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Roman O. Lesnov – International Journal of Listening, 2024
Whether visual information belongs in second language (L2) listening tests has long been a subject for scholarly debate, with L2 learners' performance on and perceptions of video-based tests being the primary sources of evidence. The research into L2 teachers' perceptions, however, is scarce, as is the research into stakeholders' views of content…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Huangfu, Qian; Li, Hong; Tang, Sanshan; Wang, Jianrong; Liu, Qian; Chen, Guojun – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Although the chemical literature contains many studies of multimedia-based learning and teacher enthusiasm, there is a paucity of research on whether and to what extent teacher enthusiasm in video lectures affects students' learning, especially in chemistry. In this context, this mixed-method study used eye tracking and quantitative analysis to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Middle School Students
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Qian Huangfu; Qianmei He; Sisi Luo; Weilin Huang; Yahua Yang – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: Video lectures which include the teachers' presence have become increasingly common. As teacher enthusiasm is a nonverbal cue in video lectures, more and more studies are focusing on this topic. However, little research has been carried out on the interactions between teacher enthusiasm and prior knowledge when learning from video…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Response
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Winke, Paula; Lee, Shinhye; Ahn, Jieun Irene; Choi, Ina; Cui, Yaqiong; Yoon, Hyung-Jo – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2018
This study investigated the cognitive validity of two child English language tests. Some teachers maintain that these types of tests may be cognitively invalid because native-English-speaking children would not do well on them (Winke, 2011). So the researchers had native speakers and learners of English aged 7 to 9 take sample versions of two…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tekkumru Kisa, Miray; Stein, Mary Kay – American Educational Research Journal, 2015
Students' opportunities to learn how to think are embedded in the instructional tasks with which they are invited to engage in the classroom. Prior research has revealed that the selection and use of cognitively demanding tasks does not guarantee high-level student thinking during their enactment. To address this challenge, we designed and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Video Technology, Science Instruction, Cognitive Processes
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Karsenti, Thierry; Bugmann, Julien – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
The goal of this study was to explore the educational potential of Minecraft. This project was conducted with 118 elementary-school students from Canada during the 2016-2017 school year. To explore the educational potential of Minecraft on the students, we designed a "Minecraft challenge" for students. 10 game levels of ascending…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Lee, Theodore T. H.; So, Winnie W. M. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
This study investigates the use of inquiry learning (IL) approach for intellectually disabled (ID) students. It draws on findings from the trial lessons of 6 classes of ID students in a project developing an adapted General Studies Curriculum for ID students at primary level. Data analysis focuses on examining how IL was employed for ID students.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Mental Retardation, Teaching Methods, Difficulty Level
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Roberts, J. Christopher – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of common elementary music class activities that elicit situational interest, the short-term interest that emerges spontaneously in learners when faced with environmental factors in an educational experience. An instrumental case study approach was employed, with 24 fourth-grade…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Music Education, Learning Activities
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Harish, H. G. Jeya; Kumar, R. Krishna; Raja, B. William Dharma – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2013
The purpose of the following study was to examine the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Science classrooms of students with Learning Disabilities. Teachers were positive about the learning benefits and design of the Science curriculum. Students were more critical but still positive about these features. Learning Science…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Learning Disabilities, Science Instruction
DeSimone, Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this action research study was to examine the impact of cogenerative dialogues on instructor and student perceptions of rigor in a master's and certification program for alternatively certified teachers. Additionally, the study was designed to determine if these open dialogues would impact instructional decisions of college…
Descriptors: Action Research, Dialogs (Language), Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
These proceedings contain the papers of the 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2017), 18-20 October 2017, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Student Journals, Diaries, Self Management
Sánchez, Inmaculada Arnedillo, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference on Mobile Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, in Lisbon, Portugal, March 14-16, 2013. The Mobile Learning 2013 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology