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Parama Chaudhuri – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic began in the late months of 2019 and by Spring of 2020, in an effort to limit transmission of the virus, schools across the globe had closed and transitioned to emergency online teaching which may have disrupted their current learning procedures. In the United States, over 13,000 school districts completely closed down during…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes
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Zamborova, Katarina; Klimova, Blanka – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
The article presents the research of empirical mixed methods on the use of a modern mobile reading app compared to traditional forms of teaching in English business classes in higher education in Slovakia. The research belongs to the theoretical frame of the mobile assisted language learning field that has generated an interest since the early…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Stratton, Erin; Chitiyo, George; Mathende, Allen M.; Davis, Krista M. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2020
The purpose of this study was to compare how face-to-face instruction and flipped learning differed in terms of student achievement in seventh grade science classes, as well as to assess how students who were in the flipped classroom felt about their experiences. A total of 81 students received face-to-face instruction, and 73 received flipped…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, Science Achievement
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Cakiroglu, Unal; Erdogdu, Fatih; Gokoglu, Seyfullah – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018
Clickers as electronic response systems allow students to respond instantly to questions. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of using clickers on student participation during different periods of EFL courses. The intervention was implemented in question-response sessions of an EFL course at a secondary school. A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Fakomogbon, Michael Ayodele; Bolaji, Hameed Olalekan – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2017
Collaborative learning is an approach employed by instructors to facilitate learning and improve learner's performance. Mobile learning can accommodate a variety of learning approaches. This study, therefore, investigated the effects of collaborative learning styles on performance of students in a mobile learning environment. The specific purposes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
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Fokides, Emmanuel; Mastrokoukou, Aikaterini – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018
The paper presents the results from a study which examined whether tablets together with a mobile application with augmented reality features can help students to better understand the functions of the respiratory and the circulatory system. The target group was 75 sixth-grade primary school students, divided into three groups. The first group was…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Human Body, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods
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Yeh, Yu-Fang – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2016
Animation is one of the useful contemporary educational technologies in teaching complex subjects. There is a growing interest in proper use of learner-technology interaction to promote learning quality for different groups of learner needs. The purpose of this study is to investigate if an interaction approach supports weak learners, who have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Man Machine Systems, Computer Uses in Education, Animation
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Uysal, Murat Pasa – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2014
The introductory computer programming (CP) course has been taught for three decades in the faculty. Besides pursuing CP technology, one major goal has been enhancing learners' problem-solving (PS) skills. However, the current situation has implied that this might not be the case. Therefore, a research was conducted to investigate the effects of a…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Programming, Problem Solving, Skill Development
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Gambari, Isiaka Amosa; Ezenwa, Victoria Ifeoma; Anyanwu, Romanus Chogozie – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2014
The study examined the effects of two modes of computer-assisted instructional package on solid geometry achievement amongst senior secondary school students in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. Also, the influence of gender on the performance of students exposed to CAI(AT) and CAI(AN) packages were examined. This study adopted a pretest-posttest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, High School Seniors, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Bagheri, Mohsen; Ali, Wan Zah Wan; Abdullah, Maria Chong Binti; Daud, Shaffe Mohd – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2013
Given the importance of globalization as well as the need to train skilled and knowledgeable employees for the 21st century workforce, higher education needs to take a more critical look at the educational practices and instructional methods which lead to improvements in students' essential skills such as self-directed learning. This study sought…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Learning Strategies, Independent Study