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Direct linkRadinsky, Josh – Cognition and Instruction, 2008
Learning science includes learning to argue with "inscriptions": images used to symbolize information persuasively. This study examined sixth-graders learning to invest inscriptions with representational status, in a geographic information system (GIS)-based science investigation. Learning to reason with inscriptions was studied in emergent…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Cognitive Development, Plate Tectonics, Science Instruction
Peer reviewedMoreno, Roxana; Mayer, Richard E.; Spires, Hiller A.; Lester, James C. – Cognition and Instruction, 2001
Five experiments explored a potentially more productive application of educational technology in which an individual learner has the opportunity to develop a social relation with a computer by interacting with an animated pedagogical agent. Results support the introduction of interactive pedagogical agents to promote meaningful learning in…
Descriptors: Animation, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Wade-Stein, David; Kintsch, Eileen – Cognition and Instruction, 2004
Summary Street is educational software based on latent semantic analysis (LSA), a computer method for representing the content of texts. The classroom trial described here demonstrates the power of LSA to support an educational goal by providing automatic feedback on the content of students' summaries. Summary Street provides this feedback in an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Software, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction
