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Al-Hinnawi, Arwa N. – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study aimed at investigating the effect of the graphic organizer strategy on vocabulary building and vocabulary incremental growth of Jordanian university EFL students. One hundred and two students participated in the study which lasted for one academic semester of four months. Each student enrolled in one of two intact and equally-sized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rossi, Dolene; van Rensburg, Henriette; Harreveld, R. E.; Beer, Colin; Clark, Damien; Danaher, P. A. – Journal of Learning Design, 2012
One significant manifestation of the proposition of a "classroom without walls" is the online learning environments evident in most contemporary Australian universities. A key element of the effectiveness of those environments is the quality of the interactions that they foster. Planning and implementing rigorous research into that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Procter-Legg, Emma; Cacchione, Annamaria; Petersen, Sobah Abbas – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
This paper presents language learners as social networkers and describes and discusses the types of users that can be identified by analysing the content created by them using a situated mobile language learning app, LingoBee, based on the idea of crowd sourcing. Borrowing ideas from other studies conducted on social network users, we can identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Electronic Publishing, Collaborative Writing
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Kousha, Maryam; Shahrivar, Zahra; Alaghband-rad, Javad – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: To assess the pattern of substance use disorder (SUD) in adolescents with and without history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using an Iranian sample in the context of a cultural background and drug availability is differing from Western countries. Method: In this case-control study, the participants were interviewed…
Descriptors: Identification, Risk, Smoking, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Shafi-Ullah, Farasat; Qutab, Saima – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to elaborate the library data migration process from LAMP (Library Automation Management Program) to the open source software Koha's (2.2.8 Windows based) Pakistani flavour PakLAG-Koha in six legislative assembly libraries of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach: The paper explains different steps of the data migration…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Library Administration
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Derrick, Karim – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
Most innovations have contextual pre-cursors that prompt new ways of thinking and in their turn help to give form to the new reality. This was the case with the e-scape software development process. The origins of the system existed in software components and ideas that we had developed through previous projects, but the ultimate direction we took…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Student Evaluation
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Bose, Indranil; Liu, Han; Ye, Alex – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2012
The patients receiving treatment from a hospital need to interact with multiple entities when claiming reimbursements. The complexities of the medical service supply chain can be simplified with an electronic clearance management system that allows hospitals, medical insurance bureau, bank, and patients to interact in a seamless and cashless…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer System Design, Computer Software, Program Administration
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Bunning, Karen; Kwiatkowska, Gosia; Weldin, Nick – Assistive Technology, 2012
Computer usage features in everyday life for the majority of people in developed countries. Access is a problem for many users with intellectual disability. Action-research was conducted to develop and explore the potential of specially adapted, computer readable symbols for choosing and accessing media on a computer. Five people with profound and…
Descriptors: Computers, Action Research, Video Technology, Mental Retardation
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Khan, Muhammad Ahmad; Gorard, Stephen – Educational Review, 2012
We report here the overall results of a cluster randomised controlled trial of the use of computer-aided instruction with 672 Year 7 pupils in 23 secondary school classes in the north of England. A new piece of commercial software, claimed on the basis of publisher testing to be effective in improving reading after just six weeks of use in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Reading Improvement, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Ozasa, Toshiaki; Weir, George R. S.; Fukui, Masayasu – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2010
We have been engaged in developing a readability index and its application software attuned for Japanese EFL learners. The index program, Ozasa-Fukui Year Level Program, Ver. 1.0, was used in developing the readability metric Ozasa-Fukui Year Level Index but tended to assume a high level of computer knowledge in its users. As a result, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Computer Software, Readability
Calder, Nigel; Taylor, Merilyn – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
A key element in the examination of how students process mathematics through digital technologies is considering the ways that digital pedagogical media might influence the learning process. How might students' understanding emerge through engagement in a digital-learning environment? Interactive software that has cross-curricula implications and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Cavus, Nadire; Bicen, Huseyin – Online Submission, 2010
The aim of this study is to investigate the messenger usage of students in the technology departments of the Near East University (Cyprus), and also to learn which messenger service the participants prefer. The volunteer participants in this study consisted of 150 undergraduate students attending the technology departments of the Near East…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Student Attitudes
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Ahmed, Faheem; Campbell, Piers; Jaffar, Ahmad; Alkobaisi, Shayma; Campbell, Julie – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2010
The software industry has continued to grow over the past decade and there is now a need to provide education and hands-on training to students in various phases of software life cycle. Software design is one of the vital phases of the software development cycle. Psychological theories assert that not everybody is fit for all kind of tasks as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Computer Software, Industry
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Genoni, Paul; Wright, Jannette – Australian Library Journal, 2010
This paper reports the results of recent research examining the holdings of Australian research library collections recorded in the WorldCat database using OCLC WorldCat Collection Analysis software. The objectives of the research are: 1. To better understand the distribution of printed monographs amongst Australian research collections in order…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Computer Software Evaluation
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O'Brien, Nick – Education in Science, 2010
This article describes LabSkills, a revolutionary teaching tool to improve practical science in schools. LabSkills offers the chance to help improve the exposure that the average Key Stage 5 (age 16-19) student has to practical work. This is a huge area for development being highlighted by universities who are seeing a worryingly growing trend in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Laboratories, Science Process Skills, Secondary School Science
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