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Designing and Deploying 3D Collaborative Games in Education
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Mavridis, Apostolos; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Terzidou, Theodouli – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
This paper focuses on methodologies of serious games deployment and evaluation. Particularly, this study will present a specific category of serious games that are based on Collaborative Virtual Environments and they aim to support Collaborative Learning. We call these serious games Collaborative Virtual Educational Games (CVEG). The paper aims to…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Instructional Design, Cooperative Learning, Educational Games
Teachers' Dispositions towards the Role of Digital Devices in Play-Based Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education
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Palaiologou, Ioanna – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
A body of research is emerging on early childhood education teachers' views on the integration of digital technologies in their practice. Despite evidence of the digitalisation of homes in affluent societies and children's interactions in highly mediated digital environments, few teachers so far have integrated digital devices into a play-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Attitudes
Should We Teach Primary Pupils about Chemical Change?
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Papageorgiou, George; Grammaticopoulou, Maria; Johnson, Phil Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Thirty-six pupils from three sixth-grade classes (ages 11/12, n = 75) in Greece were interviewed pre- and post-intervention in a piece of research on explanations of chemical phenomena. Software concerning chemical phenomena was incorporated in a teaching scheme, where the particle theory was used. After a 13 hour intervention, pupils'…
Descriptors: Intervention, Chemistry, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
The Effect of Motion Analysis Activities in a Video-Based Laboratory in Students' Understanding of Position, Velocity and Frames of Reference
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Koleza, Eugenia; Pappas, John – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2008
In this article, we present the results of a qualitative research project on the effect of motion analysis activities in a Video-Based Laboratory (VBL) on students' understanding of position, velocity and frames of reference. The participants in our research were 48 pre-service teachers enrolled in Education Departments with no previous strong…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Qualitative Research, Motion, Science Laboratories
A Phenomenographic Study of Greek Primary School Students' Representations Concerning Technology in Daily Life
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Solomonidou, Christina; Tassios, Athanassios – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2007
The present research investigated and studied students' representations about daily life technologies, in a prospect of studying technology in Greek primary education. In the research participated 60 Greek primary school students aged 9 to 12 years old. Research data were collected through semi-structured, personal, clinical-type interviews. Each…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Technology Education
Teacher Beliefs and Practices Formed during an Innovation with Computer-Based Exploratory Mathematics in the Classroom
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Kynigos, Chronis; Argyris, Michael – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
This paper describes research into the beliefs and practices established over time by teachers, who had been engaged in an innovative "mathematical investigations" school program, based on the use of exploratory software. The theoretical framework perceives the teacher as an active mediator of innovation, constructing and reorganizing a…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes