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Digital Booktalk: Creating a Community of Avid Readers, One Video at a Time
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Gunter, Glenda A. – Computers in the Schools, 2012
In this article the author presents a meta-analysis of the findings from several studies conducted over multiple years with various types of learners that investigated exemplar/signature pedagogical practices incorporating video to motivate otherwise reluctant and struggling learners. Noting that newer technologies are making today's learners less…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Web Sites, Pretests Posttests, Quasiexperimental Design
Signature Pedagogy in Early Years Education: A Role for COTS Game-Based Learning
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Miller, David; Robertson, Derek; Hudson, Alison; Shimi, Jill – Computers in the Schools, 2012
In this article we look at the links between early years pedagogy and the use of digital game-based learning. Early years education is a distinctive phase of the education system in many countries, generally covering the age range from 3-6 or 7 years. In the United Kingdom, it tends to bridge preschool and the first two years in primary school.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Educational Games, Video Games
A Technology-Based Teaching Model That Stimulates Statistics Learning.
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Fernandez, George C. J.; Liu, Leping – Computers in the Schools, 1999
This study presents a technology-based statistics teaching model developed from experience in teaching statistics in higher education. Technology-based learning and cooperative learning are merged in this model, including practical teaching processes that stimulate student enjoyment and motivation to learn statistics.( Contains 56 references.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Models
Wikis and Constructivism in Secondary Social Studies: Fostering a Deeper Understanding
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Heafner, Tina L.; Friedman, Adam M. – Computers in the Schools, 2008
Web 2.0 software, in particular wikis, have the potential to allow students to become active contributors to the Internet and, as a result, restructure traditional learning environments. In this study, the effects of student-created wikis were evaluated through measures of student engagement, cognitive benefits, and student learning in both the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students
Computer Education from a Humanistic Perspective.
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Crist, Mary – Computers in the Schools, 1984
Offers a brief history of humanistic and transpersonal psychology development; includes a brief description of educational goals advocated by these movements, particularly in reference to teacher role; and presents specific examples of how computers make it possible for teachers to satisfy role expectations placed upon them in student-centered…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Effects of Computer Environments on Social-Emotional Development: Logo and Computer-Assisted Instruction.
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Clements, Douglas H.; Nastasi, Bonnie K. – Computers in the Schools, 1985
Reviews research on the effects of the educational application of computers on student social-emotional development and details a study which examined the effects of two computer environments--computer assisted instruction and Logo--on six specific components of social-emotional competence (initiation and participation, social problem-solving,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction