Computers & Education
February 2014 Volume 71, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 25
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Experimenting with electromagnetism using augmented reality: Impact on flow student experience and educational effectiveness
María Blanca Ibáñez, Departamento de Ingeniería Telemática, Spain; Ángela Di Serio, Departamento de Computación y Tecnología de la Información, Venezuela; Diego Villarán & Carlos Delgado Kloos, Departamento de Ingeniería Telemática, Spain
Educational researchers have recognized Augmented Reality (AR) as a technology with great potential to impact affective and cognitive learning outcomes. However, very little work has been carried... More
pp. 1-13
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Detecting students' perception style by using games
Juan Feldman, Ariel Monteserin & Analía Amandi
Knowing students' learning styles allows us to improve their experience in an educational environment. Particularly, the perception style is one of the most important dimensions of the learning... More
pp. 14-22
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Positive technological and negative pre-test-score effects in a four-year assessment of low socioeconomic status K-8 student learning in computer-based Math and Language Arts courses
Patrick Suppes, Tie Liang, Elizabeth E. Macken & Daniel P. Flickinger
Motivated by the Federal Title I program to improve the Math and Language Arts learning of underachieving students of low socioeconomic status, the Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) at... More
pp. 23-32
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The VELscience project: Middle schoolers' engagement in student-directed inquiry within a virtual environment for learning
Susan Pedersen & Travis Irby
Schools have long fallen short in helping students to develop the skills necessary to engage in scientific inquiry. Emerging technology-based programs can potentially address this shortfall, but... More
pp. 33-42
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Exploring mobile tablet training for road safety: A uses and gratifications perspective
Iris Reychav, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Israel; Dezhi Wu, Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, United States
Traffic injuries are predicted to be the fifth leading cause of death and injury by 2030 if no further action is taken. Generation Y, who are growing up with technology and Internet, are among the ... More
pp. 43-55
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Exploring feedback and student characteristics relevant for personalizing feedback strategies
Susanne Narciss, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; Sergey Sosnovsky, Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, Germany; Lenka Schnaubert, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Eric Andrès, Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, Germany; Anja Eichelmann, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; George Goguadze, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany; Erica Melis, Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, Germany
Personalized tutoring feedback is a powerful method that expert human tutors apply when helping students to optimize their learning. Thus, research on tutoring feedback strategies tailoring... More
pp. 56-76
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Effects of an integrated concept mapping and web-based problem-solving approach on students' learning achievements, perceptions and cognitive loads
Gwo-Jen Hwang, Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, Taiwan; Fan-Ray Kuo & Nian-Shing Chen, Department of Information Management, Taiwan; Hsueh-Ju Ho, Department of Information and Learning Technology, Taiwan
Although students could effectively search for web data with proper keywords and select web pages related to the studied core issue, however summarizing or organizing the retrieved information... More
pp. 77-86
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Peer Instruction in computing: The value of instructor intervention
Daniel Zingaro, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Canada; Leo Porter, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Skidmore College, United States
Research has demonstrated that Peer Instruction (PI) is an attractive pedagogical practice in computer science classes. PI has been shown to improve final exam performance over standard lecture,... More
pp. 87-96
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An adaptation algorithm for an intelligent natural language tutoring system
Annabel Latham, Keeley Crockett & David McLean
The focus of computerised learning has shifted from content delivery towards personalised online learning with Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS). Oscar Conversational ITS (CITS) is a sophisticated... More
pp. 97-110
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Modelling students' flow experiences in an online learning environment
Irene Esteban-Millat, Department of Economics and Business Studies, Spain; Francisco J. Martínez-López, Department of Management, Spain; Rubén Huertas-García, Department of Economics and Business Organization, Spain; Antoni Meseguer & Inma Rodríguez-Ardura, Department of Economics and Business Studies, Spain
This paper aims to clarify and characterize the role of flow in student's behavioural processes in virtual learning environments. To this end, an integral model of flow in e-learning environments... More
