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Kiger, Derick; Herro, Dani – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
Educators are incorporating students' mobile devices into the schooling experience via Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. This is advantageous for many reasons, most notably, improving access to Internet resources and digital tools in support of teaching and learning. Obtaining parental support is key to BYOD success. Therefore, this study…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Uses in Education, Parents, Decision Making
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Ifenthaler, Dirk; Schweinbenz, Volker – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2016
In recent years digital technologies, such as tablet personal computers (TPCs), have become an integral part of a school's infrastructure and are seen as a promising way to facilitate students' learning processes. This study empirically tested a theoretical model derived from the technology acceptance model containing key constructs developed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
Topolovcan, Tomislav; Matijevic, Milan – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of this research was to investigate whether particular socio-demographic characteristics of pupils in lower secondary education, their level of computer selfefficacy and motivation for using digital media in class are considered significant predictors of constructivist learning. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate the characteristics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Secondary Education, Secondary School Students
Bekmezci, Mehmet; Celik, Ismail; Sahin, Ismail; Kiray, Ahmet; Akturk, Ahmet Oguz – Online Submission, 2015
In this research, students' scientific attitude, computer anxiety, educational use of the Internet, academic achievement, and problematic use of the Internet are analyzed based on different variables (gender, parents' educational level and daily access to the Internet). The research group involves 361 students from two middle schools which are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Academic Achievement
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Wen, Jia-Rong; Cheng, Kuo-Ming; Chen, Chia-Pin; Hsieh, Yi-Hsun – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
English teaching in elementary and junior high schools in Taiwan has been criticized for years as being restricted in classroom learning and not being expanded out of the classrooms and combined with real situations so that students are not really prepared to successfully use English outside of school therefore, the computer supported …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Junior High School Students
Smith, Mark S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of interactive whiteboard technology on ninth grade English End of Course scores in two high schools in the Upstate of South Carolina in the school year 2011-2012. This study also sought to determine what impact interactive whiteboard technology had on the factors of gender, socio-economic…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Rural Schools, High Schools, Visual Aids
Ramirez, Bari N. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A quantitative, correlational prediction study was performed to determine the relationship between English language learner (ELL) use of electronic media and reading proficiency in a large urban middle school in Texas. The predictor variables were viewing television programs in English, viewing television programs in Spanish, using a computer for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Middle School Students, Electronic Learning, Urban Schools