Engaging college science students and changing academic achievement with technology: A quasi-experimental preliminary investigation

Adam C. Carle; David Jaffee; Deborah Miller

Computers & Education Vol. 52, No. 2 (February 2009) pp. 376–380

Can modern, computer-based technology engage college students and improve their academic achievement in college? Although numerous examples detail technology’s classroom uses, few studies empirically examine whether technologically oriented...

Language: English

Computer Manipulatives in an Ordinary Differential Equations Course: Development, Implementation, and Assessment

Haynes R. Miller; Deborah S. Upton

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 17, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 124–137

The d'Arbeloff Interactive Mathematics Project or d'AIMP is an initiative that seeks to enhance and ultimately transform the teaching and learning of introductory mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A result of this project is...

The Market Place: An Internal View of the Future of CD-ROM--The Perspective of the H. W. Wilson Company

Frank W. Miller; Deborah Voigt Loeding

Reference Services Review Vol. 17, No. 1 (1989) pp. 21–32

Discussion of technological developments in library reference services focuses on contributions of the H. W. Wilson Company and highlights CD-ROM technology. Topics discussed include online access; menu-driven systems; CD-ROM hardware and software...

Technology Support for Whole Class Engagement in Learning

Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski; Jason Schenker; Deborah Miller; Mark van 't Hooft

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3310–3319

This research explores how the use of student response systems (SRS) effects elementary and middle school students' engagement in and learning from classroom lessons. A pilot study, which compared third graders' engagement in lessons involving the...

Topics: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Schools, Students, Middle School Education