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Khan, Muhammad Ahmad; Gorard, Stephen – Educational Review, 2012
We report here the overall results of a cluster randomised controlled trial of the use of computer-aided instruction with 672 Year 7 pupils in 23 secondary school classes in the north of England. A new piece of commercial software, claimed on the basis of publisher testing to be effective in improving reading after just six weeks of use in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Reading Improvement, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Blake, C.; Scanlon, E. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
This paper proposes a reconsideration of use of computer simulations in science education. We discuss three studies of the use of science simulations for undergraduate distance learning students. The first one, "The Driven Pendulum" simulation is a computer-based experiment on the behaviour of a pendulum. The second simulation, "Evolve" is…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Science Education, Computer Simulation
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Ketelhut, Diane Jass; Nelson, Brian C. – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Most policy doctrines promote the use of scientific inquiry in the K-12 classroom, but good inquiry is hard to implement, particularly for schools with fiscal and safety constraints and for teachers struggling with understanding how to do so. Purpose: In this paper, we present the design of a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE)…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Student Attitudes, Virtual Classrooms, Science Curriculum
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Arnseth, H. C.; Saljo, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
The topic of this article concerns how students make sense of categories of progressive inquiry made available to them through a discussion and inquiry type of software called Future Learning Environments 2 (FLE2). The idea behind tools of this kind is to induce approaches to school-work that build on the metaphor of learning as research. By…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Educational Practices, Classification, Computer Software
Steuck, Kurt; Miller, Todd M. – 1997
Instruction in Scientific Inquiry Skills (ISIS) is part of a seven-year Air Force effort--the Fundamental Skills Training Project--to design, build, evaluate, and transition advanced computer-aided instruction to the education community. This report describes ISIS 2.0 and presents the results of an initial field evaluation of the software during…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology