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Sales, Adam C.; Pane, John F. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Randomized evaluations of educational technology produce log data as a bi-product: highly granular data on student and teacher usage. These datasets could shed light on causal mechanisms, effect heterogeneity, or optimal use. However, there are methodological challenges: implementation is not randomized and is only defined for the treatment group,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Use Studies, Randomized Controlled Trials, Mathematics Curriculum
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Thompson, Sydney; Cross, William; Rigling, Lillian; Vickery, John – Journal of Access Services, 2017
The North Carolina State University Libraries has long recognized the financial burden textbook costs place on students. By crosswalking information on use of our textbook collection with textbook cost and course enrollment data, we have begun to map the environment for textbook use at the university and identified opportunities for faculty…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Textbooks, Use Studies, Library Services
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Chong, Stefanie Xinyi; Lee, Chien-Sing – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
There are many evidences of motivational and educational benefits from the use of learning software. However, there is a lack of study with regards to the teaching of creative writing. This paper aims to bridge the following gaps: first, the need for a proper framework for scaffolding creative writing through learning software; second, the lack of…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Creativity, Creative Writing, Educational Benefits
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Sloan, Roberta H. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2013
An eTextbook and iPad were used in a pilot program, and the impact on the course was assessed to guide the development of a college policy. Students in the course completed three questionnaires to provide feedback about their perceptions of the eTextbook and iPad. During the pilot program, students' perceptions of the usefulness, ease of use, and…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Computer Science Education
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Reed, Derek D.; Kaplan, Brent A.; Brewer, Adam T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
In recent years, researchers and practitioners in the behavioral sciences have profited from a growing literature on delay discounting. The purpose of this article is to provide readers with a brief tutorial on how to use Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and Excel for Mac 2011 to analyze discounting data to yield parameters for both the hyperbolic…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Delay of Gratification, Tutorial Programs, Tutoring
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Siadaty, Melody; Gasevic, Dragan; Jovanovic, Jelena; Pata, Kai; Milikic, Nikola; Holocher-Ertl, Teresa; Jeremic, Zoran; Ali, Liaqat; Giljanovic, Aleksandar; Hatala, Marek – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
Self-regulated learning processes have a potential to enhance the motivation of knowledge workers to take part in learning and reflection about learning, and thus contribute to the resolution of an important research challenge in workplace learning. An equally important research challenge for the successful completion of each step of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Workplace Learning
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Lavoue, Elise; George, Sebastien; Prevot, Patrick – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
In this article, we present a co-adaptive design approach named TE-Cap (Tutoring Experience Capitalisation) that we applied for the development of an assistance environment for tutors. Since tasks assigned to tutors in educational contexts are not well defined, we are developing an environment which responds to needs which are not precisely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutors, Tutoring, College Faculty
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Chan, J. C. P.; Leung, H.; Tang, J. K. T.; Komura, T. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
In this paper, a new dance training system based on the motion capture and virtual reality (VR) technologies is proposed. Our system is inspired by the traditional way to learn new movements-imitating the teacher's movements and listening to the teacher's feedback. A prototype of our proposed system is implemented, in which a student can imitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Control Groups
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Amershi, Saleema; Conati, Cristina – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2009
In this paper, we present a data-based user modeling framework that uses both unsupervised and supervised classification to build student models for exploratory learning environments. We apply the framework to build student models for two different learning environments and using two different data sources (logged interface and eye-tracking data).…
Descriptors: Supervision, Classification, Models, Educational Environment
Erden, Hale; Erden, Ali – Online Submission, 2007
The aim of this study is to determine primary-school teachers' perceptions related to technology leadership of primary-school principals. It is observed that most of the principals do not use technology leadership in their schools effectively. This is to say, technology is not effectively included into administration and curriculum. This is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Educational Technology, Principals
Harris, Julian; Maurer, Hermann – 1994
An investigation into high level event monitoring within the scope of a well-known multimedia application, HyperCard--a program on the Macintosh computer, is carried out. A monitoring system is defined as a system which automatically monitors usage of some activity and gathers statistics based on what is has observed. Monitor systems can give the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Statistical Analysis
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Reis, Marcelo Menezes; Paladini, Edson Pacheco; Khator, Suresh; Sommer, Willy Arno – Computers and Education, 2006
Statistical quality control--SQC (consisting of Statistical Process Control, Process Capability Studies, Acceptance Sampling and Design of Experiments) is a very important tool to obtain, maintain and improve the Quality level of goods and services produced by an organization. Despite its importance, and the fact that it is taught in technical and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Quality Control, Teaching Methods, Statistical Analysis
Luther, Judy – 2000
This paper provides a snapshot of developments in the electronic journal industry. The first section identifies issues affecting librarians and publishers, including: (1) issues of common concern to both publishers and librarians, e.g., lack of comparable data, lack of context, incomplete usage data, marketing, content provided, interface…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Guidelines, Information Utilization, Interviews
Price, James H.; Dake, Joseph A.; Murnan, Judy; Dimmig, Jaime; Akpanudo, Sutoidem – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
This article has three purposes: to explain the two different uses of power analysis that can be used in health education research; to examine the extent to which power analysis is being used in published health education research; and to explain the implications of not using power analysis in research studies. Articles in seven leading health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Meta Analysis
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1998
Discusses reference-use statistics in academic libraries. Highlights include new functions and resources, limits of traditional counting methods, ranking the sources, the Internet's impact on instruction, computer-assisted versus one-on-one instruction, and creative solutions to reference services. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Services, Internet
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