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Campbell, Kelly; Ramos, Stephany – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
In this brief report, we examine whether students' (N = 230) willingness to help individuals in distress (altruism) would be augmented after viewing Secure Attachment Messages (SAM) during lecture in a college racism course. Students were presented with SAM in alternating weeks as part of the PowerPoint presentation slides. In each of the weeks,…
Descriptors: Altruism, Helping Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Lecture Method
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Jalloul, Farah; EL-Daou, Badrie – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2016
Objective: The study aimed at investigating the effect of scaffolding strategies as thinking out loud and verbalization of instructions strategies on the generalization skills of language-related concepts in mildly intellectual disabled students. Method: Twenty-seven subjects in three treatments were trained in solving a pattern of the Thurston…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Atkinson, J. Kirk; Thrasher, Evelyn H.; Coleman, Phillip D. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2011
The purpose of this study is to explore the potential impact of support materials on student spreadsheet skill acquisition. Specifically, this study examines the use of an online spreadsheet simulation tool versus a printed book across two independent student groups. This study hypothesizes that the online spreadsheet simulation tool will have a…
Descriptors: College Students, Spreadsheets, Accounting, Computer Software
Gesbocker, Shestine R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to assess if there was a relationship between sixth, seventh, and eighth grade student's level of mastery of basic math facts and their mathematical scaled score from a standardized test, whether computer assisted instruction (CAI) software improved seventh grade students' ability to master their basic math…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Middle School Students
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DiStefano, Christine; Zhu, Min; Mindrila, Diana – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2009
Following an exploratory factor analysis, factor scores may be computed and used in subsequent analyses. Factor scores are composite variables which provide information about an individual's placement on the factor(s). This article discusses popular methods to create factor scores under two different classes: refined and non-refined. Strengths and…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Researchers, Scores
Davis, Wesley D. – 1985
This study evaluated Krell's 1981-82 Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) preparatory series software purported to raise students' scores substantially after only a short term of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Forty-eight college-bound juniors from Escambia County (Florida) were assigned to experimental and control groups. A two-phased pre- and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Instruction
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection