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Davis, Robert; Antonenko, Pavlo – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2017
Pedagogical agents (PAs) are lifelike characters in virtual environments that help facilitate learning through social interactions and the virtual real relationships with the learners. This study explored whether and how PA gesture design impacts learning and agent social acceptance when used with elementary students learning foreign language…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Lee, Chun-Yi; Chen, Ming-Jang – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of worked examples using virtual manipulatives on the learning performance and attitudes of fifth grade students toward mathematics. The results showed that: (1) the utilization of non-routine examples could promote learning performance of equivalent fractions. (2) Learning with virtual…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
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Serpell, Zewelanji N.; Boykin, A. Wade; Madhere, Serge; Nasim, Aashir – Journal of Black Psychology, 2006
This study sought to address the lack of experimental research examining the influence of contextual factors on African American students' learning. A total of 162 low-income African American and White fourth graders were randomly assigned to ethnically homogeneous, communally structured groups of three to work on a motion acceleration task using…
Descriptors: Context Effect, African American Students, Transfer of Training, Low Income Groups