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The Influence of the Computer on Third-Grade Primary School Students’ Collaborative Skills and Performance in a History Lesson
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Las Vegas, NV, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-13-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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The research examined the influence of the computer on the collaborative skills of dyads, students’ individual collaborative skills, and students’ performance in a third-grade history lesson, taking into consideration initial attitudes toward collaborative learning as well as initial individual collaborative skills. Participants were divided into a control group and an experimental group. The same learning materials were used for both groups, with the difference that the learning materials for the experimental group were delivered via a computer. The results of the research demonstrate the positive impact of computers on students’ performance only, as the experimental group outperformed the control group.

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Angeli, C. & Tsaggari, A. (2015). The Influence of the Computer on Third-Grade Primary School Students’ Collaborative Skills and Performance in a History Lesson. In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2015--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2889-2893). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved February 28, 2021 from .

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