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Reynolds, Jennifer L.; Pitchford, E. Andrew; Hauck, Janet L.; Ketcheson, Leah R.; Ulrich, Dale A. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2016
Bicycle riding is a functional motor skill that increases physical activity opportunities, social interaction, and independence. However, bicycle riding is difficult for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to learn. This study examined the effectiveness of home-support consultation (HSC) on increasing the maintenance of independent bicycle…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Youth, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Rienties, Bart; Giesbers, Bas; Lygo-Baker, Simon; Ma, Hoi Wah Serena; Rees, Roger – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
After a decade of virtual learning environments (VLEs) in higher education, many teachers still use only a minimum of its affordances. This study looked at how academic staff interacted with a new and unknown VLE in order to understand how technology acceptance and support materials influence (perceived and actual) task performance. In an…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Control Groups
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van Kuijk, Mechteld F.; Deunk, Marjolein I.; Bosker, Roel J.; Ritzema, Evelien S. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
In this paper, we investigated whether student reading comprehension could be improved with help of a teacher Professional Development (PD) program targeting goals, data use, and instruction. The effect of this PD program on 2nd- and 3rd-grade student achievement was examined using a pretest-posttest control group design. Applying propensity score…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Control Groups, Reading Achievement, Scores
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Armier, David Des, Jr.; Shepherd, Craig E.; Skrabut, Stan – College Teaching, 2016
Gamification incorporates game-elements in non-gaming situations to enhance student engagement and desired behavior. This study examined participant's willingness to take part in gamified activities where reward systems were not directly tied to course grades. Participants enrolled in a technology integration course for preservice teachers, were…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Learner Engagement, Assignments, Rewards
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De Naeghel, Jessie; Van Keer, Hilde; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Haerens, Leen; Aelterman, Nathalie – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Responding to the declining trend in reading motivation in and beyond the elementary school years, the authors aimed to enhance late-elementary school students' autonomous reading motivation. Toward this end, the authors evaluated the influence of a teacher professional development grounded in self-determination theory on fifth-grade students' (n…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Faculty Development, Workshops, Reading Motivation
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Kontas, Hakki – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of manipulatives (concrete learning materials) both on the academic achievement of secondary school students in mathematics and on their attitudes towards mathematics. Pretest-posttest control group experimental model, which is one of the quasi-experimental research designs, was used in the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Manipulative Materials, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students
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Tsao, Ariel; Park, Sang E. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of the pilot study was to investigate whether an interactive online module improved third-year dental students' radiographic caries diagnosis abilities and conceptual understanding. Third year dental students were given online tutoring modules and assessed afterward to determine whether their diagnostic skills improved, whether they…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Clinical Diagnosis, Dental Health, Dental Evaluation
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Alsowat, Hamad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study aimed at investigating the effect of a suggested EFL Flipped Classroom Teaching Model (EFL-FCTM) on graduate students' English higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), engagement and satisfaction. Also, it investigated the relationship between higher-order thinking skills, engagement and satisfaction. The sample comprised (67) graduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Chiu, Chiung-Hui; Cheng, Hsiao-Wei; Wu, Chiu-Yi – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The authors examined whether applying questioning review better enhances elementary level students' learning from technology-enhanced coediting-based note taking than does traditional reading review. A nonequivalent comparison group quasi-experimental design was implemented and replicated on four independent units. Two sixth grade elementary…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Elementary School Students
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Ramirez R., Enrique – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2016
The purpose of this study is to assess how studying abroad impacts the development of intercultural competence and the moderating role of student's personality. This research uses a pre-post design with a sample of 264 undergraduate students from four Colombian universities; it includes a group of students who participated in a one semester…
Descriptors: Intercultural Programs, Interpersonal Competence, Study Abroad, Personality
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Goyal Chin, Amita; Etudo, Ugochukwu; Harris, Mark A. – Informatics in Education, 2016
The past decade has witnessed an explosion of the penetration of mobile technology through all strata of society. Mobile technologies including cell phones, tablets, and even some e-readers are used for surfing the web, running apps, reading email, posting to social media, conducting banking transactions, etc. This liberation from desktop and…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Information Security, Cybernetics, Online Searching
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Tetteh, Godson Ayertei – Journal of International Education in Business, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to clarify the relationship between the student's study time and the learning process in the higher education system by adapting the total quality management (TQM) principles-process approach. Contrary to Deming's (1982) constancy of purpose to improve the learning process, some students in higher education postpone their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Business Schools
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Sibgatullina, Tatiana V.; Selivanova, Olga G. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
A pupil is in the center of contemporary educational process, and the educational process requires some reorganization, which adds topicality to this paper. The paper considers how pupils use learning technologies helping them to achieve certain personally and socially important goals. The main research method is the method of a pedagogical…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Goal Orientation, Self Control, Self Management
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Gündüz, Zennure Elgün; Ünal, Ismail Dogan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This study aims at exploring the effects of multiple intelligences activities versus traditional method on English writing development of the sixth grade students in Turkey. A quasi-experimental research method with a pre-test post-test design was applied. The participants were 50 sixth grade students at a state school in Ardahan in Turkey. The…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Multiple Intelligences, Experimental Groups, Elementary School Students
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Salleh, Tuan Salwani; Zakaria, Effandi – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
The objective of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of a learning strategy using Maple in integral calculus. This research was conducted using a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design. One hundred engineering technology students at a technical university were chosen at random. The effectiveness of the learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Calculus, Engineering Education
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