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Nandhakumar, R.; Govindarajan, K. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2020
Education for sustainable development is an emerging concept that encompasses a new vision in physics education that empowers the learner to assume responsibility for creating a sustainable future. Physics education is still struggling to adapt to the personalized approach in learning. Personalized learning thrives in this technology-rich…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Science Instruction, Physics, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Lee, Young-Jin – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This study investigates whether information saved in the log files of a computer-based tutor can be used to predict the problem solving performance of students. The log files of a computer-based physics tutoring environment called Andes Physics Tutor was analyzed to build a logistic regression model that predicted success and failure of students'…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Computer Software, Accuracy
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Battle, Gary M.; Allen, Frank H.; Ferrence, Gregory M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2011
Parts 1 and 2 of this series described the educational value of experimental three-dimensional (3D) chemical structures determined by X-ray crystallography and retrieved from the crystallographic databases. In part 1, we described the information content of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) and discussed a representative teaching subset of…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Chemistry, Computer Software, Learning Modules
Jernstedt, G. Christian; And Others – 1986
The purpose of this research was to design, create a prototype, and evaluate an Educational Data Acquisition System (EDAS) for use in secondary school science laboratories. The prototype of EDAS consisted of a microcomputer, data acquisition interface, sensors, software, and documentation. It provided the teacher and students with a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Information Retrieval, Intermode Differences
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Friedman, Charles P.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
A study of 125 medical students at the University of North Carolina and 113 at the University of Iowa compared the effectiveness of traditional instruction in bacteriology with a method providing access to a computer database and computer exercises to support learning. Results suggest the computer intervention positively affected student learning.…
Descriptors: Bacteriology, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases
Oshima, Jun – 1993
The purpose of this study was to examine how students acquire their knowledge through peer collaboration in a new educational environment called "Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environment (CSILE)." Twenty-seven 5th- and 6th-grade students were instructed to create their collective database for a study topic,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Databases
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McLeod, Richard; Hunter, Beverly – Science and Children, 1987
Explains how databases can be used to enrich and complement the science curriculum. Provides examples of applications of databases to science activities and experiments. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Technology
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Bradley, Bernard – Science Scope, 1992
Describes CD-ROM-based program called Joint Education Initiative that was started by U.S. Geological Survey. The culmination of the collaborative effort includes three compact discs and a teacher activity book. The discs contain several databases, geophysical data that can be superimposed over satellite images of North America, images from the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Earth Science, Elementary Education
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Beare, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1992
Describes a spreadsheet system that enables students, teachers, and curriculum developers to use Microsoft EXCEL's database and graphics capabilities in the science classroom. System design goals are explained, examples of system applications are given, and possible future developments are discussed. (15 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Podany, Zita – 1990
This guide lists 21 software packages considered to be worthy of further consideration by other reviewing agencies and schools by a group of 12 computer coordinators from educational software preview centers and evaluation agencies. These software products have been selected as not being likely to appear in the reviews produced by major software…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Reviews
Ralph, Charles L. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1989
Describes a computer applications course developed for undergraduate biology students (primarily sophomores) to teach word processing, database and spreadsheet programs, graphing programs, telecommunications, and file transfer procedures. AppleWorks software is discussed, course content is explained, and the microcomputer laboratory is described.…
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Course Content
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Oshima, Jun – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
Examines how elementary school students improved their scientific discourse on a computer-networked database environment called Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environments (CSILE). Results showed that system affordance specially designed for jointly written discourse in the discussion-note based (D-CSILE) configuration significantly…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Databases
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Friedman, Edward A.; And Others – T.H.E. Journal, 1996
Internet learning opportunities via the National Science Foundation-supported New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education project are described. Their data-centered approach to science and math skills instruction is illustrated by two examples from each of the three styles of activities: (1) collaboration; (2) using public domain databases;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Databases
Redish, Edward F. – EDUCOM Review, 1989
Discusses the use of computers in the classroom, suggests visions of an educational future, and describes a project developed at the University of Maryland to examine the effects of computers on the college-level physics curriculum. Topics discussed include microcomputer-based laboratories, increased modeling power, and access to large databases.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Databases
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Oshima, Jun; And Others – Instructional Science, 1996
Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environments (CSILE) is a database system in which learners collaboratively construct the knowledge represented in the database. This study examines how students in a grade-five and -six classroom built their database on a science topic, electricity. Differences in cognitive and operative activities between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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