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Are Educational Computer Micro-Games Engaging and Effective for Knowledge Acquisition at High-Schools? A Quasi-Experimental Study
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Brom, Cyril; Preuss, Michal; Klement, Daniel – Computers & Education, 2011
Curricular schooling can benefit from the usage of educational computer games, but it is difficult to integrate them in the formal schooling system. Here, we investigate one possible approach to this integration, which capitalizes on using a micro-game that can be played with a teacher's guidance as a supplement after a traditional expository…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Lecture Method
Examining the Impact of Off-Task Multi-Tasking with Technology on Real-Time Classroom Learning
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Wood, Eileen; Zivcakova, Lucia; Gentile, Petrice; Archer, Karin; De Pasquale, Domenica; Nosko, Amanda – Computers & Education, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of multi-tasking with digital technologies while attempting to learn from real-time classroom lectures in a university setting. Four digitally-based multi-tasking activities (texting using a cell-phone, emailing, MSN messaging and Facebook[TM]) were compared to 3 control groups…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Technology, Higher Education, Written Language
The Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Achievement, Attitudes and Retention of Fourth Grade Mathematics Students in North Cyprus
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Pilli, Olga; Aksu, Meral – Computers & Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the educational software "Frizbi Mathematics 4" on 4th grade student's mathematics achievement, retention, attitudes toward mathematics and attitude toward computer assisted learning. Two groups (experimental and control) of students from the state primary school in Gazimagusa,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Lecture Method
Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Performance of Senior High School Biology Students in Ghana
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Owusu, K. A.; Monney, K. A.; Appiah, J. Y.; Wilmot, E. M. – Computers & Education, 2010
This study investigated the comparative efficiency of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and conventional teaching method in biology on senior high school students. A science class was selected in each of two randomly selected schools. The pretest-posttest non equivalent quasi experimental design was used. The students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, High Schools, Low Achievement