pp. 111-123
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The effect of reflective learning e-journals on reading comprehension and communication in language learning
Mei-Mei Chang & Mei-Chen Lin
This study focused on the use of reflective learning e-journals in a university web-based English as a foreign language (EFL) course. In the study, a multimedia-based English programme comprising... More
pp. 124-132
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Peer versus expert feedback: An investigation of the quality of peer feedback among secondary school students
Tasos Hovardas, Olia E. Tsivitanidou & Zacharias C. Zacharia
Few studies have focused on peer assessment at the secondary school level. Consequently, we know very little about the quality of the feedback secondary school students can produce and its... More
pp. 133-152
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How patterns support computer-mediated exchange of knowledge-in-use
Franziska Bokhorst, Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany; Johannes Moskaliuk, Department of Applied Cognitive Psychology and Media Psychology, Germany; Ulrike Cress, Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany
In times of knowledge exchange across geographical and temporal borders, the question arises as to how not only explicit or factual knowledge can be exchanged over distance, but also knowledge-in... More
pp. 153-164
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Changing teachers, changing students? The impact of a teacher-focused intervention on students' computer usage, attitudes, and anxiety
Philip A. Gibson & Kristi Stringer, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States; Shelia R. Cotten, Michigan State University, United States; Zachary Simoni & LaToya J. O'Neal, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States; Michael Howell-Moroney, University of Memphis, United States
An important purpose of integrating computer use into everyday classroom instruction is to help students approach technology as a learning tool. Effective classroom integration is dependent not... More
pp. 165-174
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Children's engagement with educational iPad apps: Insights from a Spanish classroom
Natalia Kucirkova, David Messer & Kieron Sheehy, The Open University, United Kingdom; Carmen Fernández Panadero, Dep. Ingeniería Telemática, Spain
This study investigates the effects of a story-making app called Our Story and a selection of other educational apps on the learning engagement of forty-one Spanish 4–5-year-olds. Children were... More
pp. 175-184
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Development and behavioral pattern analysis of a mobile guide system with augmented reality for painting appreciation instruction in an art museum
Kuo-En Chang & Chia-Tzu Chang, Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, Taiwan; Huei-Tse Hou, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Taiwan; Yao-Ting Sung, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, Taiwan; Huei-Lin Chao & Cheng-Ming Lee, Department of Fine Arts, Taiwan
A mobile guide system that integrates art appreciation instruction with augmented reality (AR) was designed as an auxiliary tool for painting appreciation, and the learning performance of three... More
pp. 185-197
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The cognitive impact of interactive design features for learning complex materials in medical education
Hyuksoon S. Song, School of Education, United States; Martin Pusic & Michael W. Nick, School of Medicine, United States; Umut Sarpel, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, United States; Jan L. Plass, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, United States; Adina L. Kalet, School of Medicine, United States
To identify the most effective way for medical students to interact with a browser-based learning module on the symptoms and neurological underpinnings of stroke syndromes, this study manipulated... More
pp. 198-205
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Investigating the impact of an integrated approach to the development of preservice teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK)
Chrystalla Mouza, Rachel Karchmer-Klein, Ratna Nandakumar, Sule Yilmaz Ozden & Likun Hu
The purpose of this study is to describe an integrated pedagogical approach, aimed at advancing preservice teachers' learning on the use of technology and investigate its impact on participants'... More
pp. 206-221
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Enacting a technology-based science curriculum across a grade level: The journey of teachers' appropriation
Chee-Kit Looi, Daner Sun, Peter Seow & Gean Chia
Studying teacher enactment of an innovation helps us understand the process of effective spread of a curricular innovation to teachers who have differing levels of content readiness, pedagogical... More
pp. 222-236
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Children's engagement during digital game-based learning of reading: The effects of time, rewards, and challenge
Miia Ronimus, Agora Center, Finland; Janne Kujala, Department of Mathematical Information Technology, Finland; Asko Tolvanen & Heikki Lyytinen, Department of Psychology, Finland
This study investigated the effects of two game features (the level of challenge and the reward system) on first and second graders' engagement during digital game-based learning of reading. We... More
pp. 237-246
