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Direct linkLowman, Joneen – Computers in the Schools, 2014
The study investigated the impact of podcasts and vodcasts accessed through an iPod on fourth-and sixth-grade students' vocabulary acquisition. Students were randomly assigned to either a podcast group or a vodcast group. Regardless of group assignment, each student completed three six-minute podcasts or vodcasts a day for three days. On average,…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 4, Grade 6
Cramer, Kathleen; Wyberg, Terry – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2009
The effectiveness of different concrete and pictorial models on students' understanding of the part-whole construct for fractions was investigated. Using interview data from fourth and fifth grade students from three different districts that adopted the "Mathematics Trailblazers" series, authors identified strengths and limitations of models used.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Grade 5, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction
Shana, Zuhrieh A. – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of effectiveness of multimedia technology in teaching in comparison to the traditional print-based teaching methods. Multimedia CD was designed to teach the second semester unit of science and Islamic studies for the fourth graders. The unit's content was the same in the print-based teaching…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Technology, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textYilmaz, Hulya; Turkmen, Hakan; Pedersen, Jon E. – Science Education International, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate fourth-grade students image of current science teaching by using a Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C), and give a glance whether the new restructured science education reform in Turkey is implemented successfully or not. Fifty-five (34 girls and 21 boys) fourth-grade students from three…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Education, Grade 4
Forsyth, Alfred S., Jr. – 1986
This study investigated place location learning from a simulated environmental exploration experience in terms of two variables: gender (both cognitive and affective effects) and presence and/or type of accompanying map. Subjects were 120 fourth and fifth grade students, who were randomly selected and assigned after stratification on gender. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Grade 4
Gerlach, Gail J. – 1987
This investigation of the effect of typing skill on using a word processor for composition hypothesized that students who had learned keyboarding skills would: (1) write longer essays when using a word processor; (2) revise their essays more when using a word processor; (3) feel more positive about typing when using a word processor than students…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 4, Hypothesis Testing
Gilman, David A.; Brantley, Tamara – 1988
Two self-contained fourth grade classrooms were compared during a 1-year study conducted in a small rural community in Indiana. Pre-test measures consisted of the previous year's third grade scores on the Cognitive Abilities test and a self-developed inventory of attitude toward school and computers. The control group (n=28) received instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
