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Viana, Ricardo Borges; Neves-Silva, Alex Vito Santos; Santos, Douglas Assis Teles; Vancini, Rodrigo Luiz; Andrade, Marília Santos; Teixeira, Cauê Vazquez La Scala; de Lira, Claudio Andre Barbosa – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The main purposes of this study were: to profile the usage of, and confidence in, social media as study sources among undergraduate students for academic purposes and to compare the level of usage of, and confidence in, social media with other study sources. A cross-sectional survey about educational sources and social media usage and confidence,…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Self Esteem, Social Media, Undergraduate Students
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Papachristopoulos, Leonidas; Athanasopoulou, Akrivi; Giannopoulou, Aggeliki; Hadjinicolaou, Maria – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2023
The Library and Information Center (LIC) of Patras' University and the Hellenic Open University Distance Library and Information Center constitute two academic libraries that serve two different academic institutions types. By the time of the first phase of the outbreak (spring 2019) they attempted to respond multidimensionally to the emerging…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Services, Distance Education, In Person Learning
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Moundy, Kamal; Chafiq, Nadia; Talbi, Mohammed – Education Sciences, 2021
Following the suspension of classes in Morocco due to the health crisis related to COVID-19, an adaptation of the pedagogical intervention of teaching is required. Distance learning is an essential lever contributing to ensuring the educational continuity of students. In this sense, our contribution is to ensure the educational continuity of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Learner Engagement, Textbooks, Electronic Publishing
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Dong, Fang; Kula, Maria Cornachione – Education Economics, 2023
This paper uses data from the OECD's 2015 PISA and an endogenous treatment effects model to investigate the impact of different intensities of digital device use for academic purposes on science learning outcomes. When we do not differentiate the location of device use, we find that greater use can help students improve their science scores in…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Scientific Literacy, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Yi; Fan, Lianghuo – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This article reports an empirical study aiming to investigate students' use of mathematics textbooks in Shanghai and England, with a comparative perspective. The study used mixed methods to collect the data through student questionnaire, student focus group interview and classroom observation. 161 Shanghai seventh- and eighth-grade students and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Mathematics Education, Comparative Analysis
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Shimada, Atsushi; Okubo, Fumiya; Yin, Chengjiu; Ogata, Hiroaki – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2018
This paper is an extension of research originally reported in [1]. Here, we propose a novel method for summarizing lecture slides to enhance students' preview efficiency and understanding of the content. Students are often asked to prepare for a class by reading lecture materials. However, because the attention span of students is limited, this is…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Student Surveys, Tests, Scores
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Billman, Anneli; Harding, Ansie; Engelbrecht, Johann – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2018
The purpose of this case study is to explore the integration of technology into teaching at a mathematics department at a large South African University. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from staff teaching undergraduate mathematics. The study shows that many staff members feel that chalkboards are still more suitable than…
Descriptors: Chalkboards, Mathematics Instruction, Technology Integration, Comparative Analysis
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Velasco-Martínez, Leticia-Concepción; Tójar-Hurtado, Juan-Carlos – International Education Studies, 2018
Competency-based learning requires making changes in the higher education model in response to current socio-educational demands. Rubrics are an innovative educational tool for competence evaluation, for both students and educators. Ever since arriving at the university systems, the application of rubrics in evaluation programs has grown…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Scoring Rubrics, Evaluation Methods
Kanoh, Hiroko – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
The spread of SNS has changed communications between people to a great extent. For them it is a place their hearts can rely on and where they can hang out, a place for self-approval, for self-expression and a place where the other person listens to their dissatisfaction and discontent. At the beginning people are interested in knowing what…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Trend Analysis, Social Media, Self Esteem
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Mazer, Barbara; Dion, Karyne; Moryoussef, Aguy – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
Children with disabilities require coordinated services to optimise transition into school. This study compared type, frequency and approach to service utilisation for children with primary language impairment transitioning from rehabilitation to the educational system, and examined parent satisfaction. Parents responded to a telephone…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation, Language Impairments, Young Children, Kindergarten
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Wilhelmsson, UIf; Engström, Henrik; Brusk, Jenny; Östblad, Per Anders – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2017
This article presents the result from a study comparing the perception and understanding of a game story between sighted and visually impaired players playing the same game. In particular, whether sighted and visually impaired players could experience and recount the same story construed from the plot elements that are either manifested by audio…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Computer Games, Handheld Devices, Visual Impairments
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Simsek, Ali; Elciyar, Kemal; Kizilhan, Taner – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
For a long time the concept of addiction has been considered within the medical context of consuming certain materials excessively. Lately, it has been used to describe by psychologists some behavioral habits that are outside the normal life of the general population, such as gambling which affect a particular group of individuals. After the…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Social Media, High School Students, College Students
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Ngoungouo, Abass – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2017
This paper presents the results of a study carried out on some primary and secondary schools of Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon. The said study aimed at analyzing and evaluating the use of ICTs by teachers in the Cameroonian school system. More precisely, it sought to identify the types of ICTs used by teachers, to evaluate the state of equipment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Information Technology
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Yang, Yang – English Language Teaching, 2016
As a very important skill both in English teaching and learning, reading strategy has been emphasized at home and abroad for a long time. Many scholars and teachers make research on undergraduates of English major or non-English major. However, the postgraduates are often neglected. Actually, it is also imperative to make a study among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Reading Strategies, English (Second Language)
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Saunders, F. C.; Hutt, I. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
Large cohorts (>200 students) are an ever-increasing presence in the UK higher education (HE) sector. Providing excellent teaching and learning to these large classes is an ongoing challenge for teaching faculty, a challenge intensified when the cohort comprises 85% non-native English speakers. This paper presents the findings of a project to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Large Group Instruction, Masters Programs, Multimedia Materials
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