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Arnold, Pip; Pfannkuch, Maxine; Wild, Chris J.; Regan, Matt; Budgett, Stephanie – Journal of Statistics Education, 2011
Computer simulations and animations for developing statistical concepts are often not understood by beginners. Hands-on physical simulations that morph into computer simulations are teaching approaches that can build students' concepts. In this paper we review the literature on visual and verbal cognitive processing and on the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistics, Learning Theories, Cues
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Jarvela, Sanna; Veermans, Marjaana; Leinonen, Piritta – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2008
The aim of this article is to describe and analyze how computer supported inquiry learning effects two secondary school students' engagement in a literacy learning project. With comparative analysis of various sources of data we aim to understand what engagement is, how and why it changes over time and how changes in engagement are reflected in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Literacy, Secondary School Students
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Spolsky, Bernard; And Others – Computers and the Humanities, 1973
This study, in which adult Navaho interviewers recorded conversations with Navaho children, involved the analysis of Navaho lexicon and spelling. Computer processing made it possible to base the study on the vocabulary of these young Navaho. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Child Language, Computer Assisted Instruction, Graphemes