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Download full textLiu, Min; Olmanson, Justin; Horton, Lucas; Toprac, Paul – Online Submission, 2011
This study examines middle school students' learning and motivation as they engaged in a multimedia enriched problem-based learning (PBL) environment for middle school science. Using a mixed-method design with both quantitative and qualitative data, we investigated the effect of a multimedia environment on sixth graders' science learning, their…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learning, Multimedia Instruction, Problem Based Learning
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Direct linkLiu, Min; Horton, Lucas; Olmanson, Justin; Toprac, Paul – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
This study examines middle school students' learning and motivation as they engaged in a new media enriched problem-based learning (PBL) environment for middle school science. Using a mixed-method design with both quantitative and qualitative data, we investigated the effect of a new media environment on sixth graders' science learning, their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Student Motivation, Scores
Horton, Lucas; Liu, Min; Olmanson, Justin; Toprac, Paul – Online Submission, 2011
In this paper we explore students' engagement in a new media enhanced problem-based learning (PBL) environment and investigate the characteristics of these environments that facilitate learning. We investigated both student experiences using a new media enhanced PBL environment and the specific elements students found most supportive of their…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Grade 6, Information Processing
Liu, Min – Computers in the Schools, 2006
This study examined the effect of a hypermedia-enhanced problem-based learning environment in astronomy on sixth-graders' science knowledge, attitude toward learning science, and motivation toward learning. It was found that the students had significantly increased their science knowledge from pretest to post test and also retained much of what…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Hypermedia, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
