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Cameron Sharbel McKinley – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Secondary teachers use digital resources for teaching, yet little is known about how they find, evaluate, organize, and share these resources. This basic qualitative study was conducted to fill the gap and examine the experiences and practices of secondary educators in curating digital resources. Findings on how teachers manage digital…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development, Digital Literacy, Blended Learning
Oxman, Steven – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The vast amount of data collected during online learning offers opportunities to advance newer interventions that might aid learning. One such intervention has been learning analytics dashboards, visualizations designed to translate learning-related data into usable information. However, many student-facing dashboards compare learners' performance…
Descriptors: Courseware, Computer Software, Learning Analytics, Mastery Learning
Shawn M. Donnelly – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of IXL Math online software in raising student achievement on the New York State Math exam, with special focus on effects by student gender, ethnicity and disability status. The study includes an analysis of the relationship between scale scores and time spent using the IXL system, number…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Electronic Learning, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools
Iannotti, Nicholas V. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The last several years have seen unprecedented advancements in the application of technology to the life sciences, particularly in the area of data generation. Novel scientific insights are now often driven primarily by software development supporting new multidisciplinary and increasingly multifaceted data analysis. However, despite the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Recycling
Twu, Ming-Lii – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to employ the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Students as taxonomy to classify educational mobile application (app) software into seven categories and empirically examine the influence on students' technology literacy. A purposeful sample of fifth grade core subject…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Technological Literacy, Influence of Technology
Tatum, Teresa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study concentrated on faculty perceptions of the instructional methods used in delivering online mathematics courses. Included in the study were mathematics instructors from 3 Florida public postsecondary institutions. A concurrent, mixed methods approach was used to evaluate instructors' self-perceived levels of implementation of the 7…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Tsangari, Victoria – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Musical sight-reading, or sight-playing, is defined as "the ability to play music from a printed score or part for the first time without benefit of practice." While this is the most strict definition of the term, also known as "prima vista" (at first sight), some use the term "sight-reading" even if some rehearsal…
Descriptors: Sight Method, Reading Ability, Music Reading, Computer Software
Bowman, Charles Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Improving student performance is the goal of any chemistry educator. With the proliferation of internet technologies in recent years, educators have been struggling with providing effective learning materials to students online. These materials also have not always had the intended effect of improving student performance. Either students do not…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Schematic Studies
Yoon, Sangil – ProQuest LLC, 2010
ICUE (Interactivity Centered Usability Evaluation) is an enhanced usability testing protocol created by the researcher. ICUE augments the facilitator's role for usability testing, and offers strategies in developing and presenting usability tasks during a testing session. ICUE was designed to address weaknesses found in the usability evaluation of…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Management Systems, Testing, Interaction
Benton, Morgan C. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This dissertation sought to answer the question: Is it possible to build a software tool that will allow teachers to write better multiple-choice questions? The thesis proceeded from the finding that the quality of teaching is very influential in the amount that students learn. A basic premise of this research, then, is that improving teachers…
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, Multiple Choice Tests