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Direct linkAli Alqarni – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2025
This study examined the effect of gamification on visual programming and computational thinking skills among primary school students, aiming to investigate how gamified learning environments enhance cognitive skill development and conceptual integration compared to traditional teaching methods. A quasi-experimental design was employed, involving…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Game Based Learning, Achievement Tests, Teaching Methods
Young, Donna – Educational Horizons, 2014
This author has often heard teachers refer to kids as "experts" when it comes to using technology. She has found, however, that, while they may be great at navigating a new app or figuring out how to use the latest gadget, kids are not experts when it comes to properly communicating and ethically handling everything that goes along with…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Teaching Models, Electronic Learning, Information Security
Download full textZadzora, Kathleen; Gest, Scott D.; Rodkin, Philip C. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The objective of this poster is to examine whether differences in the structural features of classroom peer networks (tight-knittedness, hierarchy, salience norms) are associated with differences in how individual students perceive the classroom environment (relational support from teachers and peers) and express achievement-related beliefs…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods
Gest, Scott D.; Rodkin, Philip C. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The long-term goal of this program of research is to clarify how teachers may influence features of peer networks that, in turn, may affect students' perceptions of social support, achievement-related beliefs and academic achievement. As a first step in this process, in this study the authors focus on identifying teaching practices that are…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Influence, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship
Gest, Scott D.; Rodkin, Philip C. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2011
Teachers and students in 39 1st, 3rd and 5th grade classrooms participated in a study of teaching practices and classroom peer networks. Teachers reported on their attitudes towards aggression and withdrawal, provided rationales for their seating arrangements, and were observed on patterns of emotional and instructional support and classroom…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Social Status, Peer Relationship, Friendship
Lin, Chi-Syan; Chou, C. Candace; Kuo, Ming-Shiou – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2007
The paper outlines a new paradigm and its underlying rationales for implementing networked learning environments that is emerging from new technologies such as multi-user platform, virtual worlds, virtual learning community, and intelligent agents. The proposed paradigm of the networked learning environments is described as inhabited virtual…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Networks, Simulated Environment
