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Hüseyin Ates; Mustafa Köroglu – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Online collaboration tools have been identified as potentially effective means for enhancing student learning, motivation, and engagement in science education. However, their effectiveness in improving science education outcomes among middle school students remains uncertain. Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the impact of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
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Chang, Liang; Chen, Qianqian; Yang, Yuqin; Qian, Xuan – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
This study investigated whether elementary students could collectively advance a knowledge-building discourse through judgments of promisingness and epistemic reflection. Supported by the Promising Idea Tool and its accompanying pedagogical design, 32 grade six students were involved in judging the promisingness of their community ideas, refining…
Descriptors: Reflection, Epistemology, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods
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Zhang, Meilan; Quintana, Chris – Computers & Education, 2012
Online inquiry, use of the Web as an information resource to inquire into science, has become increasingly common in middle schools in recent years. However, prior research has found that middle school students tend to use the Web in a superficial manner. To address the challenges that students face in online inquiry, we designed the Digital…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
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Zucker, Andrew A.; Tinker, Robert; Staudt, Carolyn; Mansfield, Amie; Metcalf, Shari – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The Technology Enhanced Elementary and Middle School Science II project (TEEMSS), funded by the National Science Foundation, produced 15 inquiry-based instructional science units for teaching in grades 3-8. Each unit uses computers and probeware to support students' investigations of real-world phenomena using probes (e.g., for temperature or…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Effect Size, Virtual Classrooms, Grade 7