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This work is part of our commitment to create effective learning environments based on learning science and prove their effectiveness through research and constant iterative improvement.

Research Areas

The Doer Effect: Practice Causes Learning

The Doer Effect is the learning science principle that students who do practice as they read (learn by doing) have higher learning gains than those who only read. In this video, Dr. Rachel Van Campenhout, Ed.D., explains how we created an unprecedented scaling of the Doer Effect with Bookshelf CoachMe®.

 
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Recent Publications

Search our catalog of recent publications authored by our team.

2023
Leveraging Learning by Doing in Online Psychology Courses: Replicating Engagement and Outcomes

Published in Adaptive Instructional Systems, HCII 2022

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Bill Jerome, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Benny G. Johnson (2023)
Instructor Implementation
2023
The Doer Effect at Scale: Investigating Correlation and Causation Across Seven Courses

Published in Adaptive Instructional Systems, HCII 2022

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Bill Jerome, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Benny G. Johnson (2023)
Doer Effect
2022
Teaching and learning with AI-generated courseware: Lessons from the classroom

Published in Online Learning Journal

profile Schroeder, K. T., Hubertz, M., Van Campenhout, R., & Johnson, B. G (2022)
Instructor Implementation
2022
Evaluating AI-generated questions: a mixed-methods analysis using question data and student perceptions

Presented at Artificial Intelligence in Education

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Martha Hubertz, & Benny G. Johnson (2022)
Automatic Question Generation
2022
Parallel construction: a parallel corpus approach for automatic question generation in non-English languages

Presented at workshop on Intelligent Textbooks, Artificial Intelligence in Education

profile Benny G. Johnson, Jeffrey S. Dittel, Rachel Van Campenhout, Rodrigo Bistolfi, Aida Maeda, & Bill Jerome (2022)
Automatic Question Generation
2022
The doer effect: replication and comparison of correlational and causal analyses of learning

Published in International Journal on Advances in Systems and Measurements

profile Rachel Van Campenhout, Benny G. Johnson, & Jenna A. Olsen (2022)
Doer Effect
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