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Lara Hoareau; Youssef Tazouti – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Although the acceptance of educational apps and their contributions to learning have been widely researched, none of these studies have examined links between teachers' acceptance of apps and their students' skills. The present study investigated this issue with respect to a new, French-language educational app for helping preschool children…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Oriented Programs, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
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Hadi, Said Hirzi; Permanasari, Adhistya Erna; Hartanto, Rudy; Sakkinah, Intan Sulistyaningrum; Sholihin, Mahfud; Sari, Ratna Candra; Haniffa, Roszaini – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Ethics education is increasingly needed in business schools due to the escalation of fraud in business practices. However, faculties face challenges in gaining the millennials and Z generation's interest and attention, who are generally digital savvy, when teaching accounting ethics. One of the learning media that is suitable for millennial and Z…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Accounting, Business Administration Education, Computer Simulation
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Pal, Yatendra; Agrawal, Riddhi – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2019
The use of innovative methods in educational institutions is not just crucial, it is downright imperative. It has the potential to not just improve education system, but also to empower students, strengthen governance, and create retention value of all that has been taught. Gone are the days of archaic ideologies and methods of teaching. In modern…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Oriented Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Elementary School Students
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Radovic, Slaviša; Radojicic, Marija; Veljkovic, Kristina; Maric, Miroslav – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
The rapid growth in diversity of information and communication technologies (ICT) enables a range of teaching methods, learning support strategies, and education settings to be developed. Questions about appropriate, effective, and efficient use of educational technology in teaching mathematics have been gaining more attention. This study focuses…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education
Larkin, Kevin – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
As the use of mathematics apps in classrooms becomes more prevalent, robust research into their effectiveness is required to inform best practice regarding their use. This is particularly the case for Geometry apps where accurate and dynamic representations are critical in enhancing mathematical learning. This paper provides findings from an…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Fidelity
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Morris, N.P.; Lambe, J.; Ciccone, J.; Swinnerton, B. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2016
Technology-enhanced learning is expanding rapidly because of research showing the benefits for learners in terms of engagement, convenience, attainment and enjoyment. Mobile learning approaches are also gaining in popularity, particularly during practical classes and clinical settings. However, there are few systematic studies evaluating the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Rendy; Kristanda, Marcel Bonar; Hansun, Seng – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2017
The growth of kids' brain could be optimized by recognizing something. Learning to recognize animals is one of the methods to stimulate the children's brain growth to imagine. Nevertheless, kids tend to spend all their time by playing and could not focus to recognize the animals due to the way of learning which is usually not interactive and not…
Descriptors: Recognition (Psychology), Animals, Brain, Child Development
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Ramos, Lizeth; Valderruten, Arturo – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this article is to present the results of a research that was developed with eight groups of students of undergraduate programs of the Language Institute at Santiago de Cali University. The research was developed with four groups of students who used a mobile application developed jointly by foreign language professors, a software…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Listening Skills, Language Skills, Telecommunications
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Iwamoto, Darren H.; Hargis, Jace; Taitano, Erik Jon; Vuong, Ky – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2017
Lower than expected high-stakes examination scores were being observed in a first-year general psychology class. This research sought an alternate approach that would assist students in preparing for high-stakes examinations. The purpose of this study was to measure the effectiveness of an alternate teaching approach based on the testing effect to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, High Stakes Tests, College Freshmen, Introductory Courses
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Redcay, Jessica D.; Preston, Sean M. – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2016
Purpose: This study aims to examine the differences in second grade students' reading fluency and comprehension scores when using varying levels of teacher-guided iPad® app instruction to determine effective reading practices. Design/methodology/approach: This study reports the results of the quasi-experimental pre-post study by providing…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
Shelton, Brett E.; Parlin, Mary Ann – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2016
Leveraging the use of mobile devices for education, such as instructional games, is an area of increasing interest for targeted subpopulations of students including those who are deaf/hard-of-hearing (DHH). This paper outlines the perspectives of Deaf Education teachers and DHH children who participated in the GeePerS*Math project. Interviews and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Children
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Fattah, Said Fathy El Said Abdul – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The present study was an attempt to determine the effectiveness of using a WhatsApp Messenger as one of mobile learning techniques to develop students' writing skills. Participants were 30 second year college students, English department from a private university in Saudi Arabia. The experimental group (N = 15) used WhatsApp technology to develop…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Lennex, Lesia; Bodenlos, Emily – Online Submission, 2014
Elementary science is chock-full of wonderful experiences for students. Do children see iPads as a tool for learning about science? Using Prensky (2010) as a guide, the researchers decided to see if "assessing students with their own" tools (p.178) using iPad apps would support learning discrete knowledge for electricity and light…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Grade 4, Teaching Methods, Computer Oriented Programs
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Safar, Ammar H.; Al-Jafar, Ali A.; Al-Yousefi, Zainab H. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
This experimental research study scrutinized the effectiveness of using augmented reality (AR) applications (apps) as a teaching and learning tool when instructing kindergarten children in the English alphabet in the State of Kuwait. The study compared two groups: (a) experimental, taught using AR apps, and (b) control, taught using traditional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Computer Oriented Programs
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Chang, Chi-Cheng; Wu, Bing-Hong – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study explored the reliability and validity of teacher assessment under a Web-based portfolio assessment environment (or Web-based teacher portfolio assessment). Participants were 72 eleventh graders taking the "Computer Application" course. The students perform portfolio creation, inspection, self- and peer-assessment using the Web-based…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Validity, Portfolio Assessment, Internet