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Volume Two - Academic Conferences

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DESCRIPTION<br />

TEST<br />

Recall the names of the<br />

animals previously shown<br />

in the learning material<br />

OPEN QUESTION: lists<br />

all of the animals that you<br />

remember presented in<br />

the lesson<br />

Fabio Serenelli et al.<br />

Animal Diet: define the<br />

meaning of these classes:<br />

herbivores / omnivores /<br />

carnivores; producers /<br />

consumers / decomposers<br />

MULTIPLE ANSWER: 15<br />

true/false questions<br />

Trophic Levels: define the<br />

meaning of these classes:<br />

producers / consumers /<br />

decomposers<br />

MULTIPLE ANSWER: 15<br />

true/false questions<br />

Table 6: Comprehension transfer test - aims to measure the ability of classifying new examples and<br />

the comprehension levels of the main concepts presented<br />

TYPE OF<br />

KNOWLEDGE<br />

CONCEPTS<br />

TASK APPLY<br />

LEARNING<br />

OBJECTIVE<br />

DESCRIPTION<br />

TEST<br />

Apply and transfer the concepts<br />

classifying new, unknown examples<br />

Classify animals and other living beings<br />

belonging to unknown ecosystems<br />

applying new concepts (Animal Diet)<br />

CLASSIFICATION: “write the names of<br />

animals in the correct category in the<br />

Table below”<br />

Apply and transfer the concepts classifying<br />

new, unknown examples<br />

Classify animals and other living beings<br />

belonging to unknown ecosystems<br />

applying new concepts (Trophic Levels)<br />

CLASSIFICATION: “write the names of<br />

animals in the correct category in the<br />

Table below”<br />

Table 7: Problem Solving Transfer test - asks the student to transfer the food chain model to unknown<br />

environmental contexts performing a few problem solving tasks<br />

TYPE OF<br />

KNOWLEDGE<br />

PROCESSES<br />

TASK APPLY FIND<br />

LEARNING Solve a problem by relating the acquired Reorganize existing concepts to derive a<br />

OBJECTIVE<br />

concepts in the right way<br />

new abstract scheme<br />

Food Chain: use concepts of animal diet Food Chain: represent the food chain<br />

DESCRIPTION and trophic levels for the construction of<br />

new food chains<br />

process in a new abstract scheme<br />

Build a food chain from the following Complete the scheme of a food chain,<br />

TEST organisms: “for each element/link insert matching abstract concepts for animal diet<br />

the correct name”<br />

and trophic levels<br />

At the end of the test session we also administered a User Experience (UX) Questionnaire - a<br />

qualitative tool built to discover relationships between students preferences, satisfactory learning<br />

experiences and learning achievements. Its items are grouped and categorized in:<br />

Estimated prior knowledge<br />

Instructional material clarity<br />

Instructional material usability<br />

Self-efficacy perception after the learning experience<br />

Engagement and motivation related to the LO and the setting<br />

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