Online learning has become a widespread method for providing education at the graduate
and undergraduate level. Although it is an extension of distance learning, the medium …

Asynchronous online discussion environments are important platforms to support learning.
Research suggests, however, threaded forums, one of the most popular asynchronous …

This article discusses the change in the notion of scaffolding from a description of the
interactions between a tutor and a student to the design of tools to support student learning …

Names: Mercer, Neil, editor.| Wegerif, Rupert, 1959-editor.| Major, Louis,(Louis Christopher),
1985-editor. Title: The Routledge international handbook of research on dialogic …

In 1996 Koschmann (1996) suggested computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
as an emerging paradigm of educational technology. After six years, how has the field …

Internet Environments for Science Education synthesizes 25 years of research to identify
effective, technology-enhanced ways to convert students into lifelong science learners--one …

Linn and Hsi show how computers, teachers, and peers can serve as learning partners--
hel** students build on their ideas and become lifelong science learners. They invite …

This classroom study, involving 178 middle school science students, investigates ways of
prompting students for reflection. Reflection refers to both metacognition and sense-making …

Science Learning and Instruction describes advances in understanding the nature of
science learning and their implications for the design of science instruction. The authors …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …