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Direct linkSun, Lihui; Hu, Linlin; Zhou, Danhua – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
In this work, we studied the influence of different programming approaches on the development of students' computational thinking (CT) skills, the programming experience and gender differences in CT development were also discussed. A total of 158 junior high school students and one teacher participated in the study over 5 months. The sample…
Descriptors: Programming, Junior High School Students, Computation, Thinking Skills
Meital Amzalag; Dorin Kadusi; Shimon Peretz – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Abundant research has tried to understand how games can be designed and used effectively to improve the learning process and to examine the correlations between digital learning games and student motivation, engagement, and knowledge retention. The current study examined the correlation between learning through digital game-based learning (DGBL)…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Game Based Learning, Electronic Learning
Fiorella, Logan; Kuhlmann, Shelbi; Vogel-Walcutt, Jennifer J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
This study tested the effects of implementing a narrative computer-based educational game within a middle-school math class. Gameplay consisted of navigating through a virtual spaceship and completing missions by periodically engaging in learning-by-teaching activities that involved helping an avatar solve math problems. In a pretest/posttest…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods
Bringula, Rex P.; Fosgate, Ian Clement O., Jr.; Garcia, Neil Peter R.; Yorobe, Josf Luinico M. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2018
This experimental study investigated the effects of the use of two versions of a pedagogical agent named personal instructing agent (PIA) on the mathematics performance of students. The first version exhibits synthetic facial expressions while the second version does not exhibit facial expression (i.e., neutral facial expression). Two groups of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Achievement, Feedback (Response), Mathematics Tests
Rosen, Yigal – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
The study described here is among the first of its kind to investigate systematically the effect of learning with integrated animations on transfer of knowledge and on motivation to learn science and technology. Four hundred eighteen 5th and 7th grade students across Israel participated in a study. Students in the experimental group participated…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Animation, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries
McNamara, Danielle S.; O'Reilly, Tenaha P.; Best, Rachel M.; Ozuru, Yasuhiro – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
This study examines the benefits of reading strategy training on adolescent readers' comprehension of science text. Training was provided via an automated reading strategy trainer called the Interactive Strategy Trainer for Active Reading and Thinking (iSTART), which is an interactive reading strategy trainer that utilizes animated agents to…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adolescents, Reading Strategies, Teaching Methods
