Search results for "Learning environment"

Brain-Related Research as a Support Mechanism to Help Learners to Acquire Full Literacy

2023

Possibly some of the most important skills that one can have are those needed to become fully literate. We all wish our children to reach such a goal. Unfortunately, the focus of attention in reading research has been on acquiring readiness to sound out written language, i.e., the basic reading skills. Full literacy is the readiness to learn knowledge by reading. Thus, one has to be able to take two steps to reach full literacy. Indications related to both of these steps can be observe in the brain. This may be easiest when we observe the brain activity of a learner who faces difficulties in taking these steps. In fact, the serious difficulty of taking the first step can be observed soon af…

Turning social inclusion into exclusion during collaborative between students with and without SEN

2023

Creating opportunities for meaningful social relationships between students with and without special educational needs (SEN) through collaborative learning has been suggested as a way to facilitate all students’ social inclusion in classroom activities. However, little attention has been given to the peer interaction processes leading to unsuccessful knowledge co-creation in mixed-ability peer groups including students with and without SEN. This study addressed this research gap by conducting detailed observational analyses of the social exclusion during group work of students with and without SEN, and how the students with SEN responded to their positioning as unequal learning partners. Th…

Parental influences on the development of single and co-occurring difficulties in reading and arithmetic fluency

2023

This study investigated how single and co-occurring difficulties in reading and arithmetic fluency developed among Finnish children across Grades 1–9 (N = 2151). Latent profile analysis among 391 children who had reading and/or arithmetic fluency difficulties in Grade 9 revealed profiles that followed three distinct patterns: reading difficulties (N = 121), mathematical difficulties (N = 94), and comorbid difficulties (N = 176). The profiles and typical performers were compared on parental reading and mathematical difficulties, parental education, the early home learning environment, and parental assistance with school homework across Grades 1–9. Results showed that although parents whose c…

Comparing Guidance via Implicit and Explicit Model Progressions in a Collaborative Inquiry-Based Learning Environment with Different-Aged Learners

2022

There is a need for research on the effect of different types of model progressions and learner age on learning and engagement in inquiry-based science settings. This study builds on the Scientific Discovery as Dual Search model to introduce less specific implicit model progression and compares them to the traditional explicit model progression. The data come from Finnish 8-, 10-, and 12-year-olds collaboratively using two different configurations of an inquiry-based learning environment about balance. Balance scale tasks were used to assess learning. Students also rated their situation-specific engagement. Both types of model progressions were beneficial for learning but there was no diffe…

Pilvilinnoja ja palomuureja - tulevaisuuden oppimisen ja työnteon tilat : F-SHAPE-projektin satoa

2014

Co-designing a pedagogical framework and principles for a hybrid STEM learning environment design

2022

AbstractThe importance of engaging and effective learning environments for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has been internationally recognised. However, no comprehensive pedagogical frameworks exist that support STEM learning environment design. In this study, a pedagogical framework and principles for STEM learning environment design were created based on participatory focus groups involving 10–18-year-old students, teachers, school directors, parents, university students and STEM professionals. Representatives of key stakeholder groups in Belarus, Finland, Germany, Greece and Spain (total n = 132) were invited to focus group discussions in which their wishes relate…

Ubiquitous Learning in Appropriate Learning Environments

2018

This article concentrates on blended learning study module that was carried out in class teachers’ adult education. It offered the students versatile, unique, individual and communal possibilities to fully study in authentic contextual environments, exploiting virtual tools. The goal of the planning of this module was to create a learning environment that would give a student an optimal learning experience in versatile, authentic, e-learning environments. In the study, the ubiquitous learning model was tried out in a 6 credits’ study module for class teachers’ adult education that was based on the principles of transformational pedagogy (OED). The module was carried out in flexible and vers…

Digitaalisten oppimisympäristöjen saavutettavuus koskee kaikkia

2018

Digitalisaatio koskee läheisesti koulutusorganisaatioita, opiskelua ja oppimista. Se tarjoaa monenlaisia uusia mahdollisuuksia koulutuksen organisoinnille ja opiskelulle. Samalla se tuo myös velvoitteita ja haasteita koulutuksen järjestäjille. Tutkimuksessamme tarkastelemme opiskeluun liittyvien digitaalisten toiminta- ja oppimisympäristöjen esteettömyyttä ja saavutettavuutta. Yliopistojen ja korkeakoulujen yhteishankkeiden avulla pyrimme myös lisäämään henkilöstön pedagogista ja teknistä osaamista. Digitalisaation myötä tulevaisuuden oppimisympäristöt ovat entistä monimuotoisempia. Opetuksessa on tärkeää taata kaikille oppijoille tasavertainen pääsy paitsi luokkahuoneisiin myös digitaalisi…

Cross-lagged relationships between home learning environment and academic achievement in Chinese

2015

Abstract We examined (a) the cross-lagged relationships between the home learning environment and academic achievement in Chinese, and (b) whether parents’ socioeconomic status (SES) and child's gender moderate the relations. One hundred seventy-seven Chinese children were followed from Grade 1 to Grade 2 and were assessed on reading and mathematics. Their parents also responded to a questionnaire assessing the frequency of engaging in different home literacy and numeracy activities. Results showed that reading ability in Grade 1 negatively predicted informal home literacy activities in Grade 2. In turn, mathematics ability in Grade 1 negatively predicted formal home numeracy activities in …

L'e-learning 2.0: de la tecnologia a la metodologia

2012

Aquest article ofereix un marc teòric a través del qual s'exposa l'evolució dels diferents moments que Internet ha desenvolupat i les possibilitats educatives, a través de l'evolució de l’e learning, l'anàlisi crítica en els errors en la seva aplicació, i la evolució cap al concepte d’e learning 2.0, a través d'eines com les xarxes socials i els entorns personals d'aprenentatge, les seves característiques més significatives així com el potencial educatiu a les institucions d'ensenyament superior