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Download full textTopolovcan, Tomislav; Matijevic, Milan – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of this research was to investigate whether particular socio-demographic characteristics of pupils in lower secondary education, their level of computer selfefficacy and motivation for using digital media in class are considered significant predictors of constructivist learning. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate the characteristics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Secondary Education, Secondary School Students
Peer reviewedAverill, George E. – Science Teacher, 1995
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Uses in Education, Geology, Grade 8
Peer reviewedWeller, Herman G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Investigated a microcomputer-based system for the diagnosis and remediation of three Aristotelian alternative conceptions of force and motion held by eighth-grade physical science students. Reports that computer simulations exemplifying canonical conceptions facilitate alteration of students' naive conceptions to a significant degree. Suggests…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Force, Grade 8, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedKapa, Esther – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2001
Reports on the design and study of a new computerized environment enabling a variety of metacognitive supports in different phases of the problem-solving process and designed to influence students' metacognition during word problem-solving. Results indicate that learning environments that provide metacognitive support during the solution process…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 8, Innovation
Peer reviewedUpitis, Rena – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1998
Explores a range of responses, attitudes, and behaviors of seventh- and eighth-grade students to computer and video technology through observations and other research techniques over the course of a school year. Characterizes the students as having "computer personalities" and explains different cases. Offers suggestions for including…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 1998
The North Carolina State Board of Education, as part of the Quality Assurance Program, established a computer proficiency requirement for students in grade eight for the 1996-97 school year and beyond in order to receive a North Carolina high school diploma. The first opportunity to meet the requirement is during the eighth grade. Passing the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Cross, Linda – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1995
Describes an eighth grade computer literacy course in which students used spreadsheet programs to illustrate statistics for classroom presentations. Discusses the use of color and animation in graphs, and the value of active participation using technology to increase student motivation, retention, and self-expression. (AEF)
Descriptors: Animation, Class Activities, Color, Computer Graphics
Peer reviewedPorter, Priscilla; Trimble, Kim – Social Studies Review, 1993
Maintains that, although exciting computer programs are available for U.S. history, not all of them support the curriculum of the California History-Social Science Framework. Focuses on computer software programs that target problem solving, decision making, and tool-based programs that support the California curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Design
