1 Cristina Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto RicoMayagüez starting August 2006. Abstract This study presents the views and perceptions of engineering students on educational technology in general and Web-based distance learning in particular. Content analysis was used to understand the language used by engineering students and identify similarities and differences in views on engineering edu...

This study investigated the impact of group discussions and question prompts on students’ vicarious learning experiences. Vicarious experiences were delivered to 65 pre-service teachers via VisionQuest, a website that provided examples of successful technology integration. A 2×2 factorial research design employed group discussions and question prompts as independent variables and students’ perc...

BACKGROUND Junior doctors in the UK must complete various educational components during their two year Foundation training programme. It is important that mandatory learning is informative and engaging. The aim of this study was to evaluate trainee doctors' perceptions of a Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) programme developed to improve prescribing competency. METHOD Focus groups and interv...

In this paper the designing products of B.A. Sophomore students of architecture in TehranUniversity who were divided into two kinds of learning namely technical and skill-based learning. In technical learningthe subjective steps of creativity process i.e. "insight", "preparation", "incubation", "intuition", and "verification"were discussed and it was suggested that these steps cannot be taught ...

Eleanor Gibson essentially denned the domain of perceptual learning, which includes both improvement in perception as a function of experience and learning and acquisition of knowledge as a function of changes in perception. In her view, differentiation, as opposed to association, is the process underlying perceptual development as well as perceptual learning. She considered perceptual developm...

Any language classroom is a distinctive learning context offering numerous affordances that might be perceived effectively, remain unnoticed, or even act as constraints. Therefore, exploring students' perception toward a particular method of instruction is crucial since it may produce a reliable piece of evidence for teachers to confirm or refute the effectiveness of the intended instructional ...

This study was aimed at investigating the effect of teacher’s perception and students’ perception of physics classroom learning environment and how it affects their achievement in physics. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, a questionnaire was administered to two hundred and fifty (250) senior secondary school (SSS II) students selected randomly. The data collected were analysed ...