and evaluation of an instructional intervention aimed at integrating inquiry activities in a computer-based information technology environment into high school physics instruction. The instructional intervention comprises of an instructional method and learning materials to scaffold active processes of applying, strengthening and ex...