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Promotion and Prevention Orientations in the Choice to Attend Lectures or Watch Them Online
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Bassili, J. N. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2006
When presented with the option to use a new instructional technology, students often face an approach-avoidance conflict. This study explored promotion and prevention orientations, concepts linked to approach and avoidance in Higgins's regulatory focus theory, in the choice to attend lectures or watch them online. Openness, a core disposition in…
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Internet, Teaching Methods, Individual Differences
Learner Control in Computer Assisted Learning.
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Holmes, N.; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1985
An investigation of how secondary students coped when taught binary arithmetic through a computer assisted instruction program used four treatment groups: learner control, learner control with advice; random program control, and adaptive program control. The random group performed less well, but no differences were found between learner and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Decision Making
Exploring the Mechanisms through which Computers Contribute to Learning.
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Karasavvidis, Ilias; Pieters, J. M.; Plomp, T. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2003
Describes a study of secondary school students in the Netherlands that compared the use of paper and pencil or computer spreadsheets to solve correlational problems in geography. Discusses results of videotape transcripts that compared teacher and student behaviors and considered mechanisms through which computers contribute to learning.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Correlation
An Experimental Network-Mediated Study Support System.
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Ellermann, Henk; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1992
Describes the design of a prototypical computer-mediated communication (CMC) system at the Open University of the Netherlands called StudieNet which focuses on a single mathematics course. The concept of the integrated study environment used in StudieNet is explained, StudieNet functions are compared with the nonautomated course, and how the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Students' Attitudes towards Control Methods in Computer-Assisted Instruction.
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Hintze, Hanne; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1988
Describes study designed to investigate dental students' attitudes toward computer-assisted teaching as applied in programs for oral radiology in Denmark. Programs using personal computers and slide projectors with varying degrees of learner and teacher control are described, and differences in attitudes between male and female students are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dental Schools, Developed Nations
A CAL Experiment in a Developing Country.
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Mancey, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1989
Describes a study designed to assess the effectiveness of 2 science simulation programs for 11- and 12-year-olds in a developing country (Guyana). Computer-assisted learning (CAL) results are compared with results from written assignments, effect size is discussed, gender differences are examined, and ability levels are considered. (14 references)…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Evaluating the Impact of IT on Pupils' Achievements.
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Johnson, D. C.; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1994
Describes the ImpacT study that was conducted in England and Wales to evaluate the effect of information technology (IT) on elementary and secondary school students' achievements in English, geography, math, and science. Research design and methodologies are explained, and results are compared with students not using IT. (Contains 15 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Studying a Complex Knowledge Domain by Exploration or Explanation.
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Beishuizen, J. J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1992
Discussion of teaching complex knowledge domains through exploration highlights two experiments that investigated the educational value of a Dutch computer simulation program which models the relationship between erosion and agriculture in a developing country as part of the secondary school geography curriculum. Learning by doing versus learning…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction