Inquiry-based learning is gaining popularity in science curricula, international research and
development projects as well as teaching. One of the underlying reasons is that its success …

Since the field of educational videogames or serious games is not limited to games that are
specifically designed for educational purposes, videogames such as Minecraft have …

Auditory description display is verbalized text typically used to describe live, recorded, or
graphical displays to support access for people who are blind or visually impaired …

The world needs young people who are skillful in and enthusiastic about science and who
view science as their future career field. Ensuring that we will have such young people …

Conducting experiments fosters conceptual understanding in science education. In various
studies, combinations of real (hands-on) and virtual (computer-simulated) experiments have …

Student creativity is currently attracting considerable attention. An increasing number of high
schools in China are trying to improve the learning motivation and creativity of students, as …

We propose a conceptual framework which may guide research on fostering diagnostic
competences in simulations in higher education. We first review and link research …

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at problem solving research and
practice over the last fifteen years. The first chapter describes differences in types of …

Cognitive load is a theoretical notion with an increasingly central role in the educational
research literature. The basic idea of cognitive load theory is that cognitive capacity in …

Inquiry-based science education (IBSE) has been proposed as a framework for
conceptualizing the priorities and values of authentic science teaching and learning. The …