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Would Boys and Girls Benefit from Gender-Specific Educational Software?
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Luik, Piret – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Most boys and girls interact differently with educational software and have different preferences for the design of educational software. The question is whether the usage of educational software has the same consequences for both genders. This paper investigates the characteristics of drill-and-practice programmes or drills that are efficient for…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Software, Gender Differences, Drills (Practice)
A New Student Performance Analysing System Using Knowledge Discovery in Higher Educational Databases
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Guruler, Huseyin; Istanbullu, Ayhan; Karahasan, Mehmet – Computers & Education, 2010
Knowledge discovery is a wide ranged process including data mining, which is used to find out meaningful and useful patterns in large amounts of data. In order to explore the factors having impact on the success of university students, knowledge discovery software, called MUSKUP, has been developed and tested on student data. In this system a…
Descriptors: Income, Computer Software, Databases, Data Analysis
The Implementation and Evaluation of a Mobile Self- and Peer-Assessment System
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Chen, Chao-hsiu – Computers & Education, 2010
Recently, more and more researchers have been exploring uses of mobile technology that support new instructional strategies. Based on research findings related to peer and self assessment, this study developed a Mobile Assessment Participation System (MAPS) using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) as the platform. In addition, the study proposes…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Strategies, Education Courses, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
An Evaluation of the Learning of Undergraduates Using E-Learning in a Tertiary Institution in China
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Liu, James N. K.; Cheng, Xiangqian – International Journal on E-Learning, 2008
In recent years, tertiary institutions in developed countries have made extensive use of Course Management Systems (CMSs), software packages designed to help educators create online learning communities. To date, however, such packages have been little used in higher education institutions (HEIs) in China. In this article, we describe the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Automatic Coding of Dialogue Acts in Collaboration Protocols
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Erkens, Gijsbert; Janssen, Jeroen – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2008
Although protocol analysis can be an important tool for researchers to investigate the process of collaboration and communication, the use of this method of analysis can be time consuming. Hence, an automatic coding procedure for coding dialogue acts was developed. This procedure helps to determine the communicative function of messages in online…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Validity, Cooperation, Coding
Judgements about the Value and Cost of Human Factors Information in Design.
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Burns, Catherine M.; Vicente, Kim J. – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Describes an empirical evaluation that investigated the criteria by which designers of human-machine systems evaluate design information. Professional designers of nuclear power plant control rooms rated hypothetical information search questions in terms of relevance, importance, cost, and effort based on Rouse's model of information search…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Correlation, Costs, Designers