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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"computers in education"”.
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Current Use and Perception of Handheld Technologies in Radiation Therapy Education
This study is an examination of the attitudes toward and current use of handheld devices among students and faculty of radiation therapy education programs. Research is presented that discusses handheld computer users, clinical and educational applications of handheld computers, obstacles and …
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Writing in the Digital Era: New Dimensions for English Learners' Literacy
… has changed the traditional passive classroom into a new model, where computers play an important role in the construction of knowledge. This study approaches theoretical and practical conceptions of the use of computers in education. Although the focus is on the development of writing skills …
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Participant's perceptions of online staff development and learning tools.
This study analyzed participants in an online professional development and certification program can to see if they could predict the learning value of individual distance education tools. The Texas Center for Educational Technology (TCET) funded by the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund …
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Preservice teachers' preconceptions about the role of the computer in learning and teaching
<p>The purpose of this research study was to examine preservice teachers' preconceptions of the role of the computer in learning and teaching and the factors effecting those preconceptions. During the 1997 fall semester, 279 preservice teachers in an introductory instructional technology course …
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Supporting Collaborative Learning in Computer-Enhanced Environments
<p>As computers have expanded into almost every aspect of our lives, the ever-present graphical user interface (GUI) has begun facing its limitations. Demanding its own share of attention, GUIs move some of the users' focus away from the task, particularly when the task is 3D in nature or requires …
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Identification of Academic Program Strengths and Weaknesses through Use of a Prototype Systematic Tool
Because of the rapid development of the use of computers in education, as well as the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW), a growing number of web-based educational applications/tools have been developed and implemented to help both educators and administrators in the field of education. In …
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A Study of Verbal Immediacy in Army Simulator Maintenance Training
<p>A STUDY OF VERBAL IMMEDIACY IN ARMY SIMULATOR MAINTENANCE TRAINING Robin Leigh Fulkerson August 2004 48 pages Directed by: Sally Hastings, Judith Hoover, and George Musambira Department of Communication Western Kentucky University Rapid development of computer technology has encouraged the use …
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The Extent of Computer Usage Among School Teachers and Students in Ilala Municipality, Dar es Salaam
… usage among school teachers and students in Ilala Municipality. The objectives of the study were to identify the attitude of teachers towards computer use; to identify the attitude of students towards computer integration; to determine the benefits of using computers in education from …
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A study of the Junior Secondary School teachers and Learners’ perceptions and challenges that contribute to the implementation of Computer practice into schools in the Khomas, Omaheke and Otjozondjupa Education regions
The application of computers has become an integral part of the present-day society, including Namibia, to the extent that the skill to use a computer is a major requirement for many vocations and it contributes to efficiency in many others. The introduction of computers in education is a …
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Circuit tutor : a computer-aided learning package for electrical engineering
… dissertation, resulted from a conviction that computers can further enrich the Electronic Engineering curriculum. After an investigation into the different roles of the computer in education the use of modelling and simulation was selected as an effective Computer Aided Learning method. It was …
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Teachers' and learners' perceptions, from four ex-Model C primary schools in Cape Town, on how and why computers are used in the Grade 7 classroom
The proliferation of computers in education has been studied for many years (Kulik, 1983; Loveless 1996; Underwood & Underwood 1990) including therein a diversity of standpoints from the examination of the effects of the computer on learners to the influence of computers on learning, problem …
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Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection As An Agent Of Knowledge Acquisition And Attitudinal Change In Female High School Biology Students
One way to determine if all students can learn through the use of computers is to introduce a lesson taught completely via computers and compare the results with those gained when the same lesson is taught in a traditional manner. This study attempted to determine if a virtual fetal pig dissection …