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Chen, Ling-Hsiu – Computers & Education, 2011
Although conventional student assessments are extremely convenient for calculating student scores, they do not conceptualize how students organize their knowledge. Therefore, teachers and students rarely understand how to improve their future learning progress. The limitations of conventional testing methods indicate the importance of accurately…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Cognitive Style, Self Efficacy
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Patriarcheas, Kiriakos; Xenos, Michalis – Computers & Education, 2009
This article presents a study carried out in the area of distance learning electronic forums. Based on the relevant bibliographic review, electronic forums are increasingly becoming part of the learning process. The specific study was stimulated by previous works relevant to the modelling of the behaviour of IT students at Hellenic Open University…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Program Effectiveness, Discussion Groups, Models
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Govender, I.; Grayson, D. J. – Computers & Education, 2008
This paper presents the results of an investigation into the various ways in which pre-service and in-service teachers experience learning to program in an object-oriented language. Both groups of teachers were enrolled in university courses. In most cases, the pre-service teachers were learning to program for the first time, while the in-service…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, Preservice Teachers, Inservice Education
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Efendioglu, Akin; Yelken, Tugba Yanpar – Computers & Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two different methods on primary school teacher candidates' academic achievements and attitudes toward computer-based education, and to define their views on these methods. Both the first experimental group, programmed instruction (PI), and the second experimental group, meaningful…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Experimental Groups, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education