This article presents an initial model of instructional design which directly links cognitive learning theory and instructional prescriptions. The major constructs of the model include components of ...

Multimedia learning describes learning through the use of pictures and words. Examples of multimedia learning include watching a PowerPoint presentation, watching a pre-recorded lecture or reading a ...

What is intelligence? Is it fixed, or can it be developed? Does academic success always lead to achievement in life? How do we define success? Are schools effectively preparing today’s learners for ...

Scaffolding refers to a process in which teachers model or demonstrate how to solve a problem, and then step back, offering support to students as needed. It has mainly three features: contingency, ...

Educational Technology Research and Development, Vol. 41, No. 1 (1993), pp. 59-72 (14 pages) This article describes a basic development model for an intelligent tutoring system (ITS): the interface, ...

Social learning theory is really a combination of two other kinds of learning theories. On the one hand, there is the cognitive learning theory, which states that the learning of an individual is ...