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Shanley, Lina; Strand Cary, Mari; Clarke, Ben; Guerreiro, Meg A.; Thier, Michael – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Instructor facilitation is an essential element in the successful implementation of technology-based interventions in authentic school settings. This manuscript reports results from two studies conducted during the development of KinderTEK, an iPad delivered kindergarten mathematics intervention, to determine the relationship between…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Putman, Rebecca S. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Guided by Vygotsky's social learning theory, this study reports a 24-week investigation on whether regular use of Istation®, an integrated learning system used by approximately 4 million students in the United States, had an effect on the early literacy achievement of children in twelve kindergarten classrooms. A mixed-method, quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Kindergarten, Correlation
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Hooley, Diana S.; Thorpe, Justin – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Older student reading of informational texts like those found in most high school classrooms continue to be a concern. College entrance exams scores attest to the fact that this age group of readers remain largely unprepared for the rigorous, discipline area reading and comprehension demands of higher education. In response to this issue content…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Reading Tests, College Readiness, Reading Skills
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Lim Fei, Victor; O'Halloran, Kay L.; Tan, Sabine; E., Marissa K. L. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
This exploratory study introduces the systemic approach and the explicit teaching of a meta-language to provide conceptual tools for students for the analysis and interpretation of multimodal texts. Equipping students with a set of specialised vocabulary with conventionalised meanings associated with specific choices in multimodal texts empowers…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Visual Aids, Metalinguistics, Systems Approach
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Voulgari, Iro; Komis, Vassilis; Sampson, Demetrios G. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
Over the past decade research has recognised the learning potential of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). MMOGs can be used by the technology-enhanced learning research community to study and identify good educational practices that may inspire engaging, creative and motivating approaches for education and learning. To this end, in this…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
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Davies, Randall S.; Dean, Douglas L.; Ball, Nick – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
The purpose of this research was to explore how technology can be used to teach technological skills and to determine what benefit "flipping" the classroom might have for students taking an introductory-level college course on spreadsheets in terms of student achievement and satisfaction with the class. A pretest posttest…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Introductory Courses, Spreadsheets, Teaching Methods