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Tan, Teck Kiang – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2023
Researchers often have hypotheses concerning the state of affairs in the population from which they sampled their data to compare group means. The classical frequentist approach provides one way of carrying out hypothesis testing using ANOVA to state the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the means and proceed with multiple comparisons…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis, Guidelines
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Lindberg, Renny S. N.; Laine, Teemu H.; Haaranen, Lassi – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
An increasing number of countries have recently included programming education in their curricula. Similarly, utilizing programming concepts in gameplay has become popular in the videogame industry. Although many games have been developed for learning to program, their variety and their correspondence to national curricula remain an uncharted…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
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Murray, Tom – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2016
Intelligent Tutoring Systems authoring tools are highly complex educational software applications used to produce highly complex software applications (i.e. ITSs). How should our assumptions about the target users (authors) impact the design of authoring tools? In this article I first reflect on the factors leading to my original 1999 article on…
Descriptors: Usability, Programming, Computer Software, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Hertzog, Nancy B. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2017
This article explores the learning context for talent development in public schools. Total aspects of the environment from physical space, affective elements, and pedagogical approaches affect learning. How teachers believe and perceive their roles as teachers influence instructional design and decision making. In this article, the optimal…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Public Schools, Teaching Methods, Teacher Role
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Faure, Pascaline – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
The purpose of this lexicological study is to present a typology of patients' euphemizing lay denominations of medical terms illustrated by examples in English and French. Various textbooks and lexicons dealing with English and French for medical purposes served as corpora. The euphemisms were classified according to the three semantic processes…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, French, Figurative Language, Semantics
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Sorva, Juha; Karavirta, Ville; Malmi, Lauri – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2013
This article is a survey of program visualization systems intended for teaching beginners about the runtime behavior of computer programs. Our focus is on generic systems that are capable of illustrating many kinds of programs and behaviors. We inclusively describe such systems from the last three decades and review findings from their empirical…
Descriptors: Visualization, Programming, Guidelines, Introductory Courses
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Gonzalez-Barbone, Victor; Anido-Rifon, Luis – Computers & Education, 2010
Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) was proposed as a standard for sharable learning object packaging, delivering and sequencing. Several years later, Common Cartridge (CC) is proposed as an enhancement of SCORM offering more flexibility and addressing needs not originally envisioned, namely assessment and web 2.0 standards, content…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Standards, Models, Guidelines
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Green, Rebecca S.; Eppler, Marion A.; Ironsmith, Marsha; Wuensch, Karl L. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
We tested the effects of two embedded review question formats and the application of web design guidelines in a computer-assisted mastery learning course in developmental psychology. Students used either a branching review question format that redirected them to relevant portions of the study module after incorrect answers or a linear format that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Programming, Opinions, Guidelines
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Laine, Teemu H.; Vinni, Mikko; Sedano, Carolina Islas; Joy, Mike – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2010
This article presents the features, design and architecture of the Myst pervasive game platform that has been applied in creating pervasive mobile learning games in various contexts such as science festivals and museums in Finland. Based on our experiences with the development, we draw a set of design principles for creating successfully a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Games, Young Adults, Museums
Maddux, Cleborne D. – Educational Technology, 1998
Discusses the poor technical and design quality of many Web sites and provides tips for improving quality: use meta tags; provide page sponsor identification, links back to home page, page titles; display a paragraph describing the purpose of the Web page; avoid using frames and publishing pages under construction; check language and mechanics;…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Content Analysis
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Georgantaki, Stavroula C.; Retalis, Symeon D. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
"Object-Oriented Programming" subject is included in the ACM Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs in Computer Science as well as in Curriculum for K-12 Computer Science. In a few research studies learning problems and difficulties have been recorded, and therefore, specific pedagogical guidelines and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Seminars, Undergraduate Study, Guidelines
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Zamboanga, Byron L.; Covell, Christmas N.; Kepple, Sarah J.; Soto, Richard D.; Parker, Keith D. – Journal of College Admission, 2002
While the role and importance of affirmative action continues to be debated, researchers have found that individuals evaluate affirmative action policies differently. However, few studies have examined how prospective graduate students view affirmative action policies in graduate school admission. This study attempts to uncover prospective…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Affirmative Action, Programming
Hollas, Eric – 1997
Even though medieval manuscripts represent the most voluminous surviving artifact from the Middle Ages, the very nature of this resource presents challenges for usage. In an effort to preserve medieval manuscripts and to create broader and more economical access to their contents, many libraries have in recent decades sought to provide filmed…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Databases, Electronic Publishing