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Development of an Effective Educational Computer Game Based on a Mission Synchronization-Based Peer-Assistance Approach
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Chang, Shao-Chen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
In this study, a mission synchronization-based peer-assistance approach is proposed to improve students' learning performance in digital game-based learning activities. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, an experiment has been conducted in an elementary school natural science course to examine the participants' learning…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Peer Relationship, Cooperative Learning
When Are Mastery Goals More Adaptive? It Depends on Experiences of Autonomy Support and Autonomy
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Benita, Moti; Roth, Guy; Deci, Edward L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Mastery goals are generally considered the most adaptive achievement goals. In 2 studies, we tested whether, in line with self-determination theory, participants' experiences of autonomy support and autonomy would affect the relations between mastery goals and psychological outcomes. In Study 1 (an experiment), 117 college students, randomly…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Goal Orientation, Self Determination, Learning Theories
How Students Create Motivationally Supportive Learning Environments for Themselves: The Concept of Agentic Engagement
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Reeve, Johnmarshall – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
The present study introduced "agentic engagement" as a newly proposed student-initiated pathway to greater achievement and greater motivational support. Study 1 developed the brief, construct-congruent, and psychometrically strong Agentic Engagement Scale. Study 2 provided evidence for the scale's construct and predictive validity, as…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Gender and Learner Characteristics
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Hindal, Huda; Reid, Norman; Whitehead, Rex – European Journal of Educational Research, 2013
It is well established that girls and boys perform differently in traditional examinations in most countries. This study looks at a sample of 754 school students in Kuwait (aged about 13) and explores how boys and girls differ in the performance in a range of tests related to learner characteristics. The fundamental question is how boys and girls…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Learning, Adolescents
The Effect of Use of Animations on the Academic Achievements of the Students, Retention of the Knowledge Learned, and the Scientific Process Skills
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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
Research Examination of the Options to Increase the Education Effectiveness in the Technical Subjects at the 7th Grade of Elementary School Using Hypertext Educational Material
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Žácok, L'ubomir – Informatics in Education, 2010
The utilization of hypertext educational material is going to be solved in this paper as a source using which the effectiveness of education the technical subjects at the 7th grade of elementary school can be increased. As a comparison between reached results in the control and experimental groups of pupils we used final didactical examination,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Education, Hypermedia, Grade 7