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Bataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Alqatnani, Alaeddin Khalid – TESOL Journal, 2019
This study examines the potential effect of a Thinking MapsĀ®--based treatment on the creative reading skills (viz., fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration) of Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language. The researchers drew a purposeful sample of two intact 10th-grade sections (N = 57) from a public school in Zarqa, Jordan.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Control Groups
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Andreeva, Nadezhda M.; Artyukhov, Ivan P.; Myagkova, Elena G.; Pak, Nikolay I.; Akkasynova, Zhamilya K. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2018
The relevance of the problem of organizing blended learning for students is related to the sharpening contradiction between the high potential of this educational technology and the poor methodological elaboration of its use in actual learning practice. With regard to this, the paper is aimed at providing grounds for the methodological system of…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Mavilidi, Myrto-Foteini; Okely, Anthony D.; Chandler, Paul; Paas, Fred – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2016
In this intervention study, we investigated the effects of physical activities that were integrated into a geography task on preschool children's learning performance and enjoyment. Eight childcare centers with 87 four-to-five-year-old children were randomly assigned across an integrated physical activity condition, an unintegrated physical…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Preschool Children, Geography Instruction
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Damekova, Saule Kairollovna; Zharkinbekov, Temirkhan Niyazovich; Turtkarayeva, Gulnara Bayanovna; Han, Sergey Inokenteevich; Damekov, Oral Zhangabylovich – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Strategic role of geographic information systems (GIS) for the geographical entity is not in doubt, but there are differences in the understanding of what, when and how to teach. The article presents some aspects of the GIS integration in school education in Kazakhstan. An analysis of the scientific and technical literature, teaching practice…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geographic Information Systems, Learning Activities
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Richardson, R. Thomas; Sammons, Dotty; Del-Parte, Donna – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2018
This study compared learning performance during and following AR and non-AR topographic map instruction and practice Two-way ANOVA testing indicated no significant differences on a posttest assessment between map type and spatial ability. Prior learning activity results revealed a significant performance difference between AR and non-AR treatment…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Simulated Environment
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Eftekhari, Maryam; Sotoudehnama, Elaheh; Marandi, S. Susan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Developing higher-order critical thinking skills as one of the central objectives of education has been recently facilitated via software packages. Whereas one such technology as computer-aided argument mapping is reported to enhance levels of critical thinking (van Gelder 2001), its application as a pedagogical tool in English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)
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Aladag, Elif – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2010
This study sought to determine the effect of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on the academic achievement and motivation of seventh-grade students. The study used a quasi-experimental design and a set of social studies lessons. The study was conducted over the 2006-2007 academic year on the students of a primary school at Ankara, Turkey's…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
Churches, Richard; McAleavy, Tony – CfBT Education Trust, 2015
This publication contains 12 (A3 open-out) poster-style reports of teacher experimental research. The style of presentation parallels the type of preliminary reporting common at academic conferences and postgraduate events. At the same time, it aims to act as a form of short primer to introduce teachers to the basic options that there are when…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Randomized Controlled Trials, Teacher Researchers, Foreign Countries
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Gonzalez, Hilda Leonor; Palencia, Alberto Pardo; Umana, Luis Alfredo; Galindo, Leonor; Villafrade M., Luz Adriana – Advances in Physiology Education, 2008
Even though comprehension of human physiology is crucial in the clinical setting, students frequently learn part of this subject using rote memory and then are unable to transfer knowledge to other contexts or to solve clinical problems. This study evaluated the impact of articulating the concept map strategy with the mediated learning experience…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Intervention, Maps