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Daniel, David B.; Woody, William Douglas – Computers & Education, 2013
While e-book sales continue to increase, electronic textbooks are not very popular with college students. This may be due to the fact that e-textbooks are read for different reasons and with different strategies than are e-books. Although previous research has documented this lack of preference for e-textbooks, student performance and use of…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Textbooks, Printed Materials, Preferences
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Albion, Peter R. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2001
Describes a study at the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) that measured self-efficacy for computer use of teacher education students at the beginning of their course and again following a semester in which some students had completed computer courses. The amount of time spent using computers contributed most to the variance in…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
National Education Commission on Time and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1994
The Education Council Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-62) established the National Education Commission on Time and Learning as an independent advisory body charged to do a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in U.S. schools. Based on its 24-month investigation, the Commission found that American students spend an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Class Organization, Comparative Education