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Anastacia S. LaCombe – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate high school students' performance in analyzing complex arguments with the support of an off-the-shelf argument mapping software, Rationale™, which provides diagramming tools with guided prompts. This study attempts to: (1) evaluate the quality of student's argument maps in terms of structural…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Academic Achievement, Computer Software
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Xiaozhe Yang; Qingqing Wang; Jiyue Lyu – ECNU Review of Education, 2024
Purpose: ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can solve multiple complex tasks. ChatGPT-4 can facilitate educational empowerment in China through technology to understand and generate Chinese text. Although ChatGPT's benefits have been widely discussed, its educational capabilities have not been systematically…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries
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Shanock, Andrew; Flanagan, Dawn P.; Alfonso, Vincent C.; McHale-Small, Monica – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2022
The objective of this study is to assist school psychologists and school districts in understanding the cost of implementing the Dual Discrepancy/Consistency (DD/C) method, which is the most widely used PSW method of SLD identification. A literature review was conducted to obtain national data on variables needed to estimate the cost of…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, School Psychology, Disability Identification, Students with Disabilities
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Sümen, Özlem Özçakir – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Spatial skills include the creation of objects in the mind and visualization them from different angles. This study examines the impact of Google SketchUp program on the development of mental rotation skills from spatial skills of eleven-year-old students. The study was conducted as a mixed method research. The quantitative research method of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Visualization, Computer Software, Case Studies
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Pantic, Katarina; Clarke-Midura, Jody; Poole, Frederick; Roller, Jared; Allan, Vicki – Computer Science Education, 2018
Stereotypes people hold about computer scientists contribute to underrepresentation in computer science. Perceptions of computer scientists have historically been linked to males and a "nerd" culture, which can lead to lack of interest, particularly for girls. This article presents two studies conducted with two groups of middle…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Computer Science, Disproportionate Representation, Gender Differences
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Van Der Steen, Steffie; Samuelson, Dianne; Thomson, Jennifer M. – Written Communication, 2017
This study addresses the current debate about the beneficial effects of text processing software on students with different working memory (WM) during the process of academic writing, especially with regard to the ability to display higher-level conceptual thinking. A total of 54 graduate students (15 male, 39 female) wrote one essay by hand and…
Descriptors: Word Processing, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Writing (Composition), Educational Benefits