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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Wecker, Christof; Fischer, Frank – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The fading of instructional scripts can be regarded as necessary for allowing learners to take over control of their cognitive activities during the acquisition of skills such as argumentation. There is, however, the danger that learners might relapse into novice strategies after script prompts are faded. One possible solution could be monitoring…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes, Peer Relationship
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Makitalo-Siegl, Kati; Kohnle, Carmen; Fischer, Frank – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This study examined the influence of classroom-script structure (high vs. low) during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning on help-seeking processes and learning gains in 54 student pairs in secondary science education. Screen- and audio-capturing videos were analysed according to a model of the help-seeking process. The results…
Descriptors: Scripts, Science Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Inquiry
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Makitalo-Siegl, Kati; Fischer, Frank – Learning and Instruction, 2011
This special section focuses on help seeking in a wide range of learning environments, from classrooms to online forums. Previous research has rather restrictively focused on the identification of personal characteristics that predict whether or not learners seek help under certain conditions. However, help-seeking research has begun to broaden…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Technological Advancement, Educational Environment, Identification
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Weinberger, Armin; Stegmann, Karsten; Fischer, Frank – Learning and Instruction, 2007
In collaborative learning the question has been raised as to how learners in small groups influence one another and converge or diverge with respect to knowledge. Knowledge convergence can be conceptualised as knowledge equivalence and as shared knowledge prior to, during, and subsequent to collaborative learning. Knowledge equivalence refers to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Knowledge Level, Learning Strategies
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Strijbos, Jan-Willem; Fischer, Frank – Learning and Instruction, 2007
Research on collaborative learning, both face-to-face and computer-supported, has thrived in the past 10 years. The studies range from outcome-oriented (individual and group learning) to process-oriented (impact of interaction on learning processes, motivation and organisation of collaboration) to mixed studies. Collaborative learning research is…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Cooperation, Research Methodology, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Kollar, Ingo; Fischer, Frank; Slotta, James D. – Learning and Instruction, 2007
We investigated how differently structured external scripts interact with learners' internal scripts with respect to individual knowledge acquisition in a Web-based collaborative inquiry learning environment. Ninety students from two secondary schools participated. Two versions of an external collaboration script (high vs. low structured)…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Learning Processes, Educational Environment, Internet