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Ker, Hsiang-Wei; Lee, Ying-Haur; Ho, Shu-Meei – Science Education, 2023
Science achievements of individuals play a crucial role when students aim to pursue highly demanded occupations and advanced academic degrees. Enhancing science attainment is crucial in improving the effectiveness of science education. This study investigates the impact of home educational resources, students' attitudes toward learning,…
Descriptors: Students, Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Learning
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Tiina Korhonen; Noora Laakso; Aino Seitamaa; Visajaani Salonen; Netta Tiippana; Jari Lavonen; Kai Hakkarainen – Cogent Education, 2024
Digital fluency is a central 21st-century competence. Schools are responsible for ensuring that all students cultivate sophisticated sociodigital competences and mindsets needed for studying and collaborating through and around technology and overcoming digital challenges encountered. Although some schools have successfully integrated digital…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Student Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Sadykov, Timur; Ctrnáctová, Hana – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
The research purpose was to create and test the interactive lectures for lower secondary schools based on the characteristics of interactive ICT-supported education. First verification was carried out in the December 2018 on specialized school-board information technologies in Karaganda (Kazakhstan). The sample included two of eighth grade classes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Educational Technology
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Margulieux, Lauren; Yadav, Aman – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2021
We explored how preservice teachers in a middle school science methods course learned and applied computational thinking (CT) concepts and activities during a month-long intervention. In the intervention, preservice teachers learned about CT concepts through an hour-long lecture in their methods class, practiced a computing-integration activity…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Intervention
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Vekli, Gulsah Sezen – Pedagogical Research, 2021
This study determines perceptions of middle school students' inquiry learning skills towards science change according to different variables. In line with purpose, it aims to realize what should be done to develop this perception by questioning the factors that affect students' perceptions of science-related inquiry skills and contribute to the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Science Instruction
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DiMartino, Nicholas A.; Schultz, Susan M. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2020
As technology advances across the United States, schools should consider not only the benefits of using screened devices but also the short- and long-term effects on student health. Both the positive and negative effects of using devices are often intensified for students in rural schools, as online learning and the use of e-therapy becomes more…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Geographic Isolation, Handheld Devices, Computer Use
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Admiraal, Wilfried; Post, Lysanne; Lockhorst, Ditte; Louws, Monika; Kester, Liesbeth – European Educational Researcher, 2020
Personalizing learning with technology in secondary schools is a way to empower students to take control of their learning. The more learners can direct their own learning experiences, including path, pace and instructional approach, the more they may learn what they want and need to learn. In a quasi-experimental design, data about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Personal Autonomy, Learning Motivation
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Paiva, João C.; Morais, Carla; Moreira, Luciano – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
This paper proposes an ecological framework "Activities with Parents on the Computer" (APC) to bridge home and school contexts by involving parents and students in digital media based assignments. An exploratory case-study was conducted based on ten parent-child dyads that engaged in an APC at home. Attitudes were assessed through a…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Home Study, Computer Uses in Education, Parent Child Relationship
Tellez, Julio C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Despite advancements in the search of equity, females still struggle to find acceptance in the field of information and communication technology. Research indicates that differences in perception of ability of ICT use begin to manifest in the middle school level. This mixed methods study explored the experiences and perceptions of 46 middle school…
Descriptors: Females, Middle School Students, Catholic Schools, Information Technology
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Sahbaz, Namik Kemal – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
Reading skill is a cognitive process in which the words are perceived, given a meaning, comprehended and then interpreted. The last year in primary education is a critical period when this skill is changed into a habit. As reading attitudes are important for an individual throughout the life, it is necessary to determine according to which…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Attitudes
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Shih, Ru-Chu; Cho, Chia-Liang; Tsai, Chih-Cheng; Lou, Shi-Jer – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
This study aimed to investigate junior high school students' learning attitudes and learning effectiveness through administering Microsoft Live@edu to assist in teaching Chinese reading. Quasi-experimental approach was used and a total of 63 eighth grade students were divided into the experimental group (N = 32) and control group (N = 31).…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Storz, Mark G.; Hoffman, Amy R. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2013
The impact of a one-to-one computing initiative at a Midwestern urban middle school was examined through phenomenological research techniques focusing on the voices of eighth grade students and their teachers. Analysis of transcripts from pre and post-implementation interviews of 47 students and eight teachers yielded patterns of responses to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Student Behavior, Phenomenology
Sahin, Sami; Alkan, Ayse – Online Submission, 2011
We aimed to explore 8th grade students' computer use in this research. We carried out the research at Yasar Dogu Elementary School in Kavak, a district of Samsun province in Turkey. We implemented semi-structured interviews to collect the data. We selected our sample from among volunteers of 3 different classes, striving to select students with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade 8, Elementary School Students, Computer Use
Carraher, Joan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
1:1 Laptop initiatives continue to grow throughout Nebraska schools. There are many questions regarding their effectiveness in improving student learning, justifications for expenses, and the process to guide such an initiative. The purpose of this case study was to explore students' perceptions of academic self-efficacy and self-regulation while…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Attitudes, Grade 8
Cowley, Billie Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Technology has become increasingly prominent in schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the integration of technology with students with disabilities, particularly the use of one-to-one computing when used in inclusive classrooms. This study took a qualitative approach exploring how one teacher integrated one-to-one computing into her…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Individualized Instruction, Disabilities
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