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Sharon J. Derry

Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Publications -  79
Citations -  4973

Sharon J. Derry is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Instructional design & Educational technology. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 78 publications receiving 4728 citations. Previous affiliations of Sharon J. Derry include Wisconsin Center for Education Research & Florida State University.

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Learning from Examples: Instructional Principles from the Worked Examples Research:

TL;DR: Worked examples are instructional devices that provide an expert's problem solution for a learner to study as discussed by the authors, which is a cognitiveexperimental program that has relevance to classroom instruction and the broader educational research community.
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Computers as Cognitive Tools

TL;DR: This chapter discusses Tutoring Systems and Pedagogical Theory: Representational Tools for Understanding, Planning, and Reflection in Problem Solving, and the Role of the Tutor in Computer-Based Collaborative Learning Situations.
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Video Research in the Learning Sciences

TL;DR: Goldman et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a framework for video representation and reflection in pedagogical research Praxis, which is based on a post-Gutenberg Epistemology for video use in ill-structured domains.
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Designing Systems that Train Learning Ability: From Theory to Practice

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the improvement of learning ability necessitates development not only of specific learning skills, which we know how to teach, but also an executive control mechanism that automatically accesses and combines learning skills whenever they are needed, and that genuine improvement of academic aptitude is not likely to result from anything less than a thoughtful, systematic curriculum that complements direct training in learning strategies, and thereby engineers the gradual evolution of impo...