Browsing by Author "Valanides, Nicos"
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An exploratory study of the role of epistemological beliefs on learners' solo and duo thinking about an ill-defined issue
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos (2007)
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Field dependence-independence and instructional-design effects on learners' performance with a computer-modeling tool
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos; Kirschner, P. (2009)The study investigated the extent to which two types of instructional materials and learner field dependence–independence affected learners’ cognitive load, time spent on task, and problem-solving performance in a complex ...
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Formal operational performance and achievement of lower secondary school students
Valanides, Nicos (1998)
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Formal reasoning abilities and school achievement
Valanides, Nicos (1997)The acquisition of new knowledge and its innovative applications result in a continuous transformation of our cultural, social, and political environments. Existing knowledge is being rapidly revised and, in some cases, ...
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Formal reasoning performance of higher secondary school students: Theoretical and educational implications
Valanides, Nicos (1999)The study investigated the structure and development of formal thought among tenth-, eleventh-, and twelfth-grade students. The subjects of the study were the total numbers of students attending the science, the economic, ...
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The impact of cognitive and affective aspects of cognitive conflict on learners' conceptual change about floating and sinking
Hadjiachilleos, S.; Valanides, Nicos; Angeli, Charoula (2013)Cognitive conflict has been identified as an important factor for bringing about students’ conceptual change. Researchers draw attention to the need to study not only cognitive factors related to cognitive conflict but ...
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An instructional design model for teaching pre-service elementary teachers to teach science with computer models
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos; Papageorgiou, Maria (2011)Many reported studies about models and modeling clearly indicate that teachers need to be knowledgeable about the role of models and modeling in science and need to be engaged in rich modeling activities, so that they ...
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Instructional effects on critical thinking: Performance on ill-defined issues
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos (2009)Undergraduate students in dyads (N = 72) were randomly and equally assigned to four groups, namely three teaching groups (General, Infusion, and Immersion) and the control group. Students were initially administered the ...
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An interaction effect between young children's field dependence-independence and order of learning with glass-box and black-box simulations: Evidence for the malleability of cognitive style in computer-supported learning
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos; Polemitou, I.; Fraggoulidou, E. (2016)A counterbalanced measures design was used to examine whether the order of learning with a glass-box simulation about the life cycle of butterflies, and, a black-box simulation about the life of bees, differentially affected ...
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Interplay of Internal and External Representations: Students' Drawings and Textual Explanations about Shadow Phenomena
Valanides, Nicos; Efthymiou, Irene; Angeli, Charoula (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013)Fifty-six third-year kindergarten student teachers (KTS) were presented with an experimental setting for investigating shadow phenomena. Prior to performing any specific experiment, KTS were asked to externalize their ideas ...
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Introduction to special issue: Technological pedagogical content knowledge
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos (2013)
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Knowledge Base for Information and Communication Technology in Education
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos (Springer International Publishing, 2018)This chapter systematically explores the knowledge base required by teachers for the effective application of ICT in education. The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) framework and developments in associated ...
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Learning and teaching about scientific models with a computer-modeling tool
Valanides, Nicos; Angeli, Charoula (2008)The study presents efforts to support pre-service primary school teachers in learning and teaching about scientific models, and discusses the impact of these efforts on their understandings. We provided pre-service primary ...
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Observe, discuss, and reason with evidence in science: Scaffolding conceptual change with O.D.R.E.S.™
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos; Lazarou, Demetris; Sarri, A. (2005)
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Order effects of learning with modeling and simulation software on field-dependent and field-independent children's cognitive performance: An interaction effect
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos; Polemitou, I.; Fraggoulidou, E. (2014)
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Personal epistemology and ill-defined problem solving in solo and dyadic contexts
Valanides, Nicos; Angeli, Charoula (2012)
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Preface
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos (2015)
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Preservice elementary teachers as information and communication technology designers: An instructional systems design model based on an expanded view of pedagogical content knowledge
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos (2005)This study discusses the evolution of an instructional systems design (ISD) model that is based on an expanded view of Shulman's concept of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). An initial model was evaluated in the first ...
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Professional development for computer-enhanced learning: a case study with science teachers
Valanides, Nicos; Angeli, Charoula (2008)The preparation of science teachers to integrate computers in their teaching seems to be a challenging task, and teacher educators need to undertake systematic and coordinated efforts for effectively preparing teachers to ...
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The Role of the Authority of the Text on Critical Thinking
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos; Papastephanou, Marianna (2011)The paper puts forward the argument that critical thinking (and its teaching) should be approached by taking into critical account operations of authority that blunt the reflective disposition toward written texts. The ...