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Chiu, Yi-Hui – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
There is growing attention to incorporating computer-mediated instruction for language learning and teaching. Specifically, vocabulary is arguably the foundation of mastering a language, as the mastery of vocabulary is the fundamental step of learning a language. Second language (L2) vocabulary is important in the development of cognitive systems…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Language Skills
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Portolese Dias, Laura; Trumpy, Robert – Journal of Educators Online, 2014
This study investigates the impact of written group feedback, versus audio feedback, based upon four student satisfaction measures in the online classroom environment. Undergraduate students in the control group were provided both individual written feedback and group written feedback, while undergraduate students in the experimental treatment…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods
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Thomas, Justin; Raynor, Monique; McKinnon, Merryn – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
Academic dishonesty is a major challenge facing educational institutions worldwide. Within the context of undergraduate education in the Arabian Gulf, oral assessment can help validate the originality of student work, whilst simultaneously facilitating assessment in a mode highly resonant with the region's own educational traditions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrity, Undergraduate Students, Verbal Tests
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Albert, Michael; Beatty, Brian J. – Journal of Education for Business, 2014
The authors discuss the application of the flipped classroom model to the redesign of an introduction to management course at a highly diverse, urban, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited U.S. university. The author assessed the impact of a flipped classroom versus a lecture class on grades. Compared to the prior…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Introductory Courses, Business Administration Education, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Silva-Maceda, Gabriela; Arjona-Villicaña, P. David; Castillo-Barrera, F. Edgar – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
Learning to program is a complex task, and the impact of different pedagogical approaches to teach this skill has been hard to measure. This study examined the performance data of seven cohorts of students (N = 1168) learning programming under three different pedagogical approaches. These pedagogical approaches varied either in the length of the…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Cohort Analysis
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Exley, Beryl; Cottrell, Amber – English in Australia, 2012
The recently introduced "Australian Curriculum: English" (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2012) requires students to "read" multimodal text and describe the effects of structure and organisation. We begin this article by tracing the variable understandings of what reading multimodal text might…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intermode Differences, Learning Modalities, Multimedia Instruction
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Sears, David A.; Reagin, James Michael – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
Many studies have tested external supports for promoting productive collaboration, but relatively few have examined what features characterize naturally productive collaborative tasks. Two lines of research have come to distinct conclusions on the primary task feature associated with productive collaboration: demonstrability versus complexity.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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Kaye, Helen; Barrett, Jane P.; Knightley, Wendy M. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2013
Psychology students at the Open University (OU) can choose whether to complete their project work at residential school or by participating in an online equivalent. This study identifies different factors governing module choice and student experience: When choosing residential school, social aspects are important, whereas for online, students are…
Descriptors: Psychology, Preferences, Student Attitudes, Student Projects
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Wooten, Tommy; Dillard-Eggers, Jane – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
In our research we investigate the use of online homework in principles of accounting classes where some classes required online homework while other classes did not. Users of online homework, compared to nonusers, had a higher grade point average and earned a higher grade in class. On average, both required and not-required users rated the online…
Descriptors: Investigations, Homework, Accounting, Intermode Differences
Ray, Holly Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With children growing up as digital natives, they have become accustomed to a fast paced, multitasking environment. In this digital landscape, children's brains learn in a parallel format, with instant information, as opposed to the traditional linear format with one skill being introduced at a time. Today's education methods used to…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Electronic Publishing, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Talento-Miller, Eileen; Guo, Fanmin; Han, Kyung T. – International Journal of Testing, 2013
When power tests include a time limit, it is important to assess the possibility of speededness for examinees. Past research on differential speededness has examined gender and ethnic subgroups in the United States on paper and pencil tests. When considering the needs of a global audience, research regarding different native language speakers is…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, English, Scores
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Shanahan, Lynn E. – Written Communication, 2013
This interpretive case study investigated how a fifth-grade teacher's social practices with visual and linguistic signs positioned her students (10- and 11-year-olds) to take up particular modes as they constructed digital compositions. The context of the study was a suburban public school in the northeastern United States. Analysis was threefold.…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Multimedia Materials
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Elimat, Amal Khalil; AbuSeileek, Ali Farhan – JALT CALL Journal, 2014
This study aimed to explore the effect of using automatic speech recognition technology (ASR) on the third grade EFL students' performance in pronunciation, whether teaching pronunciation through ASR is better than regular instruction, and the most effective teaching technique (individual work, pair work, or group work) in teaching pronunciation…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Pronunciation, Pronunciation Instruction, Experimental Groups
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Kazakou, Maria N.; Soulis, Spyros – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2014
The utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in educational practice is indispensable, while it becomes imperative in the education of individuals with special educational needs, as it promotes the application of Individualized Education Programs. Feedback in digital activities aiming at phonological awareness development is…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Phonological Awareness, Individualized Instruction, Dyslexia
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Karahan, Ahmet Suat – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
It is clearly seen that distance education, spreading all over the world recently, is increasingly used in music education process. That the method brings great flexibility to the teaching-learning process destroys the limits depending on time and space and it can easily reach wide audiences and so on outstanding features are the main factors…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Distance Education, Conventional Instruction, Intermode Differences
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