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The Characteristic Mobile Learning Engagement Strategies of International School Middle-Years Students
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Arnold, Bradley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to develop descriptions of how teenage students remain engaged in learning while using mobile technology. Developments in technology have expanded learning contexts and provided learners with improved capacities to connect with others to exchange, gain, and construct knowledge. Developments in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Telecommunications, Learning Activities, Qualitative Research
A Mixed-Method Study of Mobile Devices and Student Self-Directed Learning and Achievement during a Middle School STEM Activity
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Bartholomew, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2016
With the increasingly ubiquitous nature of mobile devices among K-12 students, many argue for and against the inclusion of these devices in K-12 classrooms. Arguments in favor cite instant access to information and collaboration with others as positive affordances made possible through mobile devices. Self-directed learning, a process where…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Portfolios (Background Materials), Engineering Education, Design
Effects of Mode of Target Task Selection on Learning about Plants in a Mobile Learning Environment: Effortful Manual Selection versus Effortless QR-Code Selection
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Gao, Yuan; Liu, Tzu-Chien; Paas, Fred – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
This study compared the effects of effortless selection of target plants using quick respond (QR) code technology to effortful manual search and selection of target plants on learning about plants in a mobile device supported learning environment. In addition, it was investigated whether the effectiveness of the 2 selection methods was…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Short Term Memory
Leading by Following: An Analysis of How K-12 School Leaders Use Twitter
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Sauers, Nicholas J.; Richardson, Jayson W. – NASSP Bulletin, 2015
This study analyzed how active Twitter users who are also school leaders used the tool. The researchers collaboratively identified K-12 school leaders who were active on Twitter and then collected tweets from those school leaders. The final sample for this study included 115 Twitter users and over 180,000 tweets from those individuals. The results…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology
School-Wide Adoption of a Mathematics Learning Game in a Middle School Setting: Using the TPACK Framework to Analyze Effects on Practice
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Evans, Michael A.; Nino, Miguel; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Chang, Mido – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
This case study uses the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework to describe how teachers from two contiguous school districts in southwest Virginia implemented "The CandyFactory," an iPad-specific learning game that focuses on pre-algebraic concepts, particularly fraction knowledge. As a result of this…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, School Districts
Integrating iPad Technology into the Classroom: A Study Investigating the Experiences Educators Encounter
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Byno, Kristin Jacobson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This phenomenological case study was designed to investigate the experiences educators encounter when implementing iPad technology into middle school math classrooms at a middle school in Northeast Texas. The growing popularity of the iPad mobile device has made the technology an attractive tool that can be implemented into K-12 classrooms,…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Case Studies, Technology Integration, Middle School Teachers