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A study of computer supported collaborative learning in physics

Prof O'shea | Education | 01 January 1990

This study set out to investigate collaborative learning in pairs of students solving physics problems with a computer. It tested the hypothesis that peer facilitation effects are improved if participants have conflicting models of the task. Subjects ...

Social processes in children's computer based learning

Psychology | 01 July 1995

Summary of aims and objectives: (i) to foster a clearer understanding of social factors bearing upon the way in which children interact around and with computers (ii) to draw upon a distinctive line of french social psychological ...

The impact of competition on secondary schools

Prof Ros Levacic | Education | 16 October 1995

Summary of aims and objectives: to contribute to the international assessment of the effects of school choice policies on educational provision by investigating the impact on english secondary schools of the creation of quasi-market competi ...

The changing patterns of `financial land ownership'

Michael Pryke | Human Geography | 01 April 1996

Application abstract: from the early 1980s there have been ongoing and important changes in the flows of finance for commercial property development in the uk. The appeal of commercial property as an investment medium to the traditional investors thr ...

Investigation of conceptual representation using point-light stimuli

Dr Richardson | Psychology | 01 January 1997

Application abstract: generalising from limited experience to novel situations is a crucial ability which underpins learning in every domain. Yet it is still not clearly understood. Current theories implicate internal representations (concepts) which ...

Berlin models: reconstructing european futures in the contemporary city

Dr Passmore | Human Geography | 04 September 1998

Aims : to place contemporary changes to berlin in local, national, regional and international context. To reconsider cultural and economic explanations of urban change against the important events taking place in berlin. Today berlin is being rebuilt ...

Democracy in the face of the global system

Prof N/A Held | Political Science and International Relations | 01 October 1988

The challenge facing democratic theory today is daunting. For the key traditions of political theory, above all those of liberalism, pluralism and marxism, appear to be exhausted in the face of major twentieth century de ...

Problem solving in technology education: a case of situated learning.

Prof Mccormick | Education | 01 April 1993

Application abstract: research in the areas of situated cognition and cognitive psychology indicates that most learning is context- dependent and not easily transferred to new areas, yet the national curriculum for design and technology is based on ...

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