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Alotaibi, Hind; Salamah, Dania – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Utilizing translation technologies, such as computer-aided translation tools, online dictionaries, and parallel corpora, has become integral to the professional practice of translation. However, further research is necessary to investigate the effect of these technologies on translation quality and translator performance. The aim of the current…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Translation, Professional Education, Computer Oriented Programs
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Xie, Yanna; Gao, Genghe; Niu, Ning; Wang, Yuchan – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
This paper reports the practice of using the Mobile QQ and Oruxmaps mobile apps to assist in teaching general geology field practice and the results of evaluation experiments. A student subjective judgment questionnaire and a field test were used to obtain the experimental results. The key findings suggest that the proposed method has a…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Geology, Field Studies
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Yu-Cheng Lin; Huei-Tse Hou – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Strategic planning is a key competency for business management education. This study designed a dual scaffold-oriented strategy planning board game based on cognitive scaffolding and peer scaffolding and combined it with a real-time checking mechanism using mobile technology. The 68 university students were divided into an experimental group for…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Design, Strategic Planning, Evaluation Methods
Lori Lye – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Duolingo is arguably the most popular language learning app available today, as measured by its metric of achieving 500 million downloads in 2020, yet remarkably little research has been conducted regarding its implementation or efficacy as a language-learning tool. The handful of studies that do exist have found positive outcomes, although…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Computer Oriented Programs
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Deighton, Kevin; Hudson, Joanne; Manley, Andrew J.; Kaiseler, Mariana; Patterson, Laurie B.; Rutherford, Zoe H.; Swainson, Michelle – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
An increase in the number of students entering higher education has intensified the need for targeted strategies to support a wider range of student requirements. Current research suggests that emotional intelligence (EI) may be associated with academic success, progression and retention in university students but the use of EI screening as a…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Handheld Devices, Written Language, Telecommunications
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Gezgin, Deniz Mertkan – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2019
This article investigates the effect of mobile learning support on students' academic success on a database management systems (DBMS) course. The research was carried out with 36 students attending a state university in Turkey. In this study, a mixed method was used, which includes both quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques. For…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Databases, Academic Achievement, Pretests Posttests
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Karp, Abigail; McCauley, Michelle; Byrne, Jack – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: The majority of research on energy feedback has been conducted in residential households; in this study, the authors aim to examine the effectiveness of similar initiatives in a college environment. The our goal was to see how much additional electricity savings could be induced using feedback beyond average savings achieved by…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Feedback (Response), Dormitories, Student Behavior
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Carbonell Carrera, Carlos; Bermejo Asensio, Luis A. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
Landscape interpretation is needed for navigating and determining an orientation: with traditional cartography, interpreting 3D topographic information from 2D landform representations to get self-location requires spatial orientation skill. Augmented reality technology allows a new way to interact with 3D landscape representation and thereby…
Descriptors: Geography, Spatial Ability, Maps, Computer Simulation
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O'Hara, Ross E.; Sparrow, Betsy – AERA Open, 2019
Despite growing economic opportunities in "middle-skills" science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions, the majority of community college STEM students leaves the STEM pipeline or withdraws from college altogether. We tested an intervention that addressed one reason why students abandon STEM: psychosocial…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Motivation
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Simmons, Lakisha; Crook, Amy; Cannonier, Colin; Simmons, Chris – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
Today's students experience increased anxiety around school and have difficulty keeping track of course assignments. The authors conceptually develop and empirically test a model of the impact of a homework reminder mobile application (app) on executive function skills and learning outcomes with undergraduate business students. The findings…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Prompting, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices
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Turan, Zeynep; Meral, Elif; Sahin, Ibrahim Fevzi – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
Augmented reality (AR) technology is commonly used in education. AR offers a combination of the virtual and real world; thus, it can help students in learning abstract and complex subjects. The purpose of the current study was to determine the impact of mobile AR technology on achievement, cognitive load levels and views of 95 first-year…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, College Students
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Tezer, Murat; Çimsir, Burcu Turan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
This research aimed to examine the impact of using mobile-supported learning management systems (LMS) in teaching web design on the academic success of students and their opinion on the course; and it was conducted on 70 volunteer students (35 experimental, 35 control) enrolled at Giresun University, Technical Sciences Vocational School, Computer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Integrated Learning Systems
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Rampersaud, Gail C.; Sokolow, Andrew; Gruspe, Abigail; Colee, James C.; Kauwell, Gail P. A. – Journal of American College Health, 2016
Objective: To evaluate the impact of educational text messages (TMs) on folate/folic acid knowledge and consumption among college-aged women, and to evaluate the impact of providing folic acid supplements on folate/folic acid intake among college-aged women. Participants: A total of 162 women (18-24 years) recruited from a university. Methods: The…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Females, College Students, Nutrition
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Shih, Ru-Chu – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2017
In recent years, the rapid advancement of information technology has had a great impact on our daily life and changed the world in which we operate; in particular, mobile devices have become more portable and powerful than ever. As a result, mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) and ubiquitous learning have been widely adopted in a variety of…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Electronic Learning, College Students, Language Laboratories
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Castillo-Manzano, Jose I.; Castro-Nuño, Mercedes; Sanz Díaz, María Teresa; Yñiguez, Rocio – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
The aim of this paper was to evaluate how audience response system (ARS) technology may increase improvements in academic performance in higher education, using the first year of the Administration and Business Management degree course at the University of Seville (Spain) as a case study. The experiment assesses whether the use of ARSs increases…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Business Administration Education
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