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Wu, Hsiao-Chi; Shen, Pei-Di; Chen, Yi-Fen; Tsai, Chia-Wen – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2016
Web-based learning is generally a solitary process without teachers' on-the-spot assistance. In this study, a quasi-experiment was conducted to explore the effects of various combinations of Web-Based Cognitive Apprenticeship (WBCA) and Time Management (TM) on the development of students' computing skills. Three class cohorts of 124 freshmen in a…
Descriptors: Time Management, Apprenticeships, Quasiexperimental Design, Computer Literacy
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Farajollahi, Mehran; Zandi, Bahman; Sarmadi, Mohamadreza; Keshavarz, Mohsen – Australian Educational Computing, 2015
In a Distance Education (DE) system, students must be equipped with seven skills of computer (ICDL) usage. This paper aims at investigating the effect of a DE system on the computer literacy of Master of Arts students at Tehran University. The design of this study is quasi-experimental. Pre-test and post-test were used in both control and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Computer Literacy, Graduate Students
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Preradovic, Nives Mikelic; Lesin, Gordana; Boras, Damir – Digital Education Review, 2016
Our case study from Croatia showed the benefits of digital storytelling in a preschool as a basis for the formal ICT education. The statistical analysis revealed significant differences between children aged 6-7 who learned mathematics by traditional storytelling compared to those learning through digital storytelling. The experimental group that…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Preschool Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Shanthy, T. Rajula; Thiagarajan, R. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
In this article, the practicability of introduction of computer multimedia as an educational tool was compared with the traditional approach for training sugarcane growers in ratoon management practices in three villages of Tamil Nadu state, India using pre-test, post-test control group experimental design. A CD-ROM was developed as a multimedia…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Research Design, Attention Span, Multimedia Materials
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Garner, Stuart – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
This paper reports on the findings from a quantitative research study into the use of a software tool that was built to support a part-complete solution method (PCSM) for the learning of computer programming. The use of part-complete solutions to programming problems is one of the methods that can be used to reduce the cognitive load that students…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Computer Software, Statistical Analysis
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Kazu, Ibrahim Y.; Kazu, Hilal; Ozdemir, Oguzhan – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
In order to realize one of the most important necessities of the life, which is learning, the human being spends most of their life for education-training activities. In the conventional applications, every individual, being a part of a group is dependant on a single program and an educational management which was chosen for the group by the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Academic Achievement, College Students