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From Gaming to Computational Thinking: An Adaptive Educational Computer Game-Based Learning Approach
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Direct linkHooshyar, Danial; Pedaste, Margus; Yang, Yeongwook; Malva, Liina; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Wang, Minhong; Lim, Heuiseok; Delev, Dejan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Educational games have been increasingly used to improve students' computational thinking. However, most existing games have focused on the theoretical knowledge of computational thinking, ignoring the development of computational thinking skills. Moreover, there is a lack of integration of adaptivity into educational computer games for…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Computation
Timoštšuk, Inge; Näkk, Anne-Mai – Education 3-13, 2020
Estonian students' knowledge of science is, according to PISA (Program for International Student Assessment), good but their motivation to learn science is lower than expected. As primary teachers create a foundation for learning, it is important that they acknowledge and use teaching practices that support engagement. The aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Science Instruction
Näkk, Anne-Mai; Timoštšuk, Inge – Education 3-13, 2019
The current study was part of a larger project which examined teachers' classroom practices and relationships with students' learning engagement in primary-school education in Estonia. The focus was the role of autonomy supportive and structured teaching on learning engagement. Two primary-school teachers and their 46 students were selected for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
Vahter, Edna – Education 3-13, 2015
In 2010, the renewed national curriculum was legislated in Estonia. Major changes include a new list of cross-curricular topics, increased importance of integration and specification of the components of the art learning process. In this situation, the question arises--how to fully implement the challenges of the renewed curriculum in primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Teaching Models, Art Education
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Kikas, Eve; Shin, Hyeonsook; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Cefai, Carmel; Negovan, Valeria; Stanculescu, Elena; Yang, Hongfei; Liu, Yi; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Nelson, Brett; Zollneritsch, Josef – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
The objective of the present study was to develop a scale that is appropriate for use internationally to measure affective, behavioral, and cognitive dimensions of student engagement. Psychometric properties of this scale were examined with data of 3,420 students (7th, 8th, and 9th grade) from 12 countries (Austria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Estonia,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Psychometrics
