Journal of Educational Computing Research
2012 Volume 47, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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Playable Serious Games for Studying and Programming Computational STEM and Informatics Applications of Distributed and Parallel Computer Architectures
John-Thones Amenyo
Carefully engineered playable games can serve as vehicles for students and practitioners to learn and explore the programming of advanced computer architectures to execute applications, such as... More
pp. 351-370
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Assessment of Learners' Attention to E-Learning by Monitoring Facial Expressions for Computer Network Courses
Hong-Ren Chen
Recognition of students' facial expressions can be used to understand their level of attention. In a traditional classroom setting, teachers guide the classes and continuously monitor and engage... More
pp. 371-385
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Learning with Computer-Based Multimedia: Gender Effects on Efficiency
Sabine Pohnl & Franz X. Bogner
Up to now, only a few studies in multimedia learning have focused on gender effects. While research has mostly focused on learning success, the effect of gender on instructional efficiency (IE) has... More
pp. 387-407
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The Effect of Teaching Methods and Learning Style on Learning Program Design in Web-Based Education Systems
Yen-Chu Hung
The instructional value of web-based education systems has been an important area of research in information systems education. This study investigates the effect of various teaching methods on... More
pp. 409-427
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Changing How Students Process and Comprehend Texts with Computer-Based Self-Explanation Training
Christopher A. Kurby, Joseph P. Magliano, Srikanth Dandotkar, James Woehrle, Sara Gilliam & Danielle S. McNamara
This study assessed whether and how self-explanation reading training, provided by iSTART (Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking), improves the effectiveness of... More
pp. 429-459
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A Survey of Factors Contributing to Learners' "Listening" Behaviors in Asynchronous Online Discussions
Alyssa Friend Wise, Farshid Marbouti, Ying-Ting Hsiao & Simone Hausknecht
Sixty-seven undergraduates taking either a Blended Business Course (BBC) or an Online Education Course (OEC) were surveyed about factors influencing their "listening" behaviors in asynchronous... More
pp. 461-480
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Do Students Want Web 2.0? An Investigation into Student Instructional Preferences
Lash Keith Vance
The critical literature abounds with examples of possible educational uses of Web 2.0 technology in which students become active participants in the production of knowledge through blogging, social... More
pp. 481-493