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How To Improve Critical Thinking Using Educational Technology.
van Gelder, Tim – 2001
Critical thinking is highly valued but difficult to teach effectively. The Reason! project at the University of Melbourne (Australia) has developed the Reason!Able software as part of a general method aimed at enhancing critical thinking skills. Students using Reason!Able appear to make dramatic gains. This paper describes: (1) the challenge…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Technology Acceptance and Performance: An Investigation into Requisite Knowledge.
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Marshall, Thomas E.; Byrd, Terry A.; Gardiner, Lorraine R.; Rainer, R. Kelly, Jr. – Information Resources Management Journal, 2000
Describes an empirical study that investigated how knowledge bases contributed to subjects' attitudes and performance in the use of a computer-assisted software engineering (CASE) tool in database design. Identifies requisite knowledge bases and provides alternatives for organization administration to promote more positive attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Administration, Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Computer Software Development
A Look at the Research on Computer-Based Technology Use in Second Language Learning: A Review of the Literature from 1990-2000.
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Liu, Min; Moore, Zena; Graham, Leah; Lee, Shinwoong – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2002
Reviews the literature on computer use in second language and foreign language learning from 1990 to 2000 inclusive under the categories of potentials of computer technology use in specific areas; software for language skills; software design considerations; computerized language testing; and research findings from studies using quantitative…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Designing the "Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE)."
Slotta, Jim – Educational Technology, 2002
Discussion of inquiry and technology within elementary and secondary school science curriculum focuses on WISE (Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment) that was developed to provide effective designs for inquiry activities and assessments, technology supports for students and teachers, authoring partnerships to create a library of inquiry projects,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Curriculum Development
Dragon Play: Microworld Design in a Whole-Class Context.
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Jackiw, Nicholas; Sinclair, Nathalie – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2002
Proposes a whole-class view of microworld design in which the total ecology of students, technology, and teacher is considered by the decisions and choices of the design. Presents a case study analysis of a secondary school classroom implementation with a geometry microworld and discusses student affect, participation, and the role of educational…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Computer Software Development
Collaboration through Online Personal Learning.
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Gibson, David – 2001
This paper discusses the online Personal Learning Planner (PLP) project underway at the National Institute for Community Innovations (NICI) and presents some of the details of the theory and thinking that is guiding its development. The World Wide Web-based software is part of work by NICI to develop tools for enhancing preservice teacher…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Planning, Educational Theories