NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Velasco, Richard Carlos L.; Degner, Kate – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2023
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how students' mathematics identities were developed and how their agency was fostered through the use of a mathematical action technology (MAT), Desmo, during stages of learning beyond noticing and wondering. The authors describe how they enacted an eighth-grade mathematics lesson depicting students…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grade 8
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Baltaci, Serdal – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
It is a widely known fact that gifted students have different skills compared to their peers. However, to what extent gifted students use mathematical thinking skills during probability problem solving process emerges as a significant question. Thence, the main aim of the present study is to examine 8th grade gifted students' probability…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Gifted, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Skills
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Durukan, Erhan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
As computer technology developed, hypertexts emerged as an influential environment for developing language skills. This study aims to evaluate a text prepared in a hypertextual environment and its effects on academic success and comprehension skills. In this study, "preliminary test final test control group experimental pattern" was used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Hypermedia
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sharma, Priya; Hannafin, Michael J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2007
Scaffolding has proven an especially interesting and promising area for supporting teaching and learning practices. Particular interest has emerged in scaffolding student learning in technology-enhanced environments. In this paper, we discuss how scaffolding is implemented in technology-enhanced environments, provide an overview of scaffolding…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Biggs, Marie C.; Homan, Susan P.; Dedrick, Robert; Minick, Vanessa; Rasinski, Timothy – Reading Psychology, 2008
Software that teaches users to sing in tune and in rhythm while providing real-time pitch tracking was used in a study of struggling middle school readers. The software, Carry-a-Tune (CAT) was originally developed to improve singing; however, since it involves a repeated reading format, we used it to determine its effect on comprehension and…
Descriptors: Matched Groups, Reading Comprehension, Singing, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kwon, So Young; Cifuentes, Lauren – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Five eighth grade science classes of students in at a middle school were assigned to three treatment groups: those who individually concept mapped, those who collaboratively concept mapped, and those who independently used their study time. The findings revealed that individually generating concept maps on computers during study time positively…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Concept Mapping, Grade 8, Cooperative Learning