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Smith, Cary Stacy; Hung, Li-Ching – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
In Taiwan, teaching focuses around lecturing, with students having little opportunity to interact with each other. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a means of instruction where students learn the subject by being active participants in the pedagogical process, with the emphasis on problem-solving. In this study, the authors investigated whether PBL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Computer Literacy, Self Efficacy
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Jenson, Jennifer; Droumeva, Milena – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2016
While advances in game-based learning are already transforming educative practices globally, with tech giants like Microsoft, Apple and Google taking notice and investing in educational game initiatives, there is a concurrent and critically important development that focuses on "game construction" pedagogy as a vehicle for enhancing…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Computation, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries
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Tsai, Chia-Wen; Shen, Pei-Di; Lin, Rong-An – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2015
This study investigated, via quasi-experiments, the effects of student-centered project-based learning with initiation (SPBL with Initiation) on the development of students' computing skills. In this study, 96 elementary school students were selected from four class sections taking a course titled "Digital Storytelling" and were assigned…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Student Centered Learning, Computer Literacy
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Su, Jun-Ming; Lin, Huan-Yu – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
In recent years, software operating skills, the ability in computer literacy to solve problems using specific software, has become much more important. A great deal of research has also proven that students' software operating skills can be efficiently improved by practicing customized virtual and simulated examinations. However, constructing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation, Simulation
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Madill, Michael T. R. – Teaching English with Technology, 2014
Didactical approaches related to teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) have developed into a complex array of instructional methodologies, each having potential benefits attributed to elementary reading development. One such effective practice is Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), which uses various forms of technology such as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Oliver, Kevin M.; Corn, Jeni O. – Educational Media International, 2008
This two-year, mixed methods study with surveys, observations, and interviews, documented student technology use and skill before and after the implementation of a new one-to-one tablet computing program at a private middle school in the United States. After one year with tablets, several differences in students' technology use and skill were…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Computers, Educational Technology