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Chen, Chen-Tung; Chang, Kai-Yi – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The phenomenon of low fertility has been negatively impacted on the social structure of the educational environment in Taiwan. To increase the learning effectiveness of students became the most important issue for the Universities in Taiwan. Due to the subjective judgment of evaluators and the attributes of influenced factors are always fuzzy, it…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Liu, Ming-Chi; Huang, Yueh-Min; Kinshuk; Wen, Dunwei – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
It is critical that students learn how to retrieve useful information in hypermedia environments, a task that is often especially difficult when it comes to image retrieval, as little text feedback is given that allows them to reformulate keywords they need to use. This situation may make students feel disorientated while attempting image…
Descriptors: Navigation (Information Systems), Online Searching, Hypermedia, Predictor Variables
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Bendig, Regina B. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009
The author sought to determine to what extent the two search engines, Scirus and BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engines), would be useful to first-year university students as the first point of searching for chemical information. Five topics were searched and the first ten records of each search result were evaluated with regard to the type of…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Comparative Analysis, Online Searching, Chemistry
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Spektor-Levy, Ornit; Granot-Gilat, Yael – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2012
The goal of this study was to examine the impact of a one-to-one program on the implementation of learning skills, information literacy, and the usage of computerized tools among students. These skills are part of the demands placed upon schools to develop 21st century competencies. Seventh and ninth grade students participated in this study…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Information Literacy, Middle School Students, Learning Strategies
Nguyen, Frank; Klein, James D.; Sullivan, Howard – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
Electronic performance support systems (EPSS) deliver relevant support information to users while they are performing tasks. The present study examined the effect of different types of EPSS on user performance, attitudes, system use and time on task. Employees at a manufacturing company were asked to complete a procedural software task and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Performance Technology, Context Effect, Manufacturing
Drabenstott, Karen M.; Weller, Marjorie S. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Describes the comparative approach to system evaluation used in a project which administered an online retrieval test to an experimental online catalog to produce data for evaluating effectiveness of a new subject access design. Discusses efforts used to ensure data reliability, and strategies the researchers can use to improve on the data…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer System Design, Data Analysis