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Direct linkColliot, Tiphaine; Jamet, Éric – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
The present study was intended to deepen current knowledge about the impact of graphic organizers (GOs) on students' learning in a computer-based learning environment, by evaluating the effects of successive versus simultaneous presentation of a GO and an explanatory text. Based on the previous studies, we hypothesized that simultaneous display of…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Visual Aids, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction
Ciullo, Stephen; Reutebuch, Colleen – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
This article presents a systematic review of the literature for studies that utilized computer-based graphic organizers for students with learning disabilities. A comprehensive search yielded 12 studies that were coded and analyzed. The authors investigated the effectiveness of the treatments on academic outcomes, and selected integral…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Instructional Materials, Learning Disabilities, Assistive Technology
Douglas, Karen H.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Langone, John; Bramlett, Virginia Bell – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2011
This study evaluated the effects of a computer-based instructional program to assist three students with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities in using pictorial graphic organizers as aids for increasing comprehension of electronic text-based recipes. Student comprehension of recipes was measured by their ability to verbally retell recipe…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Electronic Equipment, Cooking Instruction, Moderate Mental Retardation
Salmeron, Ladislao; Baccino, Thierry; Canas, Jose J.; Madrid, Rafael I.; Fajardo, Inmaculada – Computers & Education, 2009
Educational hypertexts usually include graphical overviews, conveying the structure of the text schematically with the aim of fostering comprehension. Despite the claims about their relevance, there is currently no consensus on the impact that hypertext overviews have on the reader's comprehension. In the present paper we have explored how…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Comprehension, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedIsaacs, G. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1987
Reviews the literature pertaining to the design of the layout of computer text screens as a means of maximizing comprehension in computer-assisted learning. The literature on the design of instructional text is also examined to extrapolate principles that may apply to screen design. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Requirements, Display Systems
Shafrir, Uri; Etkind, Masha – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
In this paper, we describe concept parsing algorithms, a novel semantic analysis methodology at the core of a new pedagogy that focuses learners attention on deep comprehension of the conceptual content of learned material. Two new e-learning tools are described in some detail: interactive concept discovery learning and meaning equivalence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Strategies, Semantics
Peer reviewedPlowman, Lydia – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1996
Students ages 11-16 using 4 different educational multimedia packages were observed to determine how children make sense of interactive media. Design implications include the need to create a dynamic narrative which is motivating and absorbing by integrating the rhetoric with strong mythical elements. The interrelationship of narrative, linearity,…
Descriptors: Children, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
Lin, Huifen; Chen, Tsuiping; Dwyer, Francis M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
The purpose of this experimental study was to compare the effects of using static visuals versus computer-generated animation to enhance learners' comprehension and retention of a content-based lesson in a computer-based learning environment for learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Fifty-eight students from two EFL reading sections were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Animation, English (Second Language)
Download full textCROTHERS, EDWARD; SUPPES, PATRICK – 1967
THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROCEDURES OF A COMPUTER-BASED FIRST YEAR COURSE IN RUSSIAN VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR, WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED AT STANFORD IN SEPTEMBER 1967. THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE THE SAME FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED SECTIONS AS FOR THE CONVENTIONAL SECTIONS. THE PROGRAM IS BEING PRODUCED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions
