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List of peer reviewed open access journals, sorted by subject

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Research on the effectiveness of concept mapping, answering retrieval questions, and reading in multiple sessions. I like the presentation of this in a scenario where you are asked to predict the results of research rather than simply summarizing the study.

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Karl Kapp responds to Ruth Clark's claim that "games don't teach" and Richard Clark's claim that no research supports gaming with a review of the research and what it actually does and doesn't tell us.

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Guy Wallace makes some ad hominem attacks against me for my criticism of Ruth Clark's claim that "games don't teach" (although he doesn't mention me by name or link to me, it's pretty clear that he is talking about my post). Once you get past the part where he says that Clark has made so many contributions to the field that it's not fair to attack her, especially if you're someone like me who isn't a "star," there are some valid points. He's correct that "popularity is not evidence" and that games can be more expensive than other solutions that might be just as effective.

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List of psychology journals offering full text articles online

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Ruth Clark claims that "games don't teach," an obviously false statement. She has some legitimate points about matching the game design to the learning outcomes, but her claim that no research supports using games for anything other than "drill and practice" type activities is clearly incorrect. She makes this claim without addressing any work by Squire, Aldrich, etc., so it appears she didn't do a literature review prior to writing.

She cites one study with two games that were less effective at helping learners remember, and she believes that discounts the dozens of other studies on the topic. First, maybe those games were poorly designed. Second, if you're just measuring "transfer and retention" rather than application, I wouldn't be surprised that a game didn't do as well. Games are often better at moving from recall to application--but of course, she didn't measure application.

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A number of resources and posts related to the March 1, 2012 Learning Styles Awareness Day

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Comments from a number of experts dismissing learning styles, plus discussion on why we still talk about learning styles even though the research doesn't support it

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Judy Unrein researched animated and static learning agents and found no difference in animation. Learning agents have value, but this research points to no extra value for more expensive and time-consuming animation.

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If your software training includes time to explore or "tinker," men and women will have different rates of success. A strategic approach may be better than going through individual features. This research focused on adding new features with an audience who was already familiar with the software; I'm not sure the same training technique would work with beginners with an application.

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Study examining what happens when you remove common elements of instruction. Practice with feedback was critical; information, objectives, examples, and review made little difference.

"This study investigated the effects of several elements of instruction (objectives, information, practice, examples and review) when they were combined in a systematic manner."
"Results indicated participants who used one of the four versions of the computer program that included practice performed significantly better on the posttest and had consistently more positive attitudes than those who did not receive practice."

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Review of Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark's paper bashing constructivism, discovery, and problem-based learning, plus some context and research on the other side.

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Research highlights on learning with avatars, games, and simulations

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Learners like avatars with the same gender and ethnicity, but they also like those who give feedback the way they want: comparing against others or comparing against their own past scores. However, learning didn't always improve based on liking the avatar better.

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Summary of findings from a number of studies showing increases in productivity due to telecommuting. Increases in productivity range from 15% to 50%.

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Two IDs look at the use of audio narration--how much, quality of speakers, quality of equipment. Includes guidelines based on their survey of employees. I wish they had some more info about the survey they conducted though (i.e., how many responses they received, how many total employees at the company, etc.)

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Review of research and claims about digital natives, recommending critical research and real discussion rather than "dismissive scepticism [or] uncritical advocacy."

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Selections from a literature review on the efficacy of online learning. Lots of resources from seven sites, mostly focused on higher ed

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Collected list from Karl Kapp with research highlights on advantages of e-learning, including reduced learning times and increased retention levels.

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Highlights of what one principal has learned from Visible learning:
a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement. Some of the ideas in education reform that we hear the most about (such as class size) maybe aren't as important or have as much impact as other strategies.

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