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Starkey, Louise; Zhong, Jingyi – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
How computers in schools impact on children's learning has been studied through research that explores student achievement at one point in time or by comparing different classroom contexts with differing results. The introduction of an optional netbook purchasing scheme for children in a low socio-economic community provided an opportunity to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Laptop Computers, Ownership, Mathematics Achievement
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Lin, C.-H.; Chiu, C.-H.; Hsu, C.-C.; Wang, T.-I.; Chen, C.-H. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
This study proposed a computerized inquiry-stage-dependent argumentation assistance and investigated whether this can help improve elementary students' performance in science processes and the construction of quality arguments. Various argumentation assistances were developed and incorporated into each stage of scientific inquiry in a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Process Skills, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Miller, B. W.; Cromley, J. G.; Newcombe, N. S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2016
Visual representations are essential for science understanding, but many students have poor diagrammatic reasoning skills. Previous research showed that teaching high school and college students about the conventions of diagrams (COD) can improve diagrammatic reasoning. In this study, middle school science students received COD instruction…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Visual Aids, Science Instruction, Science Education