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Conversational Agents Improve Peer Learning through Building on Prior Knowledge
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Tegos, Stergios; Demetriadis, Stavros – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Research in computer-supported collaborative learning has indicated that conversational agents can be pedagogically beneficial when used to scaffold students' online discussions. In this study, we investigate the impact of an agile conversational agent that triggers student dialogue by making interventions based on the academically productive talk…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Prior Learning, Intervention, Outcomes of Education
Information Science Instruction and Changes in Girls' and Boy's Expectancy and Value Beliefs: In Search of Gender-Equitable Pedagogical Practices
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Vekiri, Ioanna – Computers & Education, 2013
In this study, which was situated in the context of information science instruction, data were collected twice using student self-reports to examine the effects of pedagogical practices on changes in boys' and girls' expectancy and value beliefs about computing. Participants were 326 7th-grade students, enrolled in three middle schools that were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Values, Beliefs
An Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer from Microworld Programming to Conventional Programming
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Xinogalos, Stelios – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
Programming microworlds are being used for introducing students to programming for many years. Although many professors and school teachers report positive results from using programming microwords, these results are usually based on anecdotal evidence rather than rigorous empirical evaluation. A question that has not been answered yet with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Programming Languages, Programming, Computer Science Education
Supporting Students' Learning in the Domain of Computer Science
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Gasparinatou, Alexandra; Grigoriadou, Maria – Computer Science Education, 2011
Previous studies have shown that students with low knowledge understand and learn better from more cohesive texts, whereas high-knowledge students have been shown to learn better from texts of lower cohesion. This study examines whether high-knowledge readers in computer science benefit from a text of low cohesion. Undergraduate students (n = 65)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reading Comprehension, Computer Science Education, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
Digital Game-Based Learning in High School Computer Science Education: Impact on Educational Effectiveness and Student Motivation
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Papastergiou, Marina – Computers & Education, 2009
The aim of this study was to assess the learning effectiveness and motivational appeal of a computer game for learning computer memory concepts, which was designed according to the curricular objectives and the subject matter of the Greek high school Computer Science (CS) curriculum, as compared to a similar application, encompassing identical…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Computer Science Education, Females, Program Effectiveness
Guiding Learners into Reengagement through the SCALE Environment: An Empirical Study
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Verginis, Ilias; Gouli, Evangelia; Gogoulou, Agoritsa; Grigoriadou, Maria – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
The paper presents the facilities offered by the open learner model maintained in the web-based, adaptive, activity-oriented learning environment SCALE (Supporting Collaboration and Adaptation in a Learning Environment), in order to guide online students who become disengaged and support their reengagement. The open learner model (OLM_SCALE)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Introductory Courses