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Promoting Students' Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills via Mobile-Supported Labs
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Manolis Kousloglou; Eleni Petridou; Anastasios Molohidis; Euripides Hatzikraniotis – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2023
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving belong to 21st century skills that enhance ways of thinking, learning, working and living in the world. When combined with well-designed educational activities, mobile technology has the capacity to foster these abilities. This study evaluates the Critical Thinking & Problem Solving skills of ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Does Self-Reflection Matter for Math Performance in a Virtual Learning Environment?
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Choi, Jinnie; Walters, Alyssa – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Engaging students in self-reflection about their learning performance is a potentially promising pedagogical approach for supporting math learning. However, it is unclear how models for math learning in regular classrooms translate in a virtual environment. The purpose of this paper is to (a) analyze rich assessment data from virtual schools to…
Descriptors: Reflection, Self Efficacy, Virtual Classrooms, Mathematics Instruction
Student Views with Regard to ProbSol Learning Environments
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Yazlik, Derya Ozlem; Erdogan, Ahmet – Online Submission, 2015
The aim of this study is to assess learner views with regard to ProbSol learning environment prepared according to problem solving steps for the teaching of "applications related to equations and inequalities". In line with this aim, the study was carried out with 15 volunteered 9th graders who are taught with ProbSol. The study is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
Evaluating QR Code Case Studies Using a Mobile Learning Framework
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Rikala, Jenni – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of Quick Response (QR) codes and mobile devices in the context of Finnish basic education. The feasibility was analyzed through a mobile learning framework, which includes the core characteristics of mobile learning. The study is part of a larger research where the aim is to develop a…
Descriptors: Coding, Feasibility Studies, Case Studies, Electronic Learning
The Impact of Online Activities on Students' Generalizing Strategies and Justifications for Linear Growing Patterns
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Beatty, Ruth – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
This study explores the impact of working with online learning activities of linear growing patterns (CLIPS) on students transitioning into Grade 9. Fifty students were interviewed about their understanding of linear growing patterns. Twenty-five students had participated in a study involving an experimental instructional approach that emphasized…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Algebra, Transitional Programs, Grade 8
Tablet Computers on Trial: A Transformative Force in Education?
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Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf; Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
In this paper we present the results of an evaluation study of a development project for the introduction and use of tablet computers (iPads) at the lower secondary level in Nordlinga school, a compulsory school in Reykjavík. In the study, we assess the impact of the use of tablet computers on instruction and students' learning in grades 9 to 10,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Learning