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Milkova, Eva; Pekarkova, Simona; Azim, Muhammad; Jabin, Bushra – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
School readiness is recognized as one of the key starting points for children's further success in their school work and in their subsequent career. However, many kindergarten teachers still miss and long for a comprehensive, reliable and standardized diagnostic tool which could help them recognize the level of children's school readiness. That is…
Descriptors: Educational Games, School Readiness, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
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Jeong, Hye In; Kim, Yeolib – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This study investigated kindergarten teachers' decision-making process regarding the acceptance of computer technology. We incorporated the Technology Acceptance Model framework, in addition to computer self-efficacy, subjective norm, and personal innovativeness in education technology as external variables. The data were obtained from 160…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Self Efficacy, Guidelines
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Tsai, Pei-Shan; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Hwang, Gwo-Haur – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of the context-aware ubiquitous learning (u-learning) approach versus traditional instruction on students' ability to answer questions that required different cognitive skills, using the framework of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives, including knowledge, comprehension, application,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Cognitive Ability, Foreign Countries
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Song, Donggil; Karimi, Arafeh; Kim, Paul – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Teaching argumentation with appropriate activities and strategies would support a wide range of goals in science education. Though science labs have been suggested and employed for argumentation activities, such educational expenditures are likely to be beyond the means of most schools in under-resourced areas. Due to the lack of appropriate…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Disadvantaged Schools, Developing Nations, Rural Areas
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Kara, Nuri; Aydin, Cansu Cigdem; Cagiltay, Kursat – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
This article introduces StoryTech, a smart storytelling toy that offers children a mixed reality environment in which to tell imaginative stories. During usability testing, an empirical study was carried out with 90 child participants. The findings indicated that StoryTech creates a rich storytelling experience, especially for ages five and six.
Descriptors: Story Telling, Toys, Educational Technology, Blended Learning
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Hung, Cheng-Yu; Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Yu, Pao-Ta – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
Advances in technology have led to continuous innovation in teaching and learning methods. For instance, the use of tablet PCs (TPCs) in classroom instruction has been shown to be effective in attracting and motivating students' interest and increasing their desire to participate in learning activities. In this paper, we used a TPCs game--an iPad…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Games
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Patera, Marianne; Draper, Steve; Naef, Martin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
This paper presents an exploratory study that created a virtual reality environment (VRE) to stimulate motivation and creativity in imaginative writing at primary school level. The main aim of the study was to investigate if an interactive, semi-immersive virtual reality world could increase motivation and stimulate pupils' imagination in the…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Imagination, Computer Simulation, Motivation