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Stewart, William H.; Baek, Youngkyun; Kwid, Gina; Taylor, Kellie – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Recently educational robotics has expanded into curriculum beyond traditional STEM fields, and which can also be used to foster computational thinking (CT) skills. Prior research has shown numerous interdisciplinary benefits related to CT, however, these influential factors have often been investigated with relatively few variables. This study…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Computation, Elementary School Students
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Avsec, Stanislav; Szewczyk-Zakrzewska, Agnieszka – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
This paper aims to investigate the predictive validity of learning styles on academic achievement and technological literacy (TL). For this purpose, secondary school students were recruited (n = 150). An empirical research design was followed where the TL test was used with a learning style inventory measuring learning orientation, processing…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Technological Literacy, Secondary School Students
Elmer, Denise – 2002
The prominence of experiential learning or service learning continues to grow in higher education. A 1999-2000 survey found that of 324 universities and colleges across the United States, 82% offer over 7,000 undergraduate level courses and over 700 graduate level courses in experiential or service learning. This paper considers the role of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Educational Research
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Price, Gary E.; And Others – Clearing House, 1981
Thirteen New York City third graders and 72 sixth graders completed a state reading test and the Learning Style Inventory (LSI) by Dunn, Dunn, and Price. Eleven LSI variables accounted for significant differences between high and low achievers in reading. Variables include preferred learning environment, learning modalities, and personality…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, High Achievement
Jackson-Allen, Jennifer; Christenberry, Nola J. – 1994
The purpose of the study was to identify and compare the learning style preferences of low-achieving and high-achieving young African-American males. Measures of perceptual preferences for 22 learning modalities were obtained from a sample of 50 ninth- and tenth-grade students. Half of the students were randomly selected from a pool identified as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, At Risk Persons, Blacks