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Measuring Information and Communication Technology Literacy using a performance assessment: Validation of the Student Tool for Technology Literacy (ST2L)

Anne Corinne Huggins, Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Kara Dawson

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 1-12

This paper reports the validation scores of the Student Tool for Technology Literacy (ST ² L), a performance-based assessment based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S) used to measure middle grade students Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy. Middle grade students (N = 5884) from school districts across the state of Florida were recruited...

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Case-based teaching using the Laboratory Animal System for learning C/C++ programming

Jun Tan, Xianping Guo, Weishi Zheng, Ming zhong

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 39-49

Teachers and students often consider learning programming a difficult pursuit. Face-to-face learning alone cannot provide effective teaching or efficient solutions for learning. A case teaching model can make students active in programming courses, even as it relies on solid learning theory and pedagogical strategies. This paper reports a study based on a case teaching model in C/C++ programming....

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Factors influencing digital technology use in early childhood education

Courtney K. Blackwell, Alexis R. Lauricella, Ellen Wartella

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 82-90

The current study uses path modeling to investigate the relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic factors that influence early childhood educators' digital technology use. Survey data from 1234 early childhood educators indicate that attitudes toward the value of technology to aid children's learning have the strongest effect on technology use, followed by confidence and support in using technology...

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Developing a problem-solving learning system to assess the effects of different materials on learning performance and attitudes

Chun Fu Lin, Yu Hsin Hung, Ray I. Chang, Shih Hao Hung

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 50-66

Cultivating problem-solving abilities has recently become a popular trend in learning systems. It is important to consider that instructional materials can be designed with various types of learning materials, and that the degree to which learning performance is enhanced depends on the type of learning materials provided to the learner. Therefore, this study develops a problem-solving learning system...

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Enhancing digital reading performance with a collaborative reading annotation system

Chih-Ming Chen, Fang-Ya Chen

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 67-81

As children now spend considerable time reading electronic media, digital reading skills and good reading comprehension are essential. However, many studies agree that screen-based reading leads to shallow reading, short attention spans, and poor comprehension. Therefore, this work presents a collaborative reading annotation system with a reading annotation and interactive discussion scaffold (CRAS-RAIDS)...

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The effects of a wiki-based collaborative process writing pedagogy on writing ability and attitudes among upper primary school students in Mainland China

Xuanxi Li, Samuel K.W. Chu, Wing Wah Ki, X. Li, more

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 151-169

This study mainly explored the effects of a Wiki-based Collaborative Process Writing Pedagogy (WCPWP) on writing ability and writing attitudes among Primary Four students in Shenzhen, China. Besides, this study also investigated students' collaborative writing process with the WCPWP. Students wrote their compositions in a MediaWiki platform (www.joyouswriting.com) named Joyous Writing Club (JWC) developed...

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The role of academic emotions in the relationship between perceived academic control and self-regulated learning in online learning

Ji Won You, Myunghee Kang

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 125-133

Self-regulated learning is recognized as a critical factor for successful online learning, and students' perceived academic control and academic emotions are important antecedents of self-regulated learning. Because emotions and cognition are interrelated, investigating the joint relationship between perceived academic control and academic emotions on self-regulated learning would be valuable to understanding...

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An online collaborative document creation exercise in an ODL research project module

Colin Pilkington, Ian Sanders

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 116-124

Online technologies to support collaborative learning provide lecturers in distance higher education with ever more opportunities to extend their teaching in beneficial ways. Students are also increasingly familiar with the online environment via social networking sites. How well this familiarity with online environments translates into the online collaborative learning space in an open distance learning...

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Implementing mobile learning curricula in a grade level: Empirical study of learning effectiveness at scale

Chee-Kit Looi, Daner Sun, Longkai Wu, Peter Seow, more

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 101-115

Developing and then scaling up an educational innovation so that it achieves on the dimensions of depth, sustainability, spread and change of ownership is a complex endeavor. In this paper, we present a study of one such innovation which has been developed through a design-based research process in a Singapore school. The innovation features a primary science curriculum integrating the 5E inquiry...

