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Influences of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR)-Based Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STREAM) Instructional Approach on Students' Learning Performances
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Melese Astatke; Cathy Weng; Abebayehu Yohannes; Matere M. Isaac; Wei-Kai Liou – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
This quasi-experimental study examined the influences of an Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) adoption in the classroom and compared learning achievement, motivation, and perception between two versions of the learning approaches (IVR-based STREAM learning and Desktop Virtual Reality (DVR)-based STREAM learning). Twenty middle school students in the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Computer Simulation, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Workstations
The Effectiveness of Using Augmented Reality (AR) to Enhance Student Performance: Using Quick Response (QR) Codes in Student Textbooks in the Saudi Education System
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AlNajdi, Sameer Mosa – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Augmented reality (AR) is a new way to integrate virtual reality into the real world, and integrating AR into education offers opportunities for increasing student performance. The Saudi Ministry of Education integrated technology into its educational system by building an educational portal called iEN, which offers many technologies that support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Effects of an Adaptive Computer Agent-Based Digital Game on EFL Students' English Learning Outcomes
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Gwo-Jen Hwang; Di Zhang – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
The effectiveness of digital game-based language learning (DGBLL) has been recognized by scholars. With the development of computer technology and multimedia learning environments, computer agents have been widely used in game systems to provide learning guidance or assistance. A computer agent is a virtual character created in a digital learning…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Game Based Learning, Computer Simulation
Impact of a Virtual Environment on the Learning Effectiveness, Motivation, Cognitive Load, and Group Self-Efficacy of Elementary School Students in Collaborative Learning
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Cho, I-Hsuan; Yeo, Jun-Hui; Hwang, Gwo-Haur; Yang, Hsi-Hsun – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Collaborative learning helps to construct a learning situation in which students solve problems together, and their learning effectiveness is promoted. However, collaborative learning often has the problem of unequal participation of learners. Therefore, this study combines the collaborative learning mode of the virtual environment of digital…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning
Real Body versus 3D Avatar: The Effects of Different Embodied Learning Types on EFL Listening Comprehension
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Lan, Yu-Ju; Fang, Wei-Chieh; Hsiao, Indy Y. T.; Chen, Nian-Shing – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
The current study aimed at investigating how different types of embodied learnings influence elementary school students' English as a foreign language (EFL) listening performance. Two kinds of embodied learnings: real and physical body versus the 3D avatar, were compared with non-embodied learning. 69 fifth graders from two elementary schools…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Grade 5
A Scaffolding Strategy to Develop Handheld Sensor-Based Vocabulary Games for Improving Students' Learning Motivation and Performance
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Huang, Yong-Ming; Huang, Yueh-Min – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Vocabulary is the foundation for students who learn a foreign language. Nevertheless, students may be bored by the painstaking process of rote learning. To this end, this study designed a handheld sensor-based vocabulary game based on a scaffolding strategy for improving students' motivation and achievement in vocabulary learning. On the one hand,…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Handheld Devices, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills