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Direct linkHuddleston, Holly Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of study 1 was to characterize energy expenditure (EE) during academic subjects and activities during an elementary school day. Children in 2nd-4th grades (N = 33) wore the SenseWear Armband (SWA) for five school days to measure EE. Teachers' logs were compared to SWA data to extract information about EE throughout the day. Energy…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4
Chang, Ju-Yu – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Cognitive load theorists claim that problem-centered instruction is not an effective instruction because it is not compatible with human cognitive structure. They argue that the nature of problem-centered instruction tends to over-load learner working memory capacity. That is why many problem-centered practices fail. To better support students and…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Teaching Methods
Samuels, Christine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this action research study was to determine how peer-assisted learning (PAL) could be implemented to support improved academic achievement, persistence, and attitudes toward math for community college students in an intermediate developmental algebra course. Students in two sections of an intermediate algebra course, with an…
Descriptors: Action Research, Peer Teaching, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Swearingen, Dixie K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This experimental study examined the effect of an educational massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) on achievement on a standards-based mathematics exam. It also examined the interaction of student characteristics (gender and socioeconomic status) with digital game play on mathematics achievement. Two hundred eighty ninth grade students from a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Grade 9, High School Students, Computer Games
Singman, Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of social media language learning activities with traditional language learning activities on the development of L2 grammatical competence in two English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes at a Taiwanese university. The study was grounded in four bodies of knowledge: (a) the…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Usage
Taylor, Sharon A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Universities are trending towards displacing traditional printed textbooks (p-books) with electronic textbooks (e-books), even though an incomplete body of knowledge exists about the learning value of using e-books as instructional materials. As a result, this dissertation study was conducted to determine if digital textbooks are as…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Students, Instructional Design, Transfer of Training
