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Marshall, Krista Sekeres – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate student understanding and application of computational thinking patterns to novel situations. Over 500 students, who had just designed and programmed a Frogger-style game using the AgentSheets platform, responded to a newly developed video-prompt survey instrument administered in the Fall 2010 semester.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Grounded Theory, Thinking Skills, Games
Walker, Jacob J. – Online Submission, 2010
This Action Research project and Pilot Study was designed and implemented to improve students' hypothetical thinking abilities by exploring the possibility that learning and playing the computer game Minesweeper may inherently help improve hypothetical thinking. One objective was to use educational tools to make it easier for students to learn the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Pretests Posttests, Program Effectiveness, Correlation
Dixit, R. K. – Online Submission, 2010
This is a special issue published in version 1.0 of "Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology." Articles in this issue include: (1) [Theta] Scheme (Orthogonal Milstein Scheme), a Better Numerical Approximation for Multi-dimensional SDEs (Klaus Schmitz Abe); (2) Input Data Processing Techniques in Intrusion Detection…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Computers, Computer Science, Telecommunications
Kausar, Tayyaba; Choudhry, Bushra Naoreen; Gujjar, Aijaz Ahmed – Online Submission, 2008
This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of CAI vs. classroom lecture for computer science at ICS level. The objectives were to compare the learning effects of two groups with class room lecture and computer assisted instruction studying the same curriculum and the effects of CAI and CRL in terms of cognitive development. Hypothesis of…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Research Design, Teacher Effectiveness, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dixit, R. K. – Online Submission, 2009
Articles in this issue of "Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology" include: (1) Input Data Processing Techniques in Intrusion Detection Systems--Short Review (Suhair H. Amer and John A. Hamilton, Jr.); (2) Semantic Annotation of Stock Photography for CBIR Using MPEG-7 standards (R. Balasubramani and V. Kannan); (3) An Experimental Study…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Photography, Semantics, Computer Software
Kabakci, Isil; Birinci, Gurkay; Izmirli, Serkan – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of this study is to inform about the development of the software "Oral and Dental Health" that will supplement the course of Science and Technology for K8 students in the primary school curriculum and to carry out an evaluation study of the software. This software has been prepared for educational purposes. In relation to the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Abbiss, Jane – Online Submission, 2005
An exploration of how year 12 students in a New Zealand high school make meaning of their experiences of different specialist IT (information technology) courses shows that gender identity is a potent factor in their experiences. At a personal level, individual students, males and females, construe their experiences of CPS (computer studies) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Computers, Sexual Identity