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Bressler, Denise; Annetta, Leonard; Johnson, Ashley; Dunekack, Alexis; Tutwiler, M. Shane – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2023
This purpose of this study was to explore changes in science and reading interest among a diverse group of 5th grade science students who used a mixed reality reading experience, with a specific focus on the experience of low-fluency readers. This study involved pre-post measures and post-interviews with 15 fifth grade students. The intervention…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Science Education, Content Area Reading, Reading Fluency
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Young, William, II; Franklin, Teresa; Cooper, Tessa; Carroll, Stephen; Liu, Chang – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2012
In an age of technological advancement, video games have been found to be effective teaching aids in middle school science classrooms. A National Science Foundation (NSF) project at Ohio University, known as STEAM, (Science and Technology Enrichment for Appalachian Middle Schoolers), has examined Second Life as a curriculum aid through the design,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Middle Schools, Secondary School Science, Educational Games
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Park, John; Carter, Glenda; Butler, Susan; Slykhuis, David; Reid-Griffin, Angelia – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2008
This study examines the relationship of gender and spatial perception on student interactivity with contour maps and non-immersive virtual reality. Eighteen eighth-grade students elected to participate in a six-week activity-based course called "3-D GeoMapping." The course included nine days of activities related to topographic mapping.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Maps, Earth Science