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Masoumeh Bagheri-Nesami; Mahsa Kamali; Amirabbas Mollaei – Smart Learning Environments, 2025
Nurses acknowledge that their understanding of the shortcomings in the utilization of medical devices stems from insufficient knowledge about their correct usage. The use of Quick Response (QR) technology has paved a new gateway for accessing information and resources. The available evidence confirmed the usefulness of QR codes for use in clinical…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Handheld Devices, Knowledge Level, Clinical Experience
Allison Master; Daijiazi Tang; Desiree Forsythe; Taylor M. Alexander; Sapna Cheryan; Andrew N. Meltzoff – Grantee Submission, 2023
Learning coding during early childhood is an effective way for children to practice computational thinking. Aspects of children's motivation can increase the likelihood that children approach computational thinking activities with enthusiasm and deep engagement. Gender inequities may interfere with children's readiness to take advantage of…
Descriptors: Coding, Gender Differences, Equal Education, Computer Science Education
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Sardone, Nancy B. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2019
Opportunities to learn how to develop engaging learning experiences are vital for preservice teachers. This article describes an in-class modeling activity, provides assignment guidelines, and includes examples of candidates' completed tasks when developing technology-integrated instruction using Quick Response (QR) codes. The content of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Preservice Teachers, Technology Integration, Models
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Banzato, Monica; Tosato, Paolo – International Journal on E-Learning, 2017
In Italy, teaching coding at primary and secondary levels is emerging as a major educational issue, particularly in light of the recent reforms now being implemented. Consequently, there has been increased research on how to introduce information technology in lower secondary schools. This paper presents an exploratory survey, carried out through…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learner Engagement, Learning Activities, Coding
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Won, Samantha G. L.; Evans, Michael A.; Huang, Lixiao – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
Social networking sites (SNSs) are popular technologies used frequently among youth for recreational purposes. Increasing attention has been paid to the use of SNSs in educational settings as a way to engage youth interest and encourage academically productive discussion. Potential affordances of using SNSs for education include knowledge…
Descriptors: Clubs, After School Programs, STEM Education, Educational Technology
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Taggart, Amy Rupiper; Laughlin, Mary – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
A continuous challenge in the writing classroom is maintaining openness and positivity around feedback. There are myriad factors that influence the felt experience of the feedback process, and the researchers wanted to understand better how students experience and perceive negative moments, as well as what factors remain salient in their minds…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Psychological Patterns, Negative Attitudes
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Strati, Anna D.; Schmidt, Jennifer A.; Maier, Kimberly S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
This study explored associations between students' perceptions of challenge, teacher-provided support and obstruction, and students' momentary academic engagement in high school science classrooms. Instrumental and emotional dimensions of support and obstruction were examined separately, and analyses tested whether the relationship between…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Barriers, Teacher Role, Learner Engagement
Hébert, Thomas P. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2018
Experiences of 10 high-achieving first-generation college students from low-income backgrounds were the focus of this qualitative research study. Family adversity and difficult personal experiences during adolescence were major themes; however, students benefitted from emotionally supportive K-12 educators and academic rigor in high school.…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, High Achievement, Student Experience
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Donelan, Helen; Kear, Karen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Although collaboration skills are highly valued by employers, convincing students that collaborative learning activities are worthwhile, and ensuring that the experience is both useful and enjoyable, are significant challenges for educators. This paper addresses these challenges by exploring students' and tutors' experiences of a group project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Part Time Students
Geeta Gambhir; Juliet Kyoshabire Kotonya – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2023
Right to Play's Plug-in-Play (PIP) project in Rwanda aims to enhance Science and Elementary Technology (SET) education through playful and interactive methods. This study, conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Three Stones International (TSI), explores the implementation of learning through play with technology…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
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Norton, Stephen – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
The importance of actively engaging in mathematics discourse in order to learn mathematics is well recognized. In this paper, I use Basil Bernstein's concepts of pedagogic discourse to document and analyse academic learning time of students in Years 8 and 9 at a suburban lower secondary school: in particular, for what proportion of class time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Learner Engagement, Secondary School Students
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Wallace, Tanner LeBaron; Sung, Hannah C. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2017
Autonomy support in classrooms is believed to coordinate students' inner motivational resources in ways that enhance student engagement (e.g., Jang, Kim, & Reeve, 2012). Yet, to our knowledge, no study has investigated student-generated interpretations of the motivational significance of their teachers' autonomy-supportive practices.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Personal Autonomy, Video Technology, Learning Motivation
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Zamberlan, Lisa; Wilson, Stephanie E. – Journal of Peer Learning, 2017
This paper reports on an action research project involving the redesign, implementation and evaluation of a peer tutor program in a first year design studio in higher education. The effectiveness of the revised program, particularly its capacity to support learning for commencing students in the environment of a creative studio, is examined…
Descriptors: Action Research, Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Design
Arnold, Bradley A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to develop descriptions of how teenage students remain engaged in learning while using mobile technology. Developments in technology have expanded learning contexts and provided learners with improved capacities to connect with others to exchange, gain, and construct knowledge. Developments in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Telecommunications, Learning Activities, Qualitative Research
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Bierema, Andrea M.-K.; Schwarz, Christina V.; Stoltzfus, Jon R. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
National calls for improving science education (e.g., "Vision and Change") emphasize the need to learn disciplinary core ideas through scientific practices. To address this need, we engaged small groups of students in developing diagrammatic models within two (one large-enrollment and one medium-enrollment) undergraduate introductory…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Education, Introductory Courses
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