Students’ effort allocation to their perceived strengths and weaknesses: The moderating effect of instructional strategy
Publication date: Available online 13 February 2018Source: Learning and InstructionAuthor(s): Djoerd Hiemstra, Nico W. Van Yperen, Marieke E. TimmermanAbstractTo become competent professionals, students should work on both their strengths and weaknesses. Considering students' limited amount of time and energy to work on multiple subjects, it is important to know what determines their allocation of effort to their perceived relative strengths or weaknesses. In a series of five studies, we examined the moderating effect of instructional strategy (i.e., self-directed versus test-directed) on the within-person relation between...
Source: Learning and Instruction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Formative assessment in mathematics: Mediated by feedback's perceived usefulness and students' self-efficacy
In this study we developed and implemented a formative assessment intervention for mathematics instruction and investigated whether it had effects on students' interest and achievement directly and via students' perception of the usefulness of the feedback and their self-efficacy. We conducted a cluster randomized field trial with pretest and posttest. The 26 participating classes were randomly assigned to a control group or the intervention group. Results of path analyses indicate that feedback was perceived as more useful in the formative assessment condition, self-efficacy was greater, and interest tended to increase; l...
Source: Learning and Instruction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

An integrative study on learning and testing with multimedia: Effects on students’ performance and metacognition
Publication date: Available online 7 March 2018Source: Learning and InstructionAuthor(s): Marlit Annalena Lindner, Alexander Eitel, Julia Barenthien, Olaf KöllerAbstractPrevious research has found that adding pictures to either text-based learning- or testing-materials has beneficial effects (i.e., multimedia effects in learning and testing). However, a potential interaction of multimedia effects in learning and in testing has scarcely been the focus of research so far. Accordingly, in the present experiment, N = 129 university students received text-based material that was either complemented by pictures both in lear...
Source: Learning and Instruction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Introduction to the special issue: Desiderata for a theory of multi-source multi-modal comprehension
Publication date: Available online 7 March 2018Source: Learning and InstructionAuthor(s): Jennifer G. CromleyAbstractIn this special issue, contributing authors consider work at the intersection of two relatively established lines of research: multi-source (e.g., multiple texts) comprehension and multi-modal (e.g., narrated video) comprehension. This is a challenging space in which to work, as there is great complexity in the theories and empirical base in each area. Commonalities and important differences across the two literature are highlighted, together with a set of criteria that any emerging theory of multi-source, m...
Source: Learning and Instruction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Dynamics of classroom motivation: Teacher enthusiasm and the development of math interest and teacher support
Publication date: Available online 16 March 2018Source: Learning and InstructionAuthor(s): Rebecca Lazarides, Hanna Gaspard, Anna-Lena DickeAbstractInterest is important for successful student learning, but little is known about the developmental dynamics between interest and social support in classrooms. Based on the stage-environment fit theory, this study investigated the interrelation of developmental changes in student class-level interest and perceived teacher support in mathematics classes over one school year after the students transitioned to secondary school. We also examined how teacher-reported enthusiasm was r...
Source: Learning and Instruction - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research