The Effects of Visual Display on Analogies Using Computer-Based Learning

Shu-Ling Lai

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 25, No. 2 (1998) pp. 151–60

Describes a study that investigated the effects of visual display within a college computer-based learning program that taught computer programming language through analogies. Three types of visual displays (text, static graphics, and animation) are ...

Controlling the Display of Animation for Better Understanding

Shu-Ling Lai

Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 33, No. 5 (2001)

Investigates whether students perform best after using computer-based learning (CBL) courseware with three types of animation-control strategies: program control, linear control, and learner control. Results suggest that accommodating learners'...

Increasing Associative Learning of Abstract Concepts through Audiovisual Redundancy

Shu-Ling Lai

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 23, No. 3 (2000) pp. 275–89

Describes the development of a computer-based learning courseware that presented associative learning between abstract and concrete domains and discusses results of a study of college students that determined whether various audio-visual...

Influence of Audio-Visual Presentations on Learning Abstract Concepts

Shu-Ling Lai

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 27, No. 2 (2000) pp. 199–206

Describes a study of college students that investigated whether various types of visual illustrations influenced abstract concept learning when combined with audio instruction. Discusses results of analysis of variance and pretest posttest scores in ...

The Effects of Analogies and Mathematics Ability on Students' Programming Learning Using Computer-Based Learning

Shu-Ling Lai; Judith L. Repman

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 23, No. 4 (1996) pp. 355–64

Purposes of this study were to determine: (1) if analogies and elaboration and placement of the analogies help novices learning a computer-programming language; (2) if students' mathematics ability influences programming learning; and (3) the...

Computer Usage and Reading in Elementary Schools: A Cross-Cultural Study

Shu-Ling Lai; Tai-Shent Chang; Renmin Ye

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 34, No. 1 (2006) pp. 47–66

This study uses international data to investigate computer use situations in elementary school reading classes and the impacts of computer usage on students' reading performance across 15 countries. The study compares and reveals computer use levels ...

Measuring self-regulation in online and blended learning environments

Lucy Barnard; William Y. Lan; Yen M. To; Valerie Osland Paton; Shu-Ling Lai

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 1–6

In developing the Online Self-regulated Learning Questionnaire (OSLQ) to address the need for an instrument measuring self-regulation in the online learning environment, this study provides evidence toward the reliability and validity of the...

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