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Project-Based Science Learning Facilitated through Technology
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Sarah Maestrales – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation focuses on three manuscripts all related to bolstering science achievement through recommendations from the National Research Council (NRC) regarding the teaching and learning of science. The manuscripts address meeting the NRC's call to incorporate curriculum and assessment that lead to more in-depth knowledge that can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Education, Chemistry
Teaching Reading through Writing
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Takala, Marjatta – Support for Learning, 2013
This article discusses a teaching method called reading through writing (RtW), based on the use of computers rather than handwriting. The pupils use the computers in pairs and decide themselves what they will write about. The use of this method is studied via a questionnaire to 22 teachers and via seven Master's and two Bachelor's theses,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Students, Teaching Methods, Reading
A Theoretical Analysis of Social Interactions in Computer-based Learning Environments: Evidence for Reciprocal Understandings.
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Jarvela, Sanna; Bonk, Curtis Jay; Lehtinen, Erno; Lehti, Sirpa – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1999
Presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of social interactions in computer-based learning environments. Explores technology use to support reciprocal understanding between teachers and students based on three technology-based learning environments in Finland and the United States, and discusses situated learning, cognitive apprenticeships,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Developing Technology-Supported Inquiry Practices in Two Comprehensive School Classrooms.
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Salovaara, Hanna; Salo, Piritta; Rahikainen, Marjaana; Lipponen, Lasse; Jarvela, Sanna – 2001
There are indications that Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and accompanying inquiry-based pedagogical practices can enhance student learning. The aim of this study is to experiment CSCL and inquiry-based approach in real classroom situations and to analyze students' approaches in inquiry process in terms of cognitive and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Testing Virtual Classroom in the School Context.
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Falck, A-K.; Husu, J.; Kronlund, T; Kynaslahti, H.; Salminen, J.; Salonen, M. – Distance Education, 1997
Discusses the instructional processes and theoretical aspects of virtual classrooms in a school context. Reports on a three-year pilot project in Finland linking two lower secondary classrooms (grades seven through nine) with video-conferencing, highlighting the interactive network of the linked classrooms. Concludes that technology use today…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Conventional Instruction
Media, Multimedia, Omnimedia: Selected Papers from the CETaLL Symposium on the Occasion of the AILA World Congress (11th, Jyvaskyla, Finland, August 4-9, 1996) and Man and Media Symposium (5th, Nancy, France, June 5-7, 1997). Bayreuth Contributions to Glottodidactics, Vol. 7.
Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle, Ed.; Jung, Udo O. H., Ed. – 1999
This volume presents a collection of 14 selected papers on the theme of how to use media technology to enhance language learning and teaching. Papers explore innovative ways to use existing technologies in broadband networks, the telemedia, and multimedia, while others focus on the use of the Internet. It is hoped that exploring the use of these…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction