Computers & Education
December 2008 Volume 51, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 30
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The role of experience and innovation characteristics in the adoption and continued use of e-learning websites
Hsiu-Li Liao & Hsi-Peng Lu
With the advent of e-learning technologies in the past decade, the accessibility of training, teaching, and learning has drastically increased. The challenge for the education enterprise now is how... More
pp. 1405-1416
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Too much computer and Internet use is bad for your grades, especially if you are young and poor: Results from the 2001 Brazilian SAEB
Jacques Wainer, Tom Dwyer, Rodrigo Silveira Dutra, Andre Covic, Valdo B. Magalhães, Luiz Renato Ribeiro Ferreira, Valdiney Alves Pimenta & Kleucio Claudio
This work presents the analysis of the 2001 Brazilian Basic Education Evaluation System (SAEB) achievement exam. The SAEB tested 4th, 8th, and 11th grade students, in mathematics and reading ... More
pp. 1417-1429
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Personalized multi-student improvement based on Bayesian cybernetics
Vassilis G. Kaburlasos, Catherine C. Marinagi & Vassilis Th. Tsoukalas
This work presents innovative cybernetics (feedback) techniques based on Bayesian statistics for drawing questions from an Item Bank towards personalized multi-student improvement. A novel software... More
pp. 1430-1449
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Assessing creative problem-solving with automated text grading
Hao-Chuan Wang, Chun-Yen Chang & Tsai-Yen Li
The work aims to improve the assessment of creative problem-solving in science education by employing language technologies and computational–statistical machine learning methods to grade students’... More
pp. 1450-1466
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Enabling teachers to explore grade patterns to identify individual needs and promote fairer student assessment
Sorelle A. Friedler, Yee Lin Tan, Nir J. Peer & Ben Shneiderman
Exploring student test, homework, and other assessment scores is a challenge for most teachers, especially when attempting to identify cross-assessment weaknesses and produce final course grades.... More
pp. 1467-1485
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Effects of learning support in simulation-based physics learning
Kuo-En Chang, Yu-Lung Chen, He-Yan Lin & Yao-Ting Sung
This paper describes the effects of learning support on simulation-based learning in three learning models: experiment prompting, a hypothesis menu, and step guidance. A simulation learning system ... More
pp. 1486-1498
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The impact of primary school teachers’ educational beliefs on the classroom use of computers
R. Hermans, J. Tondeur, J. van Braak & M. Valcke
For many years, researchers have searched for the factors affecting the use of computers in the classroom. In studying the antecedents of educational computer use, many studies adopt a rather... More
pp. 1499-1509
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Guidelines for the development of e-learning systems by means of proactive questions
Javier Andrade, Juan Ares, Rafael García, Santiago Rodríguez, María Seoane & Sonia Suárez
The current development approaches for e-learning systems fail to explain in a clear and consistent way the pedagogical principles that support them. Moreover, decisions with regard to the... More
pp. 1510-1522
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Identifying discriminating variables between teachers who fully integrate computers and teachers with limited integration
Julie Mueller, Eileen Wood, Teena Willoughby, Craig Ross & Jacqueline Specht
Given the prevalence of computers in education today, it is critical to understand teachers’ perspectives regarding computer integration in their classrooms. The current study surveyed a random... More
pp. 1523-1537
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A synchronous distance discussion procedure with reinforcement mechanism: Designed for elementary school students to achieve the attending and responding stages of the affective domain teaching goals within a class period
Kuo-An Hwang & Chia-Hao Yang
Distance education courses must cope with the difficulties imposed by delivering a class at a distance. As most courses only emphasize the cognitive aspects of the class and neglect the course’s... More
pp. 1538-1552
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Potential pedagogical benefits and drawbacks of multimedia use in the English language classroom equipped with interactive whiteboard technology
Euline Cutrim Schmid
This paper analyses the process of multimedia integration in English language classrooms equipped with interactive whiteboard (IWB) technology, and offers insights into the theoretical... More
pp. 1553-1568
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Fuzzy cognitive map modelling educational software adoption
Sarmin Hossain & Laurence Brooks
Educational software adoption across UK secondary schools is seen as unsatisfactory. Based on stakeholders’ perceptions, this paper uses fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) to model this adoption context. ... More
pp. 1569-1588
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The role of feedback and self-efficacy on web-based learning: The social cognitive perspective
Shu-Ling Wang & Pei-Yi Wu
The social cognitive perspective of self-regulated learning suggests that effective learning is determined by the interactions among personal, behavioral, and environmental influences; particularly... More
pp. 1589-1598
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Supporting learning using external representations
Bernhard Ertl, Birgitta Kopp & Heinz Mandl
External representations can be powerful for supporting learners in both individual and collaborative learning scenarios. They encourage learners to focus on important instructional elements. In... More
pp. 1599-1608
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A case study of computer gaming for math: Engaged learning from gameplay?
Fengfeng Ke
Employing mixed-method approach, this case study examined the in situ use of educational computer games in a summer math program to facilitate 4th and 5th graders’ cognitive math achievement,... More
pp. 1609-1620
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ICT & learning in Chilean schools: Lessons learned
Jaime Sánchez & Alvaro Salinas
By the early nineties a Chilean network on computers and education for public schools had emerged. There were both high expectancies that technology could revolutionize education as well as... More
pp. 1621-1633
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Creating the first SCORM object
Victor Gonzalez-Barbone & Luis Anido-Rifon
The creation of the first SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) object offers some challenges and difficulties which go beyond the facilities offered by content generation applications. ... More
pp. 1634-1647
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Examining the digital divide in K-12 public schools: Four-year trends for supporting ICT literacy in Florida
Tina N. Hohlfeld, Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Ann E. Barron & Kate Kemker
While there is evidence that access to computers in schools has increased, there remain questions about whether low socio-economic status (SES) schools provide students with equitable supports for ... More
pp. 1648-1663
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An empirical development of critical value factors (CVF) of online learning activities: An application of activity theory and cognitive value theory
Yair Levy
According to activity theory, activities are at the center of human behavior. Extensive attention has been given in literature to the success and effectiveness of online learning programs. Value... More
pp. 1664-1675
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Using asynchronous AV communication tools to increase academic self-efficacy
Anthony J. Girasoli & Robert D. Hannafin
Technology-enhanced learning environments (TELEs) deliver instructional content and provide an array of scaffolding features designed to support independent student learning. TELEs also support... More
pp. 1676-1682
