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Hsu, Hsiao-hui; Chang, Yu-ying – Online Submission, 2013
The increasing online access to courses, programs, and information has shifted the control and responsibility of learning process from instructors to learners. Learners' perceptions of and attitudes toward e-learning constitute a critical factor to the success of such system. The purpose of this study is to take TAM (technology acceptance model)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Source Technology, Integrated Learning Systems, Computer Software Evaluation
Ioannidou, Andri; Repenning, Alexander – Online Submission, 2010
The comprehension of interdependent complex systems, which is part of state and national standards, is an enormous challenge for learners. In traditional physiology teaching materials, which structure the human body into decoupled subsystems (e.g., respiratory and cardiovascular) isolated in separate chapters, there is a ubiquitous absence of…
Descriptors: Physiology, Human Body, Science Instruction, Science Education
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Papastergiou, Marina – Computers & Education, 2009
The aim of this study was to assess the learning effectiveness and motivational appeal of a computer game for learning computer memory concepts, which was designed according to the curricular objectives and the subject matter of the Greek high school Computer Science (CS) curriculum, as compared to a similar application, encompassing identical…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Computer Science Education, Females, Program Effectiveness
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Chang, Kuo-En; Sung, Yao-Ting; Chang, Rey-Bin; Lin, Shui-Cheng – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
Concept maps are widely used in education, and have been acclaimed for their excellent results. For efficiently using concept maps in education, computer-based concept mapping systems have been developed. However these computer-based concept mapping systems are limited in their assessment algorithms. The assessment takes only concept nodes as the…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
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Blasi, Laura; Alfonso, Berta – Simulation & Gaming, 2006
Building and evaluating artifacts specifically for K-12 education, technologists committed to design sciences are needed along with an approach to evaluation increasing the systemic transfer from research and development into school settings. The authors describe THE VIRTUAL LAB scanning electronic microscope simulation, including (a) its…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Formative Evaluation, Science Laboratories, Qualitative Research