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Download full textPrvinchandar, Sunita; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study compared the effectiveness of two types of computer software for improving the English writing skills of pupils in a Malaysian primary school. Sixty students who participated in the seven-week training course were divided into two groups, with the experimental group using the StyleWriter software and the control group using the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Courseware, Writing Improvement, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedCrosby, Martha E.; Stelovsky, Jan – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1995
Evaluates the effectiveness of multimedia instruction by comparing student performance in two computer science classes at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. One class was taught using multimedia instruction and the other was taught using traditional instruction. Results suggest that multimedia courseware enhances computer science instruction and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Computer Software Evaluation, Conventional Instruction
van den Berg, Sjef; Watt, James H. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1991
Discussion of the use of hypertext focuses on a study conducted at the University of Connecticut that evaluated the effectiveness and acceptance of a hypertext document under one of three different learning conditions: (1) in competition with standard lectures, (2) as a supplement to lectures, and (3) as a replacement for lectures. (14 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Conventional Instruction
Casey, Jean; Martin, Lella – Computing Teacher, 1994
Two articles describe the use of computer software to help elementary students develop literacy and writing skills: the first article evaluates "Writing to Read" software, comparing its use in classrooms and in computer labs with traditional instruction; the second article discusses using "Writing to Write" software with third graders. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Conventional Instruction, Courseware
Peer reviewedWheeler, J. L.; Regian, J. W. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1999
Describes a study of ninth-grade students that evaluated the ability of the Word Problem Solving Tutor, a cognitive tutoring system, to improve the abstract-reasoning component of word-problem solving. Compares combinations of traditional instruction, computer-assisted instruction, and the tutoring program and discusses implications for math…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Mortera-Gutierrez, Fernando J. – 2003
For more than 5 years, Mexico's El Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterey (ITESM) has offered distance education programs in addition to traditional face-to-face programs. ITESM has recently begun migrating to new e-learning platforms (Blackboard and Web Tec) that are more user-friendly and flexible than its previous e-platform…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication
