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Christ, Tanya; Arya, Poonam; Chiu, Ming Ming – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
The DigiLit Framework suggests criteria for digital text and tool selection (content accuracy, intuitiveness, interactivity, quality) and integration (model a literacy skill or strategy, guide a literacy skill or strategy, model digital feature use, guide digital feature use) in literacy lessons. Using survey research, we explored which DigiLit…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Media Selection, Selection Tools
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Dakhi, Saniago; Fitria, Tira Nur – Journal of English Teaching, 2019
The importance of vocabulary, its types, selection criteria, size and depth, and teaching principles were found unclear. The present article seeks to respond to such challenge. To achieve the mentioned goals, we did a systematic review to previously related studies and theories. The results showed that the vocabulary was found to be more…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development
Dakhi, Saniago; Fitria, Tira Nur – Online Submission, 2019
The importance of vocabulary, its types, selection criteria, size and depth, and teaching principles were found unclear. The present article seeks to respond to such challenge. To achieve the mentioned goals, we did a systematic review to previously related studies and theories. The results showed that the vocabulary was found to be more…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development
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Djoundourian, Salpie S. – Journal of Education for Business, 2017
The author gives an overview of typical learning outcomes in business education and assessment instruments that help measure and test these outcomes. Using data from a recently accredited program the author investigated the determinants of performance on assessment exams to help identify and evaluate differences between homegrown and standardized…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Outcomes of Education, Outcome Measures, Evaluation Methods
Matijevic, Milan; Opic, Siniša – Online Submission, 2016
In Croatian classrooms it is possible to observe teaching scenarios that follow the features of constructivist and traditional teaching theories and many variants and combinations of teaching didactics that are student centered and those that are teacher centered. Teachers struggle to find their way in the selection and design of a media…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Instructional Design, Educational Environment
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Kößler, Franziska J.; Nitzschner, Marco M. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2015
Based on research about humor, foreign languages, and instructional design, in the current study we examined whether successful learning is related to using different types of media. We compared the comprehension of an economic concept in novices (N = 82) under three conditions: a Wikipedia article, a funny, and a serious YouTube video. The media…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Media Selection, Delivery Systems
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Mazgon, Jasna; Stefanc, Damijan – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
The article addresses the issues related to the use and evaluation of educational materials during the teaching process and independent learning. The first part defines the didactic function of educational materials, placing particular emphasis on the optimum explicitness of the educational contents under discussion, the improved rationalization…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Independent Study, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
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Caspi, Avner; Blau, Ina – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2011
The influence of media richness, media attentional load, social influence and users' prior experience with media on selection of media to transmit different messages to peers within an educational organization was tested. Media were discriminated by all potential variables. Support was found for the role of prior experience and social influence in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Experience, Rural Schools
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Ryan, Michael – Journal of Black Studies, 1982
A small sample of Blacks in poor, urban areas was studied to identify the extent to which age, sex, occupation, and income are related to media preference and attitudes toward the media. Occupation and income were not predictive of preference for media content and attitudes toward media. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Age, Black Attitudes, Income, Media Research
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Burgoon, Michael; And Others – Journalism Quarterly, 1981
Concludes that the morning lifestyle habits and media use habits of audiences are useful predictors of receptivity to morning newspapers in a market area. (FL)
Descriptors: Audiences, Journalism, Marketing, Media Research
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Reyer, H. S.; Sturmey, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: Prior studies have showed that presentation methods could affect the accuracy of a choice assessment. Methods: In the current study, high- and low- preferred work tasks were identified in nine adults with developmental disabilities. Both tasks were then introduced in pairs within a choice assessment using the actual tasks, pictures of…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Developmental Disabilities, Task Analysis, Discrimination Learning
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Scherer, Marcia J.; McKee, Barbara G. – 1992
To those who look to technology to enhance a person's quality of life and not merely to restore capability, it is more important and cost effective to consider environmental modifications and the functions of devices within a comprehensive context of varying situations (Milieu characteristics); user interests, needs, capabilities, expectations,…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Educational Technology, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
Reagan, Joey – 1981
A study examined data from 1,828 adults in 17 cities in the United States to test a model of how community integration (sense of community) and use of media affected voting and other political participation. The portion of the model dealing with mass media included the new concept "quasi-mass media," which involves more personalized…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Communication Research, Information Needs, Information Sources