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Tola Bekene Bedada; M. F. Machaba – Education Inquiry, 2024
This article presents an instructional technology-based cycle model intended to support and facilitate the teaching and learning of mathematics, particularly calculus. The study used quantitative methods with quasi-experimental research that uses non-randomised assignments of the study group that are categorised into experimental and control…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Peter Pavlis – Online Submission, 2025
This quantitative, quasi-experimental study aimed to propose research-based AI constructivist learning activities by measuring students' self-perceptions of their critical thinking using the Motivational Strategies and Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). The study utilized the input-experience-output framework to evaluate how these learning pursuits…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Activities
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Bettin, Briana; Jarvie-Eggart, Michelle; Steelman, Kelly S.; Wallace, Charles – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2022
In the wake of the so-called fourth industrial revolution, computer programming has become a foundational competency across engineering disciplines. Yet engineering students often resist the notion that computer programming is a skill relevant to their future profession. Here are presented two activities aimed at supporting the early development…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Programming, Coding
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Zamborova, Katarina; Klimova, Blanka – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
The article presents the research of empirical mixed methods on the use of a modern mobile reading app compared to traditional forms of teaching in English business classes in higher education in Slovakia. The research belongs to the theoretical frame of the mobile assisted language learning field that has generated an interest since the early…
Descriptors: Business English, English for Special Purposes, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Gorbett, Luke J.; Chapamn, Kayla E.; Liberatore, Matthew W. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2022
Spreadsheets are a core computational tool for practicing engineers and engineering students. While Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and other spreadsheet tools have some differences, numerous formulas, functions, and other tasks are common across versions and platforms. Building upon learning science frameworks showing that interactive activities…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Computer Software, Engineering Education, Textbooks
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Nelson, Timothy S.; Albakry, Mohammed – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2021
The availability of corpora has greatly strengthened the possibilities of identifying high-frequency lexical items in a more systematic and objective manner than has typically been used for vocabulary instruction. This article adopts a corpus-based approach to accommodate the vocabulary instructional needs of students enrolled in university…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language, Word Frequency
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
Freshman students learning English as foreign language have problems in comprehending English texts such as inability to identify main ideas, paragraph topics, supporting details and the organizational structure of a text. They have difficulty writing a summary or making an outline of the main ideas and important supporting details in a single, or…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, College Freshmen, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chang, Yu-shan – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictability of cloud-based m-learning for creative performance, and the mediating effect of motivation. The participants were 116 college students, who participated in the pre-test and post-test of a teaching experiment. The conclusions of this study are as follows: (1) cloud-based m-learning has…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Creativity, Student Motivation, Telecommunications
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Yeomans, Lucy; Zschaler, Steffen; Coate, Kelly – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2019
Programming skills are an increasingly desirable asset across disciplines; however, learning to program continues to be difficult for many students. To improve pedagogy, we need to better understand the concepts that students find difficult and which have the biggest impact on their learning. Threshold-concept theory provides a potential lens on…
Descriptors: Programming, Student Attitudes, Attitudes, Concept Formation
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Li, Rui; Meng, Zhaokun; Tian, Mi; Zhang, Zhiyi; Xiao, Wei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Although digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) has attracted considerable attention, factors attributing to the facilitative effects of DGBVL have not yet been satisfactorily understood. To this end, under the theoretical framework of flow theory, this study investigates the effects of flow experiences on Chinese…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Feedback (Response)
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Maghsoudi, Mojtaba; Mirzaeian, Vahid – JALT CALL Journal, 2020
EFL university students in general and Iranian EFL university learners in particular, specifically in the commencement of their study at bachelor degree prefer to have their assigned English texts translated into mother tongue since they do not have a good command of the language. Machine translation (MT) has recently turned into a favorite tool…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, Language Processing, Comparative Analysis
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Fu, Jo Shan; Yang, Shih-Hsien; Yeh, Hui-Chin – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2022
Previous research has addressed the effects of digital storytelling (DST) on verbal English competence and demonstrated that students engage more and learn more effectively. However, the relationship between learner engagement and speaking competence needs a further analysis of the methods wherein a specific DST tool facilitates learner engagement…
Descriptors: Story Telling, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Talebzadeh, Nahid; Elahi Shirvan, Majid; Khajavy, Gholam Hassan – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
With the recent shift from negative psychology to positive psychology in the field of second language acquisition deeper understanding regarding the transfer and construction of positive emotions within classroom interactions is needed. Inspired by the concept of emotion contagion in the field of psychology, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Nonverbal Communication
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Rana, K. P. S.; Kumar, Vineet; Mendiratta, Jatin – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
One of the most elementary concepts in freshmen Electrical Engineering subject comprises the Resistance-Inductance-Capacitance (RLC) circuit fundamentals, that is, their time and frequency domain responses. For a beginner, generally, it is difficult to understand and appreciate the step and the frequency responses, particularly the resonance. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Equipment, Simulation
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Abraham, Reem Rachel; Torke, Sharmila; Gonsalves, James; Narayanan, Sareesh Naduvil; Kamath, M. Ganesh; Prakash, Jay; Rai, Kiranmai S. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2018
The present study reports perceptions of first-year undergraduate medical students (n= 120), regarding modified directed self-learning (DSL) sessions in physiology. Students were provided with prereading assignments (faculty developed PowerPoint slides containing diagrams with incomplete labeling/ flowcharts with missing steps) pertaining to the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Teaching Methods, Prereading Experience, Assignments
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