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Edited by
Dr. David J. Ayersman, Mary Washington College, and Dr. W.
Michael Reed,
New York University
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| formerly Journal of Research on Computing in
Education |
Volume 34 Number
2 Winter 2001–2002
Using
a Technology-Enriched
Environment to Improve Higher-Order Thinking
Skills
Michael H. Hopson, Richard L. Simms, and Gerald
A. Knezek
Hopson and colleagues studied fifth and sixth
graders’
thinking skills before and after technology use.
They found
that the technology-enhanced environment seemed to
increase
students use of higher-order thinking skills.
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more...
Electronic Mapping
in Education: The Use of Geographic Information
Systems
Raymond L. Sanders, Jr., Lawrence T. Kajs, and
Caroline
M. Crawford
Sanders, Kajs, and Crawford explain how geographic
information
systems (GIS) can be used in the classroom. Their
literature
review focuses on classroom uses of this innovative
technology.
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more...
Comparing Web-Based
and Classroom-Based Learning: A Quantitative
Study
M. O. Thirunarayanan and Aixa Perez-Prado
Thirunarayanan and Perez-Prado compare online and
classroom-based
learning in terms of student achievement and
retention. The
elementary education students they studied took
TESOL courses
either online or face-to-face. The student scores in
the two
courses were very similar at the end of the course,
but those
in the online section showed more improvement from
their pretest
scores.
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more...
Participants’
Perceptions of Web-Infused Environments: A Survey of
Teaching
Beliefs, Learning Approaches, and
Communication
Joan K. Gallini and Daniel Barron
This study of college instructors’ and
students’
attitudes toward Web-based learning environments
showed that
Web-based teaching tended to result in more
student-centered
learning.
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more...
Does
the Use
of Learning Logic in Algebra I Make a Difference in
Algebra
II?
Carolyn M. Carter and Lyle R.
Smith
Carter and Smith studied whether the use of Learning
Logic
software in Algebra I affected students’
decisions to
take Algebra II and their performance in that
higher-level
course.
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more...
Computer-Based
Education: Is It a Panacea?
Janis Lowe
Lowe reviews five meta-analyses of research on adult
learning
using computers. She finds much inconsistency among
the research,
which makes it hard to find whether and how much
computers
affect learning.
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more...
A
Meta-analysis
of the Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted
Instruction in Science
Education
Sule Bayraktar
Bayraktar summarizes the research on computer use in
science
education over the past 30 years. She finds that
simulations
can be very effective for science education, but
drill and
practice may not; student-to-computer ratio plays a
key role
in determining the effectiveness of computer-based
instruction;
and computer-based instruction seemed to have the
greatest
effect when used to supplement, not replace,
traditional instruction.
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more...
Academic, Social,
and Personal Uses of the Internet: Cases of Students
from
an Urban Latino Classroom
Jeff Kupperman and Barry J. Fishman
In this study, urban Latino students used
TV-connected Internet
devices to complete technology-based science
assignments.
The Internet connections seemed to have beneficial
social
effects, but the limitations of the devices did not
allow
students to use the truly interactive features of
the Web
such as chat rooms or to create their own Web
content.
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more...
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