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Aydan Aytekin; Mustafa Sami Topçu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Circulatory system is a challenging subject for middle school students to learn and understand conceptual relationships. To address these challenges, this study developed plugged (computational thinking activities using computer) and unplugged (computational thinking activities without using computer) teaching modules that integrated computational…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Human Body, Middle School Students
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Marcia A. Barnes; Nathan H. Clemens; Deborah Simmons; Colby Hall; Melissa Fogarty; Amanda Martinez-Lincoln; Sharon Vaughn; Leslie Simmons; Anna-Maria Fall; Greg Roberts – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2024
An inferential comprehension intervention addressing reading comprehension difficulties of middle schoolers was tested. Method Students in Grades 6 to 8 (n = 145; 53.8% female; 71% White; 24% Black) who failed their state literacy test, were randomly assigned to tutor-led, computerized, or business-as-usual [BaU] interventions. Results The…
Descriptors: Tutors, Computer Uses in Education, Inferences, Reading Comprehension
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Kansoy, Merve Berika; Sert-Cibik, Ayse – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2023
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of guided inquiry activities supported by digital stories in the 6th grade science lesson on students' attitudes towards inquiry. The method of the study was determined as the embedded design, one of the mixed method research designs. 27 students from a public school located in the countryside…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Story Telling, Computer Uses in Education
Jordan, Jamie Byrd – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This research explored the impact of a sixth grade one-to-one laptop initiative on student attitudes about learning and technological competencies. The study compared student preintervention and postintervention survey data prior to and after a sixth grade laptop intervention initiative. The survey responses were divided into 5 dimensions (School…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Educational Technology, Grade 6, Student Attitudes
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Chaudhuri, Parama – Distance Learning, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic began in the late months of 2019, and by the spring of 2020, to limit transmission of the virus, schools across the globe closed and transitioned to emergency online teaching. While the move to online teaching and learning was inevitable, many learners, especially in rural and remote areas, found that online schooling had…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary School Teachers, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Papadopoulos, Ioannis – Science & Education, 2014
This paper describes a classroom experiment where students use techniques found in the history of mathematics to learn about an important mathematical idea. More precisely, sixth graders in a primary school follow Archimedes's method of exhaustion in order to compute the number p. Working in a computer environment, students inscribe and…
Descriptors: History, Grade 6, Elementary School Science, Computer Uses in Education
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Brecka, Peter; Valentová, Monika – Informatics in Education, 2017
The basis of the submitted study are the continuously rising demands to alter the curricula with the aim to develop students' key competences in order to increase their professional versatility. The lack of scientific research and discussions show that little investigation has been done on the issue of development of key competences. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Najmuldeen, Hanan A. – World Journal of Education, 2017
The present study aims to evaluate the impact of educational games-based iPad applications on the development of social studies achievement and learning retention. Sample consisted of (48) sixth grade primary students in Jeddah. The author adopted Quasi-experimental design of the experimental and control groups. She also provided the teacher a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Handheld Devices, Academic Achievement, Social Studies
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Yanik, H. Bahadir; Memis, Yasin – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
Engaging students in studies about conservation and sustainability can support their understanding of making environmental conscious decisions to conserve Earth. This article aims to contribute these efforts and direct students' attention to how they can use mathematics to make environmental decisions. Contributors to iSTEM: Integrating…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Teaching Methods, Conservation (Environment), Energy Conservation
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Stewart, Jefferson; Vincent, Daniel – Science and Children, 2013
The authors describes their experiences incorporating the virtual lab into a simple circuit lesson during an energy unit in a sixth-grade class. The lesson included a hands-on group experiment using wire, batteries, and light bulbs to make a circuit and an online simulation, using a virtual lab. Class discussions, student inquiries, and the study…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Computer Simulation, Hands on Science, Equipment
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Gunbas, N. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a computer-based story, which was designed in anchored instruction framework, on sixth-grade students' mathematics word problem-solving achievement. Problems were embedded in a story presented on a computer as computer story, and then compared with the paper-based version of the same story…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Arthanat, Sajay; Curtin, Christine; Kontak, David – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2015
Mainstream technologies are widely being employed in inclusive and special education classrooms to accommodate the learning needs of students. As the evidence of their effectiveness evolves, educators and school-based therapists need tools and documentable strategies for their implementation. This research presents an evaluation protocol to guide…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Developmental Disabilities, Handheld Devices
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Bouck, Emily C. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2012
Mathematics is a critical content area and assistive technology can benefit students with high incidence disabilities in accessing and achieving in this domain. Yet, the field lacks awareness of how often teachers use assistive technology in mathematics and what types of technology they are using. This study sought to understand teachers' self…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Special Education Teachers, Assistive Technology, Mathematics Instruction
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Ciampa, K. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2014
The purpose of this single-case study was to explore the lived experiences of a grade 6 teacher and students who used tablets as part of their classroom instruction. Malone and Lepper's taxonomy of intrinsic motivations for learning is used as a framework for examining whether and how this particular theory of motivation applies equally well for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Grade 6, Laptop Computers, Computer Uses in Education
Nordstrom, Hope McGee – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of online homework as one way to bridge the gap between how students live and the diverse ways they learn by focusing on the attitudes, academic achievement, and learning styles of sixth grade language arts students. Students in the treatment group completed online homework, while the control group…
Descriptors: Homework, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Control Groups
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