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Ercan, Orhan; Bilen, Kadir; Ural, Evrim – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
This study investigated the impact of a web-based teaching method on students' academic achievement and attitudes in the elementary education fifth grade Science and Technology unit, "System of Earth, Sun and Moon". The study was a quasi-experimental study with experimental and control groups comprising 54 fifth grade students attending…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Academic Achievement
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Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Kuo, Fan-Ray – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Web-based problem-solving, a compound ability of critical thinking, creative thinking, reasoning thinking and information-searching abilities, has been recognised as an important competence for elementary school students. Some researchers have reported the possible correlations between problem-solving competence and information searching ability;…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Structural Equation Models, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking
Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald; Tyler-Wood, Tandra; Gibson, David – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the changes that were found to occur pre- to post intervention in students' cognitive structures (Mills, 2013; Knezek, Christensen, Tyler-Wood, & Periathiruvadi, 2013) continued to persist two years later. Major findings were: a) semantic perception of science and STEM as a career became more…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Hands on Science, Science Instruction, Cognitive Processes