Computers & Education
May 2012 Volume 58, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 32
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Assessing pre-service English language teachers’ learning using e-portfolios: Benefits, challenges and competencies gained
Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan & Mahbub Ahsan Khan
Assessment in learning is always of interest to practitioners, academics and researchers, and is always evolving with new implications. Alternative forms of assessment such as e-portfolios have... More
pp. 1007-1020
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Emerging university student experiences of learning technologies across the Asia Pacific
B.F.D. Barrett, C. Higa & R.A. Ellis
Three hundred students across eight countries and eleven higher education institutions in the Asia Pacific Region participated in two courses on climate change and disaster management that were... More
pp. 1021-1027
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Student perception of academic writing skills activities in a traditional programming course
Charmain B. Cilliers
Employers of computing graduates have high expectations of graduates in terms of soft skills, the most desirable of these being communication skills. Not only must the graduates exhibit writing... More
pp. 1028-1041
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Promoting vicarious learning of physics using deep questions with explanations
Scotty D. Craig, Barry Gholson, Joshua K. Brittingham, Joah L. Williams & Keith T. Shubeck
Two experiments explored the role of vicarious “self” explanations in facilitating student learning gains during computer-presented instruction. In Exp. 1, college students with low or high... More
pp. 1042-1048
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Collaborative knowledge building with wikis: The impact of redundancy and polarity
Johannes Moskaliuk, Joachim Kimmerle & Ulrike Cress
Wikis as shared digital artifacts may enable users to participate in processes of knowledge building. To what extent and with which quality knowledge building can take place is assumed to depend on... More
pp. 1049-1057
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Monitoring student progress using virtual appliances: A case study
Vicente-Arturo Romero-Zaldivar, Abelardo Pardo, Daniel Burgos & Carlos Delgado Kloos
The interactions that students have with each other, with the instructors, and with educational resources are valuable indicators of the effectiveness of a learning experience. The increasing use... More
pp. 1058-1067
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Implementing computer-based assessment – A web-based mock examination changes attitudes
Tobias Deutsch, Kristin Herrmann, Thomas Frese & Hagen Sandholzer
Interest in the educational use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in higher education is increasing. For successful implementation, it is important to know students’ attitudes and... More
pp. 1068-1075
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Differential impact of unguided versus guided use of a multimedia introduction to equine obstetrics in veterinary education
L.J. Govaere Jan, Aart de Kruif & Martin Valcke
In view of supporting the study of the complex domain of equine obstetrics, a FoalinMare multimedia package with 3D designs has been developed. The present study centers on questions as to the most... More
pp. 1076-1084
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The acceptance of Moodle technology by business administration students
Tomas Escobar-Rodriguez & Pedro Monge-Lozano
The advent of information technologies to Universities has improved the teaching–learning process. Students can increase their learning skills using information technology. Those using the Moodle... More
pp. 1085-1093
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Development and evaluation of a Web 2.0 annotation system as a learning tool in an e-learning environment
Yu-Chien Chen, Ren-Hung Hwang & Cheng-Yu Wang
The emergence of Web 2.0 technology provides more opportunities to foster online communication and sharing in an e-learning environment. The purpose of this study was to develop a Web 2.0... More
pp. 1094-1105
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Do challenge, task experience or computer familiarity influence the learning of historical chronology from virtual environments in 8–9 year old children?
Liliya Korallo, Nigel Foreman, Stephen Boyd-Davis, Magnus Moar & Mark Coulson
Studies examined the potential use of VEs in teaching historical chronology to 127 children of primary school age (8–9 years). The use of passive fly-through VEs had been found, in an earlier study... More
pp. 1106-1116
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Effects of the application of graphing calculator on students’ probability achievement
Choo-Kim Tan
A Graphing Calculator (GC) is one of the most portable and affordable technology in mathematics education. It quickens the mechanical procedure in solving mathematical problems and creates a highly... More
pp. 1117-1126
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Learning through online peer discourse: Structural equation modeling points to the role of discourse activities in individual understanding
Elisabeth Paus, Christina S. Werner & Regina Jucks
Although learning through discourse activities seems well-documented, it is unclear which mechanisms and behavioral variables are involved. What exactly contributes to learning when two or more... More
pp. 1127-1137
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Computer games in pre-school settings: Didactical challenges when commercial educational computer games are implemented in kindergartens
Vigdis Vangsnes, Nils Tore Gram Økland & Rune Krumsvik
This article focuses on the didactical implications when commercial educational computer games are used in Norwegian kindergartens by analysing the dramaturgy and the didactics of one particular... More
pp. 1138-1148
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Key instructional design issues in a cellular phone-based mobile learning project
Nuray Gedik, Arzu Hanci-Karademirci, Engin Kursun & Kursat Cagiltay
Adding flexibility to the learning process, mobile learning offers great opportunities for education, especially for teenagers, who show great attentiveness to mobile technologies. Thus, the need... More
pp. 1149-1159
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The values of college students in business simulation game: A means-end chain approach
Yu-Ling Lin & Yu-Zu Tu
Business simulation games (BSGs) enable students to practice making decisions in a virtual environment, accumulate experience in application of strategies, and train themselves in modes of decision... More
pp. 1160-1170
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Using synchronous peer tutoring system to promote elementary students’ learning in mathematics
Mengping Tsuei
The face-to-face computer-supported collaborative learning has emerged as an important strategy to elementary students' learning. Few studies have explicitly incorporated the structured peer... More
pp. 1171-1182
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Item difficulty estimation: An auspicious collaboration between data and judgment
Kelly Wauters, Piet Desmet & Wim Van Den Noortgate
The evolution from static to dynamic electronic learning environments has stimulated the research on adaptive item sequencing. A prerequisite for adaptive item sequencing, in which the difficulty... More
pp. 1183-1193
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Leveraging the affordances of Youtube: The role of pedagogical knowledge and mental models of technology functions for lesson planning with technology
Karsten Krauskopf, Carmen Zahn & Friedrich W. Hesse
Web-based digital video tools enable learners to access video sources in constructive ways. To leverage these affordances teachers need to integrate their knowledge of a technology with their... More
pp. 1194-1206
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Bilingual language supports in online science inquiry environments
Douglas B. Clark, Stephanie Touchman, Mario Martinez-Garza, Frank Ramirez-Marin & Tina Skjerping Drews
Research over the past fifteen years has investigated and developed online science inquiry environments to support students engaging in authentic scientific inquiry practices. This research has... More
pp. 1207-1224
