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Direct linkLiu, Yan; Deng, Lisa; Lin, Lin; Gu, Xiaoqing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
With the rapid development of mobile devices and web-based technologies, it becomes common for students to switch between different tasks during study time. However, it remains unclear how the transition between on-task and off-task states happens and how digital devices affect the process. This study examines college students' independent study…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Student Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Time on Task
Download full textOlivia Holliday – Online Submission, 2025
Independent literacy work is a valuable opportunity for students to practice reading and writing skills, yet many elementary classrooms struggle with maintaining student focus and productivity during this time. This paper presents three evidence-based strategies--scaffolding supports, structured choice, and student-driven accountability--that were…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Grade 2
Chiaráin, Neasa Ní – Research-publishing.net, 2022
"An Corpas Cliste" ('Clever Corpus') is an Irish language learner corpus. The corpus data comes from a purpose-built intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning (iCALL) platform called "An Scéalaí" ('the Storyteller') and comprises both audio and text, produced by second and third level learners of Irish. Metadata (e.g. L1,…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Irish, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning
Owen, Katherine B.; Parker, Philip D.; Van Zanden, Brooke; MacMillan, Freya; Astell-Burt, Thomas; Lonsdale, Chris – Educational Psychologist, 2016
Physical activity is associated with numerous health benefits in youth; however, these benefits could extend further than health, into education. Our aim was to systematically review and combine in meta-analyses evidence concerning the association between physical activity and the dimensions of school engagement, including behavior (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Learner Engagement, Youth
Murdock, Linda C.; Dantzler, John A.; Walker, Anne N.; Wood, L. Becca – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2014
A randomized pretest-posttest control group design was utilized to measure the effects of a platform swing on independent work behaviors of 30 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Participants engaged in two 5-min intervals of independent work. Between the intervals, participants in the treatment group received 5 min of vestibular…
Descriptors: Motion, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Independent Study
Boushey, Gail; Moser, Joan – Stenhouse Publishers, 2014
"The Daily 5, Second Edition" retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new brain research. The Daily 5 system provides a way for any teacher to structure literacy (and now…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Time Factors (Learning)
Bonk, Curtis J.; Lee, Mimi Miyoung – Journal of Learning for Development, 2017
This research targeted the learning preferences, goals and motivations, achievements, challenges, and possibilities for life change of self-directed online learners enrolled in a massive open online course (MOOC) related to online teaching hosted by Blackboard using CourseSites. Data collection included a 40-item survey, of which 159 MOOC…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Academic Achievement, Independent Study, Open Education