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Digital learners and the overlapping of their personal and educational digital engagement

Binod Gurung, David Rutledge

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 91-100

Current K-12 students are considered digital learners because technology is as pervasive in their academic world as in their personal lives. Technology enthusiasts argue that these learners are the “digital natives” having sophisticated technology knowledge and skills that can be potentially harnessed for better learning engagement inside the classroom. This phenomenological study investigates how...

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An investigation of course-level factors as predictors of online STEM course outcomes

Claire Wladis, Alyse C. Hachey, Katherine Conway

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 145-150

This study analyzed students who took STEM courses online or face-to-face at a large urban community college in the Northeastern U.S. to determine which course-level characteristics most strongly predicted higher rates of dropout or D/F grades in online STEM courses than would be expected in comparable face-to-face courses. While career and elective STEM courses had significantly higher success rates...

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Exploring young students' talk in iPad-supported collaborative learning environments

Garry Falloon, Elaine Khoo

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 13-28

In the few years since its release, Apple's iPad has generated much discussion about its potential to support student learning at all levels of the education system. Much of this has focused on its physical and technical attributes, such as portability, touch-display, connectivity, and large array of apps. However, a few studies have begun to explore possible advantages of iPads being used as public...

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Effects of student characteristics and question design on Internet search results usage in a Taiwanese classroom

Chuen-Tsai Sun, Shu-Hao Ye, Hsi-Chien Hsieh

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 134-144

A large percentage of students who use Internet search engines accept the results they are given without challenge, which conflicts with many learning theories that emphasize exploration. Longer and more in-depth searches require critical analyses of results as part of a process that is thought to produce better learning outcomes. With the development of social media, social motivation is increasingly...

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An analysis of variables affecting the ICT literacy level of Korean elementary school students

Hye-Sook Kim, Hye-Ji Kil, Anna Shin

Computers & Education > 2014 > 77 > Complete > 29-38

With the study aim of examining individual- and school-level variables affecting the ICT literacy level of Korean elementary school students, a stratified sample of 11,767 students in 173 schools was analyzed using a two-level hierarchical linear model (HLM) and a two-level hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM). Students' ICT literacy level was classified into four levels: below basic, basic,...

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COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (3)
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (3)
TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES (3)
HUMAN–COMPUTER INTERFACE (2)
IMPROVING CLASSROOM TEACHING (2)
MULTIMEDIA/HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS (2)
PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES (2)
ACADEMIC EMOTIONS (1)
APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS (1)
CAREER (1)
CLASSROOM PRACTICES (1)
COLLABORATIVE (1)
COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (1)
COURSE RETENTION (1)
CSCL (1)
CURRICULAR INNOVATION (1)
DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT (1)
DIGITAL LEARNERS (1)
DIGITAL NATIVES (1)
DISTANCE EDUCATION (1)
ELECTIVE (1)
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (1)
ICT LITERACY (1)
ICT LITERACY TEST (1)
INDIVIDUAL AND SCHOOL VARIABLE (1)
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY (1)
INTERACTION (1)
IPAD (1)
LEARNING (1)
LEARNING ECOLOGIES (1)
MEDIA IN EDUCATION (1)
MEDIATING EFFECT (1)
MODERATING EFFECT (1)
NAVIGATION (1)
NETS*S (1)
ONLINE LEARNING (1)
PATH MODELING (1)
PERCEIVED ACADEMIC CONTROL (1)
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION (1)
PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES (1)
RELIABILITY (1)
SCALE-UP (1)
SCIENCE INQUIRY (1)
SELF-REGULATED LEARNING (1)
STEM (1)
TALK (1)
TEACHER COGNITION (1)
TEACHER EDUCATION/DEVELOPMENT (1)
TECHNOLOGY (1)
TECHNOLOGY LITERACY (1)
TWO-LEVEL HGLM ANALYSIS (1)
TWO-LEVEL HLM ANALYSIS (1)
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