This content analysis of articles in the Social Science Citation Index journals from 1995 to
2009 was conducted to provide science educators with empirical evidence regarding the …

Computer-based learning environments often confront learners with a number of tools, ie
non-embedded support devices. Such environments assume learners to be good judges of …

Several studies have reported that adaptivity and personalization in educational computer
games facilitate reaching their full educational potential. However, there is little effort to …

During the past decade, design-based research has demonstrated its potential as a
methodology suitable to both research and design of technology-enhanced learning …

Educational games have been increasingly used to improve students' computational
thinking. However, most existing games have focused on the theoretical knowledge of …

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 …

Instructional scaffolding can be defined as support provided by a teacher/parent, peer, or a
computer-or a paper-based tool that allows students to meaningfully participate in and gain …

This article advances a continuing line of research that investigates the potential of
hypermedia resources and scaffolding for supporting problem-based social studies and …

This study examined the effects of question prompts and peer interactions in scaffolding
undergraduate students' problem-solving processes in an ill-structured task in problem …

Learner modeling has been used in computer-based learning environments to model
learners' domain knowledge, cognitive skills, and interests, and customize their experiences …