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Lee, Chun-Yi; Chen, Ming-Jang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
Previous studies on the effects of virtual and physical manipulatives have failed to consider the impact of prior knowledge on the efficacy of manipulatives. This study focuses on the learning of plane geometry in junior high schools, including the sum of interior angles in polygons, the sum of exterior angles in polygons, and the properties of…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Junior High Schools
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McNamara, Danielle S.; O'Reilly, Tenaha P.; Best, Rachel M.; Ozuru, Yasuhiro – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
This study examines the benefits of reading strategy training on adolescent readers' comprehension of science text. Training was provided via an automated reading strategy trainer called the Interactive Strategy Trainer for Active Reading and Thinking (iSTART), which is an interactive reading strategy trainer that utilizes animated agents to…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adolescents, Reading Strategies, Teaching Methods