Visionaries offer strong claims for the educational benefits of computer games, but there is a
need to test those claims with rigorous scientific research and ground them in evidence …

Research has consistently shown that inquiry-based learning can be more effective than
other, more expository instructional approaches as long as students are supported …

Researchers have explored the effectiveness of computer simulations for supporting science
teaching and learning during the past four decades. The purpose of this paper is to provide …

Cognitive load is a theoretical notion with an increasingly central role in the educational
research literature. The basic idea of cognitive load theory is that cognitive capacity in …

Scientific discovery learning is a highly self-directed and constructivistic form of learning. A
computer simulation is a type of computer-based environment that is well suited for …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

The aim of this review is to identify specific types of guidance for supporting student use of
online labs, that is, virtual and remote labs, in an inquiry context. To do so, we reviewed the …

The present study makes use of the capabilities of computerized environments to enable
simultaneous display of molecular representations that correspond to observations at the …

This study investigates the effect of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on student academic
success by evaluating the results of the studies conducted in the last 10 years using the …

Cognitive tools, defined here as instruments that support or perform cognitive processes for
learners in order to support learning, can bridge the difference between open learning …