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Cybersecurity Interventions for Teens: Two Time-Based Approaches
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Amo, Laura C.; Liao, Ruochen; Frank, Emma; Rao, H. Raghav; Upadhyaya, Shambhu – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2019
Contribution: Intervention effectiveness is shown to vary in its influence on teenagers' outcomes with cybersecurity problem-solving and engagement. In-depth, high-intensity types of intervention may be more effective for female students. Background: Instructional interventions are being developed to address both the critical shortage in…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Literacy, Adolescents, Intervention
Learning to Integrate Divergent Information Sources: The Interplay of Epistemic Cognition and Epistemic Metacognition
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Barzilai, Sarit; Ka'adan, Ibtisam – Metacognition and Learning, 2017
Learning to integrate multiple information sources is vital for advancing learners' digital literacy. Previous studies have found that learners' epistemic metacognitive knowledge about the nature of knowledge and knowing is related to their strategic integration performance. The purpose of this study was to understand how these relations come into…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Metacognition, Computer Literacy, Information Sources
Georgia Computes! An Intervention in a US State, with Formal and Informal Education in a Policy Context
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Guzdial, Mark; Ericson, Barbara; Mcklin, Tom; Engelman, Shelly – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
Georgia Computes! ("GaComputes") was a six-year (2006-2012) project to improve computing education across the state of Georgia in the United States, funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal of GaComputes was to broaden participation in computing and especially to engage more members of underrepresented groups which includes…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Educational Policy, Computer Science, Intervention
Testing the Effectiveness of Professional Development for Integrating Technology in an Urban Iowa Middle School
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Anderson, Barbara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative one-group pretest-posttest design study was to test the effectiveness of professional development for integrating technology in the curriculum of an urban Iowa middle school. Iowa middle school teachers are expected to integrate technology, to comply with Iowa Core Curriculum standards, by 2014. The participants…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Technology Integration, Urban Schools
Effects of Student Participation in an Online Learning Community on Environmental Education: A Greek Case Study
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Papastergiou, Marina; Antoniou, Panagiotis; Apostolou, Marianna – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2011
The aim of the present study was: (a) the creation of an Online Learning Community (OLC) for the implementation of an environmental education (EE) project in secondary education, and (b) the investigation of the potential impact of student participation in the OLC on students' knowledge and attitudes regarding the natural environment, on students'…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Intervention, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research
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Christenbury, Leila, Ed.; Bomer, Randy, Ed.; Smagorinsky, Peter, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2009
The first comprehensive research handbook of its kind, this volume showcases innovative approaches to understanding adolescent literacy learning in a variety of settings. Distinguished contributors examine how well adolescents are served by current instructional practices and highlight ways to translate research findings more effectively into…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Visual Arts, Adolescents, Ability Grouping