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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Novice Learners"”.
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Interactive Visualization for Novice Learners
Iteration, the repetition of computational steps, is a core concept in programming. Students usually learn about iteration in an entry-level Computer Science class. Virginia Tech's Computational Thinking (CT) course is designed to teach non-CS majors computing skills and new ways of thinking. The …
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Scaffolding java programming on a mobile phone for novice learners
… classroom. This would be particularly useful for novice learners of programming in resource- constrained environments. However, limitations of mobile phones, such as small screens and small keypads, impede their use as typical programming environments. This study proposed that mobile programming …
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THE EFFECTS OF ONLINE KATAKANA WORD RECOGNITION TRAINING AMONG NOVICE LEARNERS OF JAPANESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
… on orthographic systems, second language learners with different orthographic backgrounds need to acquire new word recognition strategies suitable to the orthography in their second language. Japanese is a multi-script language and one of the scripts, katakana, is mainly used to transcribe …
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Effectiveness of copying as a teaching method for adult novice learners of drawing : a study of students' perceptions
In this research I have studied the effectiveness of copying when used as a tool to enhance visual learning and to teach various art concepts. In the context of art history, I have looked at how copying was used in the training of artists, and how it eventually helped the artists display …
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HOW DO NOVICE AND EXPERT LEARNERS REPRESENT, UNDERSTAND, AND DISCUSS GEOLOGIC TIME?
<p>This dissertation examined the representations novice and expert learners constructed for the geologic timescale. Learners engaged in a three-part activity. The purpose was to compare novice learners’ representations to those of expert learners. This provided insight into the similarities and …
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ColloGraphy: Designing Augmented Visual-Haptic Feedback Systems to Support Fine Motor Skill Learning
… method of learning calligraphy writing involves learners comparing the visual differences in their writing with static expert manuscripts. In this process, the opportunity for novice learners to internalize the bodily sensations required for mastery is absent. To address this issue, this thesis …
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Virtual insights : the design, development and evaluation of a strategy for online communication in teacher professional development
… include: the instructional needs of the learners, the needs of the model for professional development as a self-sustaining system, and support mechanisms for the new media and novice learners. Participatory evaluation methods were used to assess the strategy for online communication. …
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Temporal Bone Drilling Simulation Boot Camp Course
… drilling course could be developed to improve a novice learner’s mastoidectomy drilling technique. Forty medical students were randomized to a traditional curriculum (control) group or a VR curriculum (intervention) group. Participants performed pre- and post-intervention knowledge testing, and …
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P.A.C.K. - Privacy and Anonymity through Cybersecurity Knowledge: Creating a Gamified Simulator for Anonymized Networks
… this information accessible to a wider range of learners, we propose P.A.C.K., a gamified simulator for the Tor and I2P anonymous networking applications. PACK provides a visual, interactive environment for upper secondary and novice learners to explore anonymous networking concepts with a low …
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Leveraging Uncertainty: A Framework for Argumentation in Socioscientific Ill-Structured Problem Solving
… or as Chen et al. (2019) describe, 'fuzzy'. Novice learners struggle with the inherent uncertainty embedded at all stages of the problem-solving process. Students need opportunities to grapple with the challenges of real-world problems, including the inherent uncertainties associated with …
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Collaboratively Learning Computational Thinking
… can help reduce the anxiety level of learners, improve understanding and create a positive atmosphere to learning Computational Thinking (CT). There is, however, limited research focusing on how natural collaborative interactions among learners manifest during learning of computational …
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The effect of peer education on learning and performing athletic training psychomotor skills
… among students, and decrease anxiety of novice learners.
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A Phenomenological Inquiry into Healthcare Professionals Who Are Experts in Cannabinoid Therapy and the Endocannabinoid System (ECS)
… Five Commonplaces of Curriculum: teachers, learners, subject matter, milieus (contexts), and curriculum making (Schwab, 1964). The commonplace of these stakeholders allows for a greater capacity in designing curriculum that fits the need for practical situations rather than the direct …
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Enhancing Undergraduate Learning in Physics: The Effects of AI-Assisted and AI-Guided Instruction on Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Satisfaction
… such as Need for Cognition may also shape how learners engage with cognitively demanding instructional tools such as AI.</p> <p>The present study examined how different forms of instructional support affect undergraduate learning in an introductory physics self-study task focused on electricity …
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Self-Regulated Learning in an Introductory Undergraduate Accounting Course.
… and other professionals to be lifelong learners. This study is a response to the call of the Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) to make "learning to learn" a priority in the accounting classroom. This study used a quantitative, quasi-experimental design within the context of …
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TURKISH TO GO: TEACHING INTELLECTUAL SKILLS ONLINE
… purpose of the e-learning resource is to provide novice learners with a set of tools and strategies with which to approach the future study of Turkish.</p> <p>A literature review was conducted in three areas: Gagné’s instructional design theories, Turkish language learning, and best practices for …
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Fidelity and complexity : aspects of reality in interactive learning environments for physics learners
… simulations may sometimes be overwhelming for learners and may not permit the identification of the underlying model. Yet implications arise about the degree to which students either expect or perceive simulations to be real and how these expectations and perceptions affect their interaction …
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“Tutteli to Japan”: A case study of spontaneous collaboration in disaster response
… or aid agencies, these concerned individuals, as novice learners of international aid work without a chain of command, continued seeking and sharing information in order to deliver the liquid baby formula regardless of informational, operational, and situational uncertainties surrounding them. …
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Whole person hermeneutic media learning in the primary classroom: an intercultural grounded philosophy.
… and by being predominantly preoccupied with learners’ reasoning and critical thinking. Moreover, whilst literacy theory and practice is no longer seen as a causal factor but rather an enabling one (as equally discovered by this research), the direct correlation between critical and creative …