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Chen, Chih-Hung; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Previous research has illustrated the importance of acquiring knowledge from authentic contexts; however, without full engagement, students' learning performance might not be as good as expected. In this study, a Team Competition-based Ubiquitous Gaming approach was proposed for improving students' learning effectiveness in authentic learning…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Competition, Educational Games, Learning Activities
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Springer, Matthew G.; Pane, John F.; Le, Vi-Nhuan; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Burns, Susan Freeman; Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
Education policymakers have shown increased interest in incentive programs for teachers based on the outcomes of their students. This article examines a program in which bonuses were awarded to teams of middle school teachers based on their collective contribution to student test score gains. The study employs a randomized controlled trial to…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Educational Experiments, Merit Pay, Rewards
Dasdemir, Ikramettin – Online Submission, 2013
This study was conducted to determine the effect of the use of the animation on the academic achievements of the students, retention of this achievement, and the development of scientific process skills in the unit of force and motion of the science and technology course of the 6th grade basic education and to find out the student's views. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animation, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement
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Boster, Franklin J.; Meyer, Gary S.; Roberto, Anthony J.; Lindsey, Lisa; Smith, Rachel; Inge, Carol; Strom, Renee E. – Communication Education, 2007
Relying on a series of four experiments, F. J. Boster, G. S. Meyer, A. J. Roberto, C. Inge, and R. E. Strom (2006) demonstrated that students exposed to videostreaming exhibited more improvement in examination performance than control students. In extension, this study tests the effect of using videostreaming with a very different topic…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Urban Youth