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Yen-Fen Lee; Pei-Ying Chen; Shu-Chen Cheng – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Health education aims to change unhealthy behaviors and promote population health. However, limited teaching time and standardized materials pose challenges, prompting elementary school teachers to explore technology-enhanced teaching strategies. To cultivate proper health attitudes and behaviors among elementary school students, many researchers…
Descriptors: Health Education, Elementary School Students, Electronic Books, Program Effectiveness
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Reem Muharib; Virginia Walker; Walker Dunn – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
The purpose of this review was to assess the effectiveness of tablet-based speech-generating devices (SGDs) in improving communication skills for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A total of 31 single-case design intervention studies involving 84 individuals with ASD were reviewed and included in the analysis. We calculated Tau-U to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Tablet Computers, Communication Skills, Intervention
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Brenna Griffen; Christine Holyfield; Elizabeth R. Lorah; Nicolette Caldwell – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
This study examined the effects of an intervention package using high-tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with Naturalistic Instruction (NI), time delay, and prompting during social routines for preschoolers on the autism spectrum. The AAC was a communication application on a tablet programmed with color photo representations of…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Prompting, Preschool Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Salome H. Maro; Aron W. Kondoro; Joel S. Mtebe; Jamie Proctor; Aneth Komba; Björn Haßler – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
In low-income countries, the use of technology to enhance teacher continuous professional development (TCPD) activities has been increasing significantly. However, most technology initiatives related to TCPD require the installation of complex information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure in schools or availability of reliable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Educational Technology, Developing Nations
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Robert Wall Emerson; Dawn Anderson; Stephanie Steffer – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2024
Introduction: This study investigated a training regimen for teachers of children with visual impairments (TVIs) who need to assess, plan instruction for, and teach students with cortical visual impairment (CVI), as well as the effect of these strategies on the visual behaviors of these students. Method: TVIs learned CVI content knowledge and…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Training, Teacher Education
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Sarah Gerard; Emily Relkin; Claire Christensen; Naomi Hupert; Erika Gaylor – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Computational thinking (CT) is a way of thinking that helps children solve problems and complete tasks in more organized ways, using computer science skills. Prior research indicates that promoting CT skills in young children can support the acquisition of general problem solving (PS), executive function (EF), and social emotional…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Video Games, Computer Games
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Weipeng Yang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Computational Thinking (CT) is essential for developing creativity, problem-solving, and digital competence in the 21st century. Coding tools like robotic toys and tablet apps have become popular in early childhood education to support CT development, but there is a debate on which tool is more effective. Little evidence exists on the effect of…
Descriptors: Coding, Preschool Children, Computation, Thinking Skills