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Li, Qing; Vandermeiden, Elise; Lemieux, Collette; Nathoo, Shahista – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2016
This study explored secondary students' learning experiences in mathematics through digital game building. In this study, students were asked to become designers and builders in order to coauthor their own mathematics learning. Grounded in enactivism, this study examined the impact of game building on students' achievement. In addition, it…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Educational Technology
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Chang, Rong-Chi; Chung, Liang-Yi; Huang, Yong-Ming – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The learning of plants has garnered considerable attention in recent years, but students often lack the motivation to learn about the process of plant growth. Also, students are not able to apply what they have learned in class in the form of observation, since plant growth takes a long time. In this study, we use augmented reality (AR) technology…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Teaching Methods, Student Motivation, Simulated Environment
Bryan, Rosemarie – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Students in U.S. public schools have consistently recorded substandard scores on measures of school performance in mathematics. This substandard performance could adversely affect the nation's future economic competitiveness, growth, and welfare. Educational and political leaders have sought school reforms that will result in U.S. students scoring…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Manipulative Materials, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology
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Pfenninger, Simone E. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
This study investigates the interrelation of motivation, autonomy, metacognition, and L3 gains made as a function of three months of intervention with computer software specifically designed for the private use of dyslexic Swiss German learners of Standard German as a second language (L2) and English as a third language (L3). Based on…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Student Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Metacognition
Ertmer, Peggy A.; Stepich, Donald A.; Flanagan, Sara; Kocaman-Karoglu, Aslihan; Reiner, Christian; Reyes, Lisette; Santone, Adam L.; Ushigusa, Shigetake – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2009
This exploratory study examined differences in the problem representations of a case-based situation by expert and novice instructional designers. The experts and half of the novices (control group) received identical directions for case analysis, while the other novices (treatment group) received additional guidelines recommending analysis…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Instructional Design, Problem Solving, Case Studies