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Chew, Chiou Sheng; Idris, Norisma; Loh, Er Fu; Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Chua, Yan Piaw; Bimba, Andrew Thomas – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
This paper focuses on the design and evaluation of a theory-based computer-assisted summary writing learning environment called Summary Writing-PAL (SW-PAL). The SW-PAL was developed based on four aspects: summarizing strategies, learning theories, prior knowledge, and cognitive load. A quasi-experiment that involved 58 undergraduates majoring in…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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Grami, G. M. A.; Alkazemi, B. Y. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2016
Writing correct English sentences can be challenging. Furthermore, writing correct formulaic sequences can be especially difficult because accepted combinations do not follow clear rules governing which words appear together in a sequence. One solution is to provide examples of correct usage accompanied by statistical feedback from web-based…
Descriptors: Sentences, Writing Skills, Feedback (Response), English (Second Language)
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Papadopoulos, P. M.; Demetriadis, S. N.; Weinberger, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013
This paper investigates the impact of the proposed "Make It Explicit!" technique on students' learning when participating in scripted collaborative activities. The method posits that when asking students to proactively articulate their own positions explicitly, then improved peer interaction is triggered in a subsequent…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Peer Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Trushell, J.; Byrne, K.; Simpson, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2012
This paper describes an illuminative small-scale study that piloted an initial survey instrument intended to investigate correspondences between 47 undergraduate Education final year students' use of information and communications technology (ICT), including the Internet, and--within the context of their adoption of tactics intended to impress…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Hidden Curriculum, Cheating
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Kim, C.; Keller, J. M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of motivation, volition and belief change strategies, implemented with personal and group email messages, on students' attitudes, study habits and achievement in a calculus course for non-mathematics majors. Eighty four undergraduates enrolled in a calculus course received emails over a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Study Habits, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes
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Gilliver, R. S.; Randall, B.; Pok, Y. M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1998
A study of undergraduate accounting students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore) determined that the examination scores of students using an Internet site as an adjunct to learning in a financial accounting course were superior to those of students who did not and that scores for students who had previously failed the course were significantly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology