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Hughes, Joan E.; Read, Michelle F.; Jones, Sara; Mahometa, Michael – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2015
This study used multiple regression to identify predictors of middle school students' Web 2.0 activities out of school, a construct composed of 15 technology activities. Three middle schools participated, where sixth- and seventh-grade students completed a questionnaire. Independent predictor variables included three demographic and five computer…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Predictor Variables, Middle School Students, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Garcia, Lucy; Nussbaum, Miguel; Preiss, David D. – Computers & Education, 2011
The main purpose of this study was to assess whether seventh-grade students use of information and communication technology (ICT) was related to performance on working memory tasks. In addition, the study tested whether the relationship between ICT use and performance on working memory tasks interacted with seventh-grade students' socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Games, Interaction
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Ryoo, Kihyun; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Dynamic visualizations have the potential to make abstract scientific phenomena more accessible and visible to students, but they can also be confusing and difficult to comprehend. This research investigates how dynamic visualizations, compared to static illustrations, can support middle school students in developing an integrated understanding of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Botany, Curriculum Design
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Bishop, Jessica Pierson – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2012
The moment-to-moment dynamics of student discourse plays a large role in students' enacted mathematics identities. Discourse analysis was used to describe meaningful discursive patterns in the interactions of 2 students in a 7th-grade, technology-based, curricular unit (SimCalc MathWorlds[R]) and to show how mathematics identities are enacted at…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Identification (Psychology), Mathematics Instruction, Interaction
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Adedokun, Omolola; Parker, Loran Carleton; Loizzo, Jamie; Burgess, Wilella; Robinson, J. Paul – Science Scope, 2011
One school offers zipTrips as an alternative to actual field trips taken outside of school. ZipTrips are web- and broadcast-delivered electronic field trips that include online videos, lesson plans, and a live, 45-minute interactive program consisting of four core components: an in-studio audience, live interaction with scientists, prerecorded…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Field Trips, Integrated Activities, Audiences
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Shapley, Kelly; Sheehan, Daniel; Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny – Journal of Educational Research, 2011
An experimental study of the Technology Immersion model involved comparisons between 21 middle schools that received laptops for each teacher and student, instructional and learning resources, professional development, and technical and pedagogical support, and 21 control schools. Using hierarchical linear modeling to analyze longitudinal survey…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Technology
Attard, Catherine – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
As part of a longitudinal case study on engagement in middle years mathematics, 20 students attending their first year of secondary school in Western Sydney were asked to provide views on their experiences of the transition to secondary school in relation to mathematics teaching and learning. Differences in teacher-student relationships caused the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Agee, Jane; Altarriba, Jeanette – Research in the Teaching of English, 2009
This study focused on 189 sixth and seventh graders in two large suburban schools and their use of computer technologies as part of their everyday literacy practices. The authors were especially interested in the students' conceptions of computer technologies and how computer use varied across grade and reading levels. The study included a survey…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Computer Uses in Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction