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ERIC Number: EJ666623
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
Influence of Prior Knowledge, Attitudes, Ability, and Activity Structure on Students' Learning and Use of Software.
Tolhurst, Denise; Debus, Raymond L.
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v27 n3 p275-313 2002
Describes a study of Australian secondary school students that identified the conditions and individual characteristics that would best support learners' acceptance of control within hypermedia, based on evidence from the learner control literature. Investigated effects of prior domain knowledge, learning activity structure, ability, and attitudes on acceptance of control opportunity and knowledge acquisition. (Contains 53 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Foreign Countries, Hypermedia, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Literature Reviews, Prior Learning, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Domain Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition