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Kim, Yanghee; Marx, Sherry; Pham, Hung Viet; Nguyen, Tung – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
This qualitative study explored the design and implementation of a humanoid social robot that mediated collaborative interactions among culturally and linguistically diverse kindergarten children in a US school. The robotic mediation was designed to help children have positive interactions with one another. The study was grounded in theories of…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computer Mediated Communication, Ethnography, Interpersonal Communication
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Rosheim, Kay – Language Awareness, 2022
The current study is a two-year case study focusing on an upper-elementary girl who had been diagnosed with selective mutism in 1st grade. While multiple theoretical frameworks have been used to explain selective mutism, the current study borrowed the frameworks of critical sociocultural theory, a social semiotic theory of multimodality, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Females, Psychosomatic Disorders, Communication Problems
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Tamir, Emanuel; Etgar, Ran; Peled, Daniel – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2020
Smartphone applications have become increasingly popular, influencing functioning in all life domains. This study investigated the influence of the WhatsApp application on decision-making processes among kindergarten-managers. The research aimed to investigate the types of decisions made using WhatsApp. To examine this, a 3-phase mixed-method…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Handheld Devices, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs
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Konca, Ahmet Sami; Hakyemez-Paul, Sevcan – Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 2021
The primary research aim of this current study was to better understand the digital technology use of Turkish kindergarten teachers in their parental involvement practices. A questionnaire designed by the authors was administered to 100 kindergarten teachers in five cities located within Turkey. It was revealed in the study results that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Kindergarten
Luft, Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2014
There is extensive research evidencing the value of developing early oral literacy skills within sociocultural experiences. However there is a lack of research examining first-grade students engaged in dialogic learning using Internet communication technology. The purpose of this study was to analyze the collaborative peer-talk process of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Computer Mediated Communication, Videoconferencing, Interaction
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Resendes, Monica; Scardamalia, Marlene; Bereiter, Carl; Chen, Bodong; Halewood, Cindy – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2015
This research explores the ability of grade 2 students to engage in productive discussion about the state of their knowledge building using group-level feedback tools to support their metadiscourse. Two aspects of knowledge work were common to the comparison and experimental classes: "Knowledge Building talk" (KB talk) involving…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Meta Analysis, Grade 2