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Young Oh, Eun; Song, Donggil; Hong, Hyeonmi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of an anti-bullying activity that utilizes conversational virtual agents (called conversation-bots or chatbots) on students' attitudes toward bullying problems. An experimental pre- or posttest design with a three-group setting was used. Eighty-nine fifth-grade students were assigned to one of three…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Bullying, Prevention, Intervention
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Zheng, Binbin; Warschauer, Mark – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
This study examined the synchronous computer-mediated communication of 48 fifth-grade students and their teachers in a public school for large numbers of English learners during a school year. We collected all participants' discussion threads in the first 2 months and last 2 months of the year-long activity. Students' language complexity was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Synchronous Communication, Grade 5, Public Schools
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Liu, I-Fang; Ko, Hwa-Wei; Wu, Sheng-Yi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
Teachers experience difficulty demonstrating prediction strategies and leading discussions in traditional classrooms. It is also unclear whether online discussion can contribute to reading comprehension. The purpose of this study is to create an online reading system to investigate whether learners can acquire reading strategies and enhance their…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Learning Strategies, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups
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Lai, Ming; Law, Nancy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
This article describes a case study of an international collaboration between two classes of fifth grade students through an online discussion platform with one group more experienced in online knowledge building activities than the other. Before the collaboration, the novice class tended to produce isolated notes filled with information and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Cooperative Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)