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High and Low Computer Self-Efficacy Groups and Their Learning Behavior from Self-Regulated Learning Perspective While Engaged in Interactive Learning Modules
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Santoso, Harry B.; Lawanto, Oenardi; Becker, Kurt; Fang, Ning; Reeve, Edward M. – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2014
The purpose of this research was to investigate high school students' computer self-efficacy (CSE) and learning behavior in a self-regulated learning (SRL) framework while utilizing an interactive learning module. The researcher hypothesizes that CSE is reflected on cognitive actions and metacognitive strategies while the students are engaged with…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, High School Students, Self Control, Educational Environment
Virtual Transgenics: Using a Molecular Biology Simulation to Impact Student Academic Achievement and Attitudes
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Shegog, Ross; Lazarus, Melanie M.; Murray, Nancy G.; Diamond, Pamela M.; Sessions, Nathalie; Zsigmond, Eva – Research in Science Education, 2012
The transgenic mouse model is useful for studying the causes and potential cures for human genetic diseases. Exposing high school biology students to laboratory experience in developing transgenic animal models is logistically prohibitive. Computer-based simulation, however, offers this potential in addition to advantages of fidelity and reach.…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Science Careers, Advanced Placement, Computer Simulation
English Teachers' Cultural Models about Technology: A Microethnographic Perspective on Professional Development
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Curwood, Jen Scott – Journal of Literacy Research, 2014
Prompted by calls for research on technology-focused professional development, this ethnographic case study investigates how teachers' participation in learning communities may influence technology integration within the secondary English curriculum. In this article, I draw on educational psychology, cognitive anthropology, and sociolinguistics to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Communities of Practice
The Reality of Web-Based Interaction in an Egyptian Distance Education Course
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Sadik, Alaa – Online Submission, 2006
This paper reports the results of a study conducted to evaluate the reality of interaction in a web-based distance education course. The learners were Egyptian first-grade secondary school students (15-16 years old) and the learning subject is mathematics. To investigate students' interactions via the Web, a Web-based learning environment was…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction