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Ruth French – Qualitative Research Journal, 2025
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to explain key aspects of teaching and learning relevant to sustaining literacy development beyond the early years of schooling, including effective teaching of more complex texts. The paper takes as its point of departure Touchstone 9 of the Foundation Touchstones promoted by the Foundation of Learning and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Sustainability, Psychological Patterns, Difficulty Level
Alayont, Feryal; Karaali, Gizem; Pehlivan, Lerna – PRIMUS, 2023
In calculus courses, instructors often use the end-of-section problems in a textbook in homework assignments or other course assessments. As a result, these problems influence the teaching and learning of calculus. In this study, we examine the levels of cognitive demand of these problems in a mainstream calculus textbook and classify them within…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
Chang, Kuo-En; Zhang, Jia; Huang, Yang-Sheng; Liu, Tzu-Chien; Sung, Yao-Ting – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
Physical education is a course that integrates knowledge of sports with skill drilling. Augmented Reality (AR)-assisted instruction has infrequently been applied in sport skill drilling. Video-assisted instruction has frequently applied to physical sports; however, it neither involves interactive practice nor embodies both textbook learning and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Physical Education, Exercise, Video Technology
Yoko Suganuma Oi – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This paper analyzes writing tasks in academic writing textbooks for Japanese university students, focusing on the organization and difficulty of these tasks based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). A total of 411 writing tasks from 30 textbooks were coded by two experienced Japanese English teachers. The author…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Writing Instruction, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Munfaridah, Nuril; Avraamidou, Lucy; Goedhart, Martin – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Using multiple representations (MR) such as graphs, symbols, diagrams, and text, is central to teaching and learning in physics classrooms. While different studies have provided evidence of the positive impact of the use of MR on physics learning, a comprehensive overview of existing literature on the use of MR in physics education, especially at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Koc-Januchta, Marta M.; Schönborn, Konrad J.; Tibell, Lena A. E.; Chaudhri, Vinay K.; Heller, H. Craig – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
Applying artificial intelligence (AI) to support science learning is a prominent aspect of the digital education revolution. This study investigates students' interaction and learning with an AI book, which enables the inputting of questions and receiving of suggested questions to understand biology, in comparison with a traditional E-book.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Textbook Content, Science Materials, Biology
Jacobs, George M. – Online Submission, 2014
This article offers guidance to teachers and students in selecting materials for extensive reading (ER). First, the article explains characteristics of ER and reviews some of the potential gains for students who do ER. Second, the article considers criteria for teachers to bear in mind when selecting ER materials. Third, the article then suggests…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Reading Materials, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Mattis, Kristina V. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2015
Flipped classrooms are an instructional technology trend mostly incorporated in higher education settings, with growing prominence in high school and middle school (Tucker in Leveraging the power of technology to create student-centered classrooms. Corwin, Thousand Oaks, 2012). Flipped classrooms are meant to effectively combine traditional and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Conventional Instruction, Interactive Video
Moore, Jacob P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study is to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of a scalable concept map based navigation system for a digital textbook. A literature review has been conducted to identify possible methods to promote conceptual understanding in the context of a digital textbook, and these hypothesized solutions will be evaluated through…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Concept Formation, Navigation (Information Systems), Textbooks
Field, Sherry L.; Bauml, Michelle; Wilhelm, Ron W.; Jenkins, Joelle – Journal of Social Studies Research, 2012
This qualitative content analysis was conducted to determine how Mexico and Mexican people are portrayed in contemporary U.S. elementary social studies textbooks. Three textbooks from each of three major publishers were analyzed. Findings are presented in five sections: images and photographs, holidays, Mexican people and heroes, contested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mexicans, Cultural Awareness, Primary Education
Corbeil, Giselle – CALICO Journal, 2007
This paper examines the difference in learning outcomes between two groups of students, one of which used the "French Tutor," a multimedia package, and the other a textbook to learn the formation and use of two French past tense verbs: the perfect and the imperfect. Unlike the textbook, the "French Tutor" included visual…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Textbooks, Verbs, Morphemes
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers