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O'Rourke, John; Main, Susan; Hill, Susan M. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
In this paper we report on a study of the implementation of handheld game consoles (HGCs) in 10 Year four/five classrooms to develop student automaticity of mathematical calculations. The automaticity of mathematical calculations was compared for those students using the HGC and those being taught using traditional teaching methods. Over a school…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games, Video Games
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Tindall-Ford, Sharon; Agostinho, Shirley; Bokosmaty, Sahar; Paas, Fred; Chandler, Paul – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This research investigated the viability of learning by self-managing split-attention worked examples as an alternative to learning by studying instructor-managed integrated worked examples. Secondary school students learning properties of angles on parallel lines were taught to integrate spatially separated text and diagrammatic information by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Computer Uses in Education, Self Management
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Garner, Stuart – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
This paper reports on the findings from a quantitative research study into the use of a software tool that was built to support a part-complete solution method (PCSM) for the learning of computer programming. The use of part-complete solutions to programming problems is one of the methods that can be used to reduce the cognitive load that students…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Computer Software, Statistical Analysis