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Li Cheng; Ethan Croteau; Sami Baral; Cristina Heffernan; Neil Heffernan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Chatbots represent a promising technology for engaging students in math learning. Guided by Jerome Bruner's constructivism and Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development, we designed and developed a chatbot that incorporates scaffolding strategies and social-emotional considerations, and we integrated it into ASSISTments, an online math learning…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Learning Management Systems, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
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Chen, Yu-Chi; Hou, Huei-Tse; Wu, Chang-Hsin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
A scaffolding-based mind tool was designed to allow teachers to easily create lesson plans for in-class gamified activities and to embed various scaffoldings in the lesson plan design. The purpose of this study was to investigate the learning outcomes of a scaffolding-based mind tool integrated with gamified learning activities applied to a…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Huang, Fang; Teo, Timothy; Zhou, Mingming – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
This article explores Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' attitudes toward technology use and the factors that influence their technology acceptance. A qualitative study was conducted with data obtained from semistructured, in-depth interviews of 14 university teachers from six provinces. The interview data revealed that Chinese…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
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Ok, Min Wook; Hughes, Joan E.; Boklage, Audrey – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2018
This descriptive case study examined the first year of iPad-supported teaching and learning in a high school modified biology class. Results revealed that the iPad practices replaced, amplified, and transformed pedagogy and learning, but they predominantly supported general learning or instructional practices with little science specificity. A…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, High School Students
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Luo, Yi-Fang; Yang, Shu Ching – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
In recent years, the interactive whiteboard (IWB) has been regarded as the most prominent information and communication technology auxiliary instruction device. It is touted as elevating the traditional teaching environment to a digital teaching environment because of its highly interactive features. The purpose of this study is to investigate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Pellas, Nikolaos; Peroutseas, Efstratios – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
While pedagogical and technological affordances of three-dimensional (3D) multiuser virtual worlds in various educational disciplines are largely well-known, a study about their effect on high school students' engagement in introductory programming courses is still lacking. This case study presents students' opinions about their participation in a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Games, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment