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Aaron Butler; Weiling Li; Amy J. Dray – Online Submission, 2024
With growing demand for online courses, it is important to assess the efficacy of quality online virtual instruction. This study investigates the impact of Edmentum's Courseware Algebra I on student achievement using data on 1,205 ninth-grade students from a large urban school district in the Midwest during the 2020-2021 school year. Utilizing a…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 9, Urban Schools
House, Ann; Boyce, Jared; Wang, Sam; Means, Barbara; Peters Hinton, Vanessa; Wetzel, Tallie – Online Submission, 2018
Purpose: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched the Next Generation Courseware Challenge (NGCC) in 2014 to address the limited availability of affordable, high-quality adaptive courseware to postsecondary students. SRI International was retained to evaluate the NGCC initiative as a whole and to conduct impact studies for the NGCC…
Descriptors: Courseware, College Students, Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2015
Results of a vocabulary pretest showed that students majoring in translation had several weaknesses such as: poor vocabulary knowledge, faulty pronunciation, inability to connect the pronunciation with the written form, relating words to their part of speech, poor spelling, and inability to categorize words into groups sharing the same semantic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Chen, Wang-Kun; Wang, Ping – Online Submission, 2012
This study presents a student-centered teaching model based on concept mapping and problem-solving. The concept map is used as a tool to develop curriculum and evaluate teaching performance. Case-based teaching was implemented on the course of building energy conservation. The results of this study, which include teaching plans, evaluation tools,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Curriculum Development, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Energy Conservation
bin Mohamad, Rossafri; Muninday, Balakrishnan; Govindasamy, Malliga – Online Submission, 2010
This article presents a study on the use of multimedia technology for the teaching of Form (Grade) One history, which is a form of narrative subject in nature. Specifically, it is to study the viability of multimedia materials in supporting active learning for subjects which are in narrative form. Due to the scarcity of interactive multimedia…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Learning Motivation, Courseware, Active Learning
Rutherford, Teomara; Kibrick, Melissa; Burchinal, Margaret; Richland, Lindsey; Conley, AnneMarie; Osborne, Keara; Schneider, Stephanie; Duran, Lauren; Coulson, Andrew; Antenore, Fran; Daniels, Abby; Martinez, Michael E. – Online Submission, 2010
This paper describes the background, methodology, preliminary findings, and anticipated future directions of a large-scale multi-year randomized field experiment addressing the efficacy of ST Math [Spatial-Temporal Math], a fully-developed math curriculum that uses interactive animated software. ST Math's unique approach minimizes the use of…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Second Language Learning, Spatial Ability, Student Characteristics
Luck, Lee Tan; Peng, Chew Fong – Online Submission, 2010
This research is attempting to examine the effectiveness in the application of ICT (information and communication technology) and standardize courseware in ETeMS (English for Teaching Mathematics and Science) or PPSMI (Pengajaran and Pembelajaran Sains and Matematic dalam Bahasa Inggeris) in English program in the Malaysian secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Cagiltay, Nergiz Ercil; Aydin, Elif Uray; Kara, Ali – Online Submission, 2007
This study aims to find out requirements and needs to be fulfilled in developing remote Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory. Remote laboratories are newly emerging solutions for better supporting of e-learning platforms and for increasing their efficiency and effectiveness in technical education. By this way, modern universities aim to provide…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Laboratories, Technical Education, Needs Assessment
Ahmad, Rosman; Edwards, Rodger; Tomkinson, Bland – Online Submission, 2006
The World Wide Web impacted the educational model and became part of distance education in this early century. There were many changes taking place in higher education for political, economic and educational reasons. New goals and educational objectives are being set within educational institutions. There were particular emphases to produce a more…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Universities, Graduate Study, Engineering
Faryadi, Qais; Bakar, Zainab Abu; Maidinsah, Hamidah – Online Submission, 2007
The prime purpose of this experimental research was to determine whether learning Arabic as a foreign language can be effectively enhanced through traditional methodology. As such, this research carefully investigated and critically analyzed the effectiveness of the traditional paradigm in teaching Arabic as a foreign language to 3rd grade primary…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Check Lists, Instructional Effectiveness
McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2003
The author of this paper submits that students have a natural inquisitiveness; hence, students must be active in learning. Thus, the student must learn to conjecture and prove or disprove said conjecture. Ergo, the purpose of the paper is to submit the thesis that learning with the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) can enhance the students'…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Internet, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Achievement