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Zhang, Kunkun; Djonov, Emilia; Torr, Jane – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
Television, like other media, can work as a platform for promoting learning. This article illustrates the value of multimodal discourse analysis for evaluating the potential of a children's television show as a vehicle for fostering knowledge and skills in a specific subject area. Drawing on social semiotic principles and systemic functional genre…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Educational Television, History Instruction, Thinking Skills
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Doube, Wendy; Lang, Catherine – Computer Science Education, 2012
A multimedia university programme with relatively equal numbers of male and female students in elective programming subjects provided a rare opportunity to investigate female motivation to study and pursue computer programming in a career. The MSLQ was used to survey 85 participants. In common with research into deterrence of females from STEM…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Stereotypes, Females, Self Efficacy
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Thomas, Angela – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
This paper draws from research conducted as part of an Australian Research Council funded Linkage Project "Teaching effective 3D authoring in the middle years: multimedia grammatical design and multimedia authoring pedagogy", which is a collaboration between the University of New England, the University of Tasmania and the Australian…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Semiotics, Linguistic Theory, Case Studies
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Thomas, Peter; Martin, Elaine – Computers & Education, 2008
This paper builds on research into using multimedia and hypermedia as creative writing tools and reports on a study in using a hypermedia authoring program with middle-years students at an Australian secondary school. The study explored a classroom where collaborative work built on the technical facilities and expertise of young people. The paper…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Written Language, Hypermedia, Feedback (Response)
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Crowe, David; Zand, Hossein – Computers & Education, 2001
Discusses the use of computers in undergraduate mathematics. Highlights include external software, including spreadsheets and theorem provers; computer generated assessment; multimedia software; computer programming languages; geometric visualization tools; computer algebra systems; and examples from the United States, the United Kingdom, and…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Evaluation Methods
Duke, Benjamin C., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
The primary purpose of this project was to compile, translate, and publish educational media research material from the major Asian countries and to make that information available in the United States. Educational media research and experimentation is interpreted to include experimental programming, testing, evaluation, and use of all the newer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Surveys, International Education
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers