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Reconsidering Off-Task: A Comparative Study of PDA-Mediated Activities in Four Classrooms
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Mifsud, L.; Morch, A. I. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010
Mobile technology is ubiquitous and diverse and permeates many aspects of daily life at home, during leisure activities, and in public spaces. The study presented here is of two sixth grade classes in Michigan, USA and two seventh grade classes in Norway. The students and the teachers in these four classrooms were equipped with mobile technologies…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7
The Interplay between Learning and the Use of ICT in Rwandan Student Teachers' Everyday Practice
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Mukama, E. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
The paper describes a study conducted in Rwanda involving 12 participants selected from a larger cohort of 24 final-year university students who were part of a group-based training programme. The programme was about how to search, retrieve, and use web-based literature. Empirical data were collected through interviews and focus group discussions.…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Preservice Teachers, Sociocultural Patterns, Focus Groups
Socio-Cultural Aspects of Prompting Student Reflection in Web-Based Inquiry Learning Environments
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Furberg, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
This paper reports on a qualitative study of students' engagement with a Web-based inquiry environment aimed at prompting student reflection in processes of scientific inquiry. In order to demonstrate how prompts become structuring resources for students' scientific inquiry, detailed analyses of students' interaction processes are conducted. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Prompting, Internet, Reflection