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Smith, Cary Stacy; Hung, Li-Ching – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
In Taiwan, teaching focuses around lecturing, with students having little opportunity to interact with each other. Problem-based learning (PBL) is a means of instruction where students learn the subject by being active participants in the pedagogical process, with the emphasis on problem-solving. In this study, the authors investigated whether PBL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Computer Literacy, Self Efficacy
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Tsai, Chia-Wen; Shen, Pei-Di; Lin, Rong-An – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2015
This study investigated, via quasi-experiments, the effects of student-centered project-based learning with initiation (SPBL with Initiation) on the development of students' computing skills. In this study, 96 elementary school students were selected from four class sections taking a course titled "Digital Storytelling" and were assigned…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Student Centered Learning, Computer Literacy
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Madill, Michael T. R. – Teaching English with Technology, 2014
Didactical approaches related to teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) have developed into a complex array of instructional methodologies, each having potential benefits attributed to elementary reading development. One such effective practice is Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), which uses various forms of technology such as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Hagood, Margaret C. – Voices from the Middle, 2012
New literacies are affecting the ways that we choose to spend our time in teaching and learning. In this article, Hagood describes the work of nine middle grades teachers' explorations of new literacies, including digital technologies and pop culture, and their implementations in their content area instruction. She also highlights some of the…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Content Area Reading, Risk, Rewards
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Almekhlafi, Abdurrahman Ghaleb; Almeqdadi, Farouq Ahmad – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
Technology is a growing part of any society today. Educational technology has become a cornerstone for any country's efforts to improve students' performance at K-12 schools. It has become the focus of educators worldwide. However, research studies investigating technology integration, particularly at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) K-12 schools,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Computer Literacy, Focus Groups, Technology Integration
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Mitra, Sugata; Dangwal, Ritu; Chatterjee, Shiffon; Jha, Swati; Bisht, Ravinder S.; Kapur, Preeti – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
Earlier work, often referred to as the "hole in the wall" experiments, has shown that groups of children can learn to use public computers on their own. This paper presents the method and results of an experiment conducted to investigate whether such unsupervised group learning in shared public spaces is universal. The experiment was…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Internet