Learning and Instruction
2003 Volume 13, Number 5
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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Not just Piaget; not just Vygotsky, and certainly not Vygotsky as alternative to Piaget
Michael Shayer
There have been many interpretations published on the relative importance of the work of both Vygotsky and Piaget: often to the detriment of the latter. This article represents an attempt to... More
pp. 465-485
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Patterns of participation and discourse in elementary students’ computer-supported collaborative learning
Lasse Lipponen, Marjaana Rahikainen, Jiri Lallimo & Kai Hakkarainen
The goal of the investigation was to analyze patterns of participation and discourse mediated by Virtual Web School (VWS). Twenty-three fifth-grade students participated in the study. The findings ... More
pp. 487-509
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Persuasion online or on paper: a new take on an old issue
P.K Murphy, J.F Long, T.A Holleran & E Esterly
Few, if any, studies have examined the persuasion process as it unfolds in the computer environments that are so popular in today’s educational settings. As such, the purpose of this study was to... More
pp. 511-532
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Effects of problem-based learning: a meta-analysis
Filip Dochy, Mien Segers, Piet Van den Bossche & David Gijbels
This meta-analysis has two aims: (a) to address the main effects of problem based learning on two categories of outcomes: knowledge and skills; and (b) to address potential moderators of the effect... More
pp. 533-568