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Heijnes, Dewi; van Joolingen, Wouter; Leenaars, Frank – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
We investigate the way students' reasoning about evolution can be supported by drawing-based modeling. We modified the drawing-based modeling tool SimSketch to allow for modeling evolutionary processes. In three iterations of development and testing, students in lower secondary education worked on creating an evolutionary model. After each…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Evolution, Scientific Concepts, Educational Technology
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Beal, Carole R.; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015
Introduction: The present study evaluated the feasibility of using an iPad application or "app" for algebra-readiness mathematics, with accompanying braille materials and accessible graphics, when used in authentic educational settings. Methods: Twenty-nine students with visual impairments in grades 4-11 used the materials under the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Courseware, Handheld Devices, Assistive Technology
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Beal, Carole R.; Rosenblum, L. Penny – Grantee Submission, 2015
Introduction: The present study evaluated the feasibility of using an iPad application or "app" for algebra-readiness mathematics, with accompanying braille materials and accessible graphics, when used in authentic educational settings. Methods: Twenty-nine students with visual impairments in grades 4-11 used the materials under the…
Descriptors: Algebra, Assistive Technology, Braille, Computer Graphics
Tannu, Kirti – Online Submission, 2009
The advent of technology is almost in the field of education for teaching -- learning and cannot be ignored. Students are exposed to superior quality product of advance technologies in other fields around them. In such a scenario whether chalk and black board education is relevant in today's multicoloured and multidimensional digital age? The…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Animation
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Anthamatten, Peter; Ziegler, Susy S. – Journal of Geography, 2006
Technology that helps students view images in three dimensions (3-D) can support a broad range of learning styles. "Geo-Wall systems" are visualization tools that allow scientists, teachers, and students to project stereographic images and view them in 3-D. We developed and presented 3-D visualization exercises in several undergraduate courses.…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Geography Instruction, Visual Aids, Instructional Effectiveness
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Collins, Allan; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
The effectiveness of the SCHOLAR computer-assisted instruction system was compared with: (1) the interactive map display of Map-SCHOLAR; (2) a static labeled map; and (3) an unlabeled map. Students learned significantly more with the interactive map display than with either of the other maps. A new method, backtrace analysis, was used to assess…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Geography Instruction