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Eisenbach, Brooke Boback; Corrieri Augusta, Caitlin – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2022
In seeking out a means of encouraging eighth-grade readers in their literacy and communication development, a university professor and middle grades educator collaborated in an action research study focused on expanding connection and collaboration amongst and between students. Through a theoretical lens grounded in social constructivism, this…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Student Experience, Electronic Learning
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Wang, Simon; Zhao, Addison; Newton, Sarah D.; Song, Shiyu; Morassini, Marissa Lyn; Brown, Scott W.; Lawless, Kimberley A. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
What makes a leader in an online learning environment? This question is approached from three angles in this study: online activity, language quality, and social background. This study examines the simulation data of the 2015 GlobalEd 2 Project, which consists of 337 7th and 8th grade students representing 18 countries. The three dimensions were…
Descriptors: Leaders, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Grade 7
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Huang, Chenn-Jung; Chang, Shun-Chih; Chen, Heng-Ming; Tseng, Jhe-Hao; Chien, Sheng-Yuan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Structured argumentation support environments have been built and used in scientific discourse in the literature. However, to the best our knowledge, there is no research work in the literature examining whether student's knowledge has grown during learning activities with asynchronous argumentation. In this work, an intelligent computer-supported…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Cooperative Learning, Natural Sciences, Science Education
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Huang, Hsi-Yu; Wu, Hui-Ling; She, Hsiao-Ching; Lin, Yu-Ren – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
This study investigated how the different discussion approaches in Facebook influenced students' scientific knowledge acquisition and the nature of science (NOS) views. Two eighth- and two ninth-grade classes in a Taiwanese junior high school participated in the study. In two of the classes students engaged in synchronous discussion, and in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Kay, Robin; Edwards, Jaime – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2012
Video podcasts allow students to control when, where, and what they learn, as well as the pace of learning. Considerable research has been conducted in higher education on video podcast use, but not in middle schools (grades six to eight). This study investigated the use of worked example video podcasts in mathematics classrooms with students 11…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Handheld Devices, Web Based Instruction
Russell, Michael; Kleiman, Glenn; Carey, Rebecca; Douglas, Joanne – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2009
The study investigated whether online professional development courses with different levels of support have different impacts on teacher outcomes. Variations of an online course for middle school algebra teachers were created for four experimental conditions. One was a highly supported condition, with a math education instructor, an online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Algebra, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Teachers