Computers & Education
May 2006 Volume 46, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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Fostering knowledge construction in university students through asynchronous discussion groups
Tammy Schellens & Martin Valcke
Does collaborative learning in asynchronous discussion groups result in enhancing academic discourse and knowledge construction? This general research question has been researched in a study... More
pp. 349-370
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Investigating the quality of student approaches to using technology in experiences of learning through writing
Robert A. Ellis
This study reports on the student experience of learning through writing in an undergraduate science subject. During their writing experience, 52 first year university science students used a... More
pp. 371-390
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The use of ICT to support the development of practical music skills through acquiring keyboard skills: a classroom based study
Liz M.Y. Chan, Ann C. Jones, Eileen Scanlon & Richard Joiner
This paper concerns the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in music classrooms, with the focus on the secondary school music curriculum in the United Kingdom. In particular, it ... More
pp. 391-406
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Audio-visual training in children with reading disabilities
Annie Magnan & Jean Ecalle
This study tested the effectiveness of audio-visual training in the discrimination of the phonetic feature of voicing on the recognition of written words by young children deemed to at risk of... More
pp. 407-425
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Computer-supported example-based learning: When instructional explanations reduce self-explanations
Silke Schworm & Alexander Renkl
We investigated whether the findings from worked-out example research on the effects of self-explanation prompts and on instructional explanations can be generalized to other example types – in... More
pp. 426-445
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Isolated versus integrated case studies: A comparison in the context of teaching complex and domain-specific IT applications
Ned Kock, Robert Aiken & Cheryl Sandas
Previous research on IT fluency in connection with non-IT majors points at the increasing need for more “realistic” courses teaching the use of complex and domain-specific IT applications. That... More
pp. 446-457
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Teaching-Material Design Center: An ontology-based system for customizing reusable e-materials
Hei-Chia Wang & Chien-Wei Hsu
Use of electronic teaching materials (e-material) to support teaching is a trend. e-Material design is therefore an important issue. Currently, most e-material providers offer a package of... More
pp. 458-470