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McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
This document presents the proceedings of the 20th Annual Research Forum held June 25, 2015, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following 21 action research papers: (1) History Lives! The Use of Simulations in a High School Social Studies Classroom (Lydia Adkins); (2) Using Francophone Music in the High…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Action Research, Simulation, Social Studies
Barnett, Terry – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1986
Describes a study of secondary school children's perceptions of educational games and simulations to determine correlations between individual personality dimensions (psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism) and pupils' perceptions of enjoyment and learning. Data were also grouped into personality clusters which were compared with data on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Educational Games, Geography
Mandinach, Ellen B.; Thorpe, Margaret E. – 1988
This is the second of two reports on the first year activities and results of the Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation Project (STACI), a two-year project which is examining the cognitive demands and consequences of using the STELLA (Structural Thinking Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation) software to teach systems thinking,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis
Seaward, Marty Robertson – 1978
The purpose of this study was to compare the career maturity, self concept, and academic achievement of female students enrolled in intensive business training (IBT), cooperative vocational office training (CVOT), and regular business education programs. A sample of 240 students, equalized into three groups on the basis of IQ scores, were given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers