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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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Yang, Shu Ching; Lin, Chia-Ying; Chen, An-Sing – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
This study examined several types of teen behaviors, specifically bullying, being bullied, and witnessing bullying, and analyzed teens' judgments of the seriousness of the bullying. A Bullying Behaviors Scale (BBS) was designed to investigate both traditional bullying (TB) and cyberbullying (CB) behaviors among teens in grades 5 through 11. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication
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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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Holfeld, Brett; Grabe, Mark – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
This study explored the nature and extent of middle school students' (n = 665) experiences with cyber bullying. Approximately one in five students reported being cyber bullied in the past year, with 55% of those students being repeatedly victimized within the past 30 days. Female students were more likely to be involved in cyber bullying (victim,…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Student Attitudes, Bullying, Middle School Students