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Anthony, Anika Ball – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
Technology implementation research indicates that teachers' beliefs and knowledge, as well as a host of institutional factors, can influence technology integration. Drawing on third-generation activity theory, this article conceptualizes technology implementation as a network of planning and integration activities carried out by technology…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, School Districts, Systems Approach
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Sardone, Nancy B.; Devlin-Scherer, Roberta – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010
Researchers conducted a mixed-methods study with 21 undergraduate university students majoring in education to determine their ability to recognize the motivational factors and 21st-century learning skills associated with digital games. Results suggest that students in the study were able to detect the learning skills embedded in games. The…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Middle School Students, High School Students, Skill Development
Michael Mendicino; Leena Razzaq; Neil T. Heffernan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2009
This study compared learning for fifth grade students in two math homework conditions. The paper-and-pencil condition represented traditional homework, with review of problems in class the following day. The Web-based homework condition provided immediate feedback in the form of hints on demand and step-by-step scaffolding. We analyzed the results…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Homework, Computer Assisted Instruction, Effect Size
Kingsley, Karla V.; Boone, Randall – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2008
This study investigated social studies achievement as a result of utilizing a multimedia-based American history software program (Ignite Early American History, 2003) to augment textbook and lecture materials for seventh-grade middle school history students in an ethnically and linguistically diverse urban school district. The instructional…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, United States History, Instructional Effectiveness
Hernandez-Ramos, Pedro; De La Paz, Susan – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2009
This article describes a study in which eighth grade students in one school learned to create multimedia mini-documentaries in a six-week history unit on early 19th-century U.S. history. The authors examined content knowledge tests, group projects, and attitude and opinion surveys to determine relative benefits for students who participated in a…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Documentaries, Grade 8
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Grant, Michael M.; Branch, Robert Maribe – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to explore how individual differences--specifically abilities--were used in the construction of computer-mediated learning artifacts while working within a project-based learning environment. A case study design was used with five participants purposively selected from 61 eighth grade geography students at a small,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Projects, Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction