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García-Rodicio, Héctor – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
In one experiment 97 undergraduate students learned about plate tectonics from a multimedia presentation involving narrated animations and support in one of four forms. Support in the prompting condition included hints inducing participants to self-explain critical information. The signaling condition included overviews recapping critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Plate Tectonics
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King, Chris John Henry – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Surveys of the earth science content of all secondary (high school) science textbooks and related publications used in England and Wales have revealed high levels of error/misconception. The 29 science textbooks or textbook series surveyed (51 texts in all) showed poor coverage of National Curriculum earth science and contained a mean level of one…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Materials, Textbooks, National Curriculum