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Publikováno v:
International Journal of Science Education. 43:1685-1707
Quantitative modelling plays an important role as biology increasingly deals with big data sets, relies on modelling to understand system dynamics, makes predictions about impacts of changes, and r...
Autor:
Robert L. Mayes, Kent A. Rittschof
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Education, Vol 6 (2021)
The integration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs is a national trend. The goal of implementing STEM in schools is to prepare students for the demands of the 21st century, while addressing future workforce needs. The
Publikováno v:
Journal of Research in STEM Education. 3:1-16
The integration of STEM programs within the educational framework through the establishment of STEM-designated schools and academic/career pathways is a national trend in the United States. The goal of implementing STEM in grade 6 to 12 schools is to
Autor:
Kent A. Rittschof
Publikováno v:
Educational Technology Research and Development. 58:99-114
Field dependence–independence (FDI) has long been conceptualized and discussed as a cognitive style relevant to numerous educational approaches and outcomes. However, the FDI construct is most often measured as a cognitive ability, as opposed to a
Autor:
Franziska Peterson, Jennifer D. Schuttlefield Christus, Lisa C Watson, Robert L. Mayes, Jennifer H. Forrester, Kent A. Rittschof
Publikováno v:
Numeracy, Vol 8, Iss 2, p 4 (2015)
The ability of middle and high school students to reason quantitatively within the context of environmental science was investigated. A quantitative reasoning (QR) learning progression, with associated QR assessments in the content areas of biodivers
Autor:
Kent A. Rittschof, Bryan W. Griffin
Publikováno v:
Educational Psychology. 21:313-331
To examine co-operative learning between pairs of college students in the field of education, the reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) procedure was used in two experiments with 97 graduates (Experiment 1) and 100 undergraduates (Experiment 2). Contrary to
Autor:
Raymond W. Kulhavy, Kent A. Rittschof
Publikováno v:
Educational Technology Research and Development. 46:19-38
To examine how four methods of symbolizing data affect learning from thematic maps of familiar regions, two experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, 86 college students viewed one of three types of thematic map or a control table, then read a map
Publikováno v:
Contemporary Educational Psychology. 21:487-499
In two experiments, eighth-graders viewed ecologically valid diagrams and then read a text containing multiple feature-to-fact associations or studied the same materials in reverse order. Using the Kulhavy and Stock model of text learning using organ
Publikováno v:
Journal of Geography. 95:50-58
Value-by-area maps, or cartograms, are a curiosity-provoking method of depicting geographically related data. The use of cartograms for learning such data involves a learner's familiarity with the region depicted and the distortion of true, earth-cen
Publikováno v:
Contemporary Educational Psychology. 19:129-142
Undergraduates studied a thematic map of colonial Ceylon and read an expository text containing facts related to, or not related to, the map theme. Stimulus order (map-text vs. text-map) was varied between subjects, and half of the learners in each s