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Peer reviewedWhite, Charles S. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987
Conducted to determine whether use of computerized file-management programs can enhance the development of information processing skills, this two-treatment experiment found that seventh through twelfth grade students in the computer-using/structured activities group received significantly higher mean scores than the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Direct linkDriscoll, David M.; Craig, Scotty D.; Gholson, Barry; Ventura, Matthew; Hu, Xiangen; Graesser, Arthur C. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
In two experiments, students overheard two computer-controlled virtual agents discussing four computer literacy topics in dialog discourse and four in monologue discourse. In Experiment 1, the virtual tutee asked a series of deep questions in the dialog condition, but only one per topic in the monologue condition in both studies. In the dialog…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Computer Literacy, Schemata (Cognition), Intermode Differences
