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Guo, Xin; Cheung, Alan C. K.; Abrami, Philip C.; Wade, Anne – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
This study investigated the effectiveness of ABRACADABRA (ABRA), a web-based literacy program, developed by the Center for the Study of Learning and Performance at Concordia University, in facilitating the literacy attainment of third-grade primary school students in an area of rural China. Researchers shared the experiences of localizing ABRA to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Rural Schools
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Awada, Ghada M.; Faour, Kawthar H. – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
The present study investigated the effectiveness of the Glogster and cooperative learning as differentiation models of English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) and Science projects. The study employed a mixed method study design whereby questionnaire and openended interview were incorporated to elicit the required data. Eighteen teachers…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hsia, Lu-Ho; Huang, Iwen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
In this paper, a web-based peer-assessment approach is proposed for conducting performing arts activities. A peer-assessment system was implemented and applied to a junior high school performing arts course to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. A total of 163 junior high students were assigned to an experimental group and a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Control Groups, Correlation, Theater Arts
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Bikowski, Dawn; Vithanage, Ramyadarshanie – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
This study investigated the effect of repeated in-class web-based collaborative writing tasks on second language writers' (L2) individual writing scores. A pre-test post-test research model was used in addition to participant surveys, class observations, and teacher interviews. Participants included 59 L2 writers in a writing class at a large U.S.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Collaborative Writing, Web Based Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Lee, Youngju; Kinzie, Mable B.; Whittaker, Jessica Vick – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
We examined the effects of teacher supports in enhancing teachers' open-ended questioning in pre-k activities. The blended teacher supports included online video demonstrations of questioning techniques and companion workshop activities. Twenty-five teachers received the blended supports while the control group did not. The data consisted of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Control Groups, Sentences, Science Activities
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Fisher, Joseph B.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Culbertson, John; Deshler, Donald D. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
Effects of a computerized professional development (PD) program for a concept teaching routine were investigated in two studies. For each, teachers were randomly assigned to either a virtual workshop group that used a multimedia software program for PD or an actual workshop group that participated in a live PD session. In Study 1, the teachers'…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Program Effectiveness, Workshops, Professional Development
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Hwang, Wu-Yuin; Hsu, Guo-Liang – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This study is aimed at investigating students' annotation behaviors and their effects on learning achievement with pre-reading (reading before class) exercises and Web-based sharing mechanisms. An 8-week quasi-experiment was conducted with 125 sixth-grade elementary school students. The study shows the following results. First, a significant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prior Learning