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Carl Boel; Tijs Rotsaert; Martin Valcke; Tammy Schellens – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: As immersive virtual reality (IVR) is increasingly being used by teachers worldwide, it becomes pressing to investigate how this technology can foster learning processes. Several authors have pointed to this need, as results on the effectiveness of IVR for learning are still inconclusive. Objectives: To address this gap, we first…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation, Learning Strategies, Middle School Students
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Koçak, Ömer; Göksu, Idris; Göktas, Yüksel – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
The study aimed to identify the factors and to demonstrate their effects on academic achievement in various publications that utilized meta-analyses. For this purpose, the meta-analyses publications on the Web of Science-All Database till 2018 were reviewed. In the study, the systematic review method was adopted. Following a related review, 169…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Meta Analysis, Correlation
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Snell, Emily K.; Hindman, Annemarie H.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 2015
Vocabulary development is critical for children's ability to learn to read and their success at school. Vocabulary has also been identified as a key factor in the achievement gap, with children from low-income families knowing significantly fewer words when they enter school. Although book reading has long been celebrated as an effective way for…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
Evans-Waughen, Kristen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology resources such as podcasts allow users to connect to the World Wide Web to download audio files to listen to anytime and anywhere and are slowly being introduced in classrooms as an educational tool and as a resource in the e-learning environment. Past studies have examined the relationship between the use of technology as a teaching…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Hypermedia, Multimedia Materials, Influence of Technology
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Chen, Jie-Qi; McNamee, Gillian Dowley – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011
Positive approaches to learning are considered essential for young children's school readiness and early school success. Researchers have reported that positive learning approaches, such as attentiveness and goal orientation, are associated with higher levels of early school achievement in math and reading. The present study extends this research…
Descriptors: Class Activities, School Readiness, Learning Activities, Mathematics Achievement
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Schellenberg, Suzanne; Negishi, Meiko; Eggen, Paul – Teaching Educational Psychology, 2011
The study compared the academic achievement, as measured by final examination scores, of an experimental group of undergraduate educational psychology students who were provided with concrete mechanisms designed to promote metacognition and the use of specific encoding strategies to the achievement of a control group of similar students who were…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Class Activities, Student Attitudes
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Williams, Adrienne E.; Aguilar-Roca, Nancy M.; Tsai, Michelle; Wong, Matthew; Beaupre, Marin Moravec; O'Dowd, Diane K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
This study evaluates the impact of an independent postmidterm question analysis exercise on the ability of students to answer subsequent exam questions on the same topics. It was conducted in three sections (~400 students/section) of introductory biology. Graded midterms were returned electronically, and each student was assigned a subset of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Homework, Academic Achievement, Biology
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Walker, Becky; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1987
Encourages use of the newspaper for adults to improve their reading skills and to practice applying academic skills to problem solving. (NKA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Class Activities
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Arias, Rafael – College ESL, 1995
Focuses on the resurgence of action research in teaching. Based on the concept that education is a social science whose theoretical principles should be grounded in the practitioner's knowledge, action research is a viable model for getting teachers involved in educational research. A typical action research project develops in successive stages.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities
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Bondy, Elizabeth; Ketts, Sharon – Childhood Education, 2001
Describes one teacher's inclusion of the Morning Meeting concept in her third-grade classroom and relates student success in standardized testing to its implementation. Provides detailed information on Morning Meeting including its structure, rationale, and influence; includes an argument for immediate implementation. Concludes by asserting that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
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Riel, Margaret – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1989
Describes study of elementary students that was conducted to assess the impact of microcomputers on classroom organization, interaction between teachers and students, and student learning. Teacher characteristics and their influence on learning outcomes are discussed, and a study that used computers for a writing project is described. (nine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Bell, Yvonne R.; McGraw-Burrell, Regina – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1988
Examination of 48 Black third and fourth grade students revealed that students presented tasks in a varied format perform no better than those presented tasks in an unvaried format. Low achievers may learn better in varied format conditions. High-achieving Black students more easily adapt to the school learning environment than do low-achieving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Culture, Black Students, Class Activities
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Gould, Melissa – Babel: Australia, 1996
Examines how low achieving Australian students fit into the foreign language classroom beyond Year 7, and whether the course content or teaching method should be altered. Reviews the students' reasons for continuing language study, their feelings about certain teaching and learning strategies, exercises and activities, their perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Class Activities
Cawelti, Gordon, Ed. – 1995
This handbook is designed to identify classroom practices that research has shown to result in higher student achievement. The fundamental idea behind this book is that in order to succeed, efforts to improve instruction must foucs on the existing knowledge base about effective teaching and learning. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction" (Gordon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques