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A National Survey of Early Adopters of E-Book Reading in Sweden
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Bergström, Annika; Höglund, Lars – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2014
Introduction: Reading literature is believed to be a cornerstone of democracy and good citizenship. With a decline in book reading and an increasing e-book market, it is of importance to follow the diffusion of e-book reading. Method: Data were collected in a large-scale, mail survey of the Swedish population aged 16 to 85 years conducted in 2012.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Electronic Publishing, Mail Surveys
Prior-to-Exam: What Activities Enhance Performance?
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Rhoads, C. J.; Healy, Therese – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2013
Can instructors impact their student performance by recommending an activity just prior to taking an exam? In this study, college students were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups (study, exercise, or meditation) or a control group. Each group was given two different types of tests; a traditional concept exam, and a non-traditional…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Information Science Education, Concept Teaching
Introductory Accounting on Distance University Education via Television (DUET): A Comparative Evaluation.
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Carl, Diana R.; Densmore, Bruce – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1988
Discusses study that evaluated the effectiveness of a videoconferenced course delivered from a studio classroom for distance education. An introductory accounting course at Mount Saint Vincent University using Distance University Education via Television (DUET) is described, hypotheses tested on the three treatment groups are explained, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Business Education, Conventional Instruction
Teaching Strategic Text Review by Computer and Interaction with Student Characteristics.
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Tobias, Sigmund – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Discussion of reading strategies focuses on a study of high school students that used three presentation modes via computer, with and without explanations about the value of text review. Highlights include pretests and posttests, student characteristics, test anxiety, prior knowledge, and implications for aptitude treatment interaction research…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Intermode Differences, Literature Reviews
Computer-Based Learning for On-Line Data Base Search.
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van Beek, Jan; And Others – Computers and Education, 1989
Describes a study conducted at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) that investigated the effectiveness of a computer-based training program for use with an automated system for retrieving legal information. Hypotheses tested are explained, computer-based versus traditional instructional methods are compared, and implications for further…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Databases
A Computer-Based Strategy for Personalizing Verbal Problems in Teaching Mathematics.
Ross, Steven M.; Anand, Padma G. – Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 1987
Describes study designed to investigate the effectiveness of personalizing verbal math problems on division of fractions for fifth and sixth grades using microcomputer-generated lessons. Treatment and control group results are analyzed, and results support the hypothesis that the personalized context group was superior in problem solving and had…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Division, Elementary Education