Insights into Contextualised Learning: How Do Professional Examiners Construct Shared Understanding through Feedback?

Martin Johnson

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 11, No. 4 (2014) pp. 363–378

This project uses the community of practice metaphor to explore some of the discursive characteristics of learning that take place when a group of United Kingdom-based professional examiners engage in joint-work activity in both face-to-face and...

Judging Text Presented on Screen: Implications for Validity

Martin Johnson; Jackie Greatorex

E-Learning Vol. 5, No. 1 (2008) pp. 40–50

Technological innovation undoubtedly offers many potential benefits for education and the assessment of learning, which have been acknowledged elsewhere. One area that is relatively under-researched relates to the practice of how assessors interact...

Change in classroom practices of technology use by K–12 teachers

Pamela Martin Johnson

Change in classroom practices of technology use by K&ndash;12<p> teachers (2006) pp. 1–184

The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the sustained change of technology use in the classroom by K-12 teachers following a one-year professional program. The study investigated specific factors which influence change in...

The effect of training on teacher's computer self-efficacy and technology practices: A descriptive study

Pearl Johnson-Martin

(2013) pp. 1–257

The purpose of this quantitative descriptive survey research was to assess and describe the effect of technology training on career and technical education (CTE) teachers’ perceptions of computer self-efficacy and technology practices in a...

On-Line Mathematics Assessment: The Impact of Mode on Performance and Question Answering Strategies

Martin Johnson; Sylvia Green

Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment Vol. 4, No. 5 (March 2006)

The transition from paper-based to computer-based assessment raises a number of important issues about how mode might affect children's performance and question answering strategies. In this project 104 eleven-year-olds were given two sets of...

Marginalised Behaviour: Digital Annotations, Spatial Encoding and the Implications for Reading Comprehension

Martin Johnson; Rita Nadas

Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 34, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 323–336

Within large scale educational assessment agencies in the UK, there has been a shift towards assessors marking digitally scanned copies rather than the original paper scripts that were traditionally used. This project uses extended essay examination ...

What's Going On? Analysing Visual Data to Understand Context-Based Decision-Making Processes

Martin Johnson; Beth Black

International Journal of Research & Method in Education Vol. 35, No. 3 (2012) pp. 243–250

This brief research report gives an overview of a visually based methodology that has recently been used to shed light on situated decision-making in a high stakes educational assessment environment. Looking carefully at the feedback interactions...

Assessment for Learning in International Contexts: Exploring Shared and Divergent Dimensions in Teacher Values and Practices

Paul Warwick; Stuart Shaw; Martin Johnson

Curriculum Journal Vol. 26, No. 1 (2015) pp. 39–69

The Assessment for Learning in International Contexts (ALIC) project sought to extend knowledge around teachers' understandings of Assessment for Learning (AfL). Using a modified version of a survey item devised by James and Pedder for use with ...

Transitional feedback schedules during computer-based problem-solving practice

Amy M. Johnson; Jana Reisslein; Martin Reisslein

Computers & Education Vol. 81, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 270–280

Feedback has a strong influence on effective learning from computer-based instruction. Prior research on feedback in computer-based instruction has mainly focused on static feedback schedules that employ the same feedback schedule throughout an...

Language: English

Marking Extended Essays on Screen: Exploring the Link between Marking Processes and Comprehension

Martin Johnson; Rebecca Hopkin; Hannah Shiell

E-Learning and Digital Media Vol. 9, No. 1 (2012) pp. 50–68

Technological developments are impacting upon UK assessment practices in many ways. For qualification awarding bodies, a key example of such impact is the ongoing shift towards examiners marking digitally scanned copies of examination scripts on...

Representation sequencing in computer-based engineering education

Amy M. Johnson; Jana Reisslein; Martin Reisslein

Computers & Education Vol. 72, No. 1 (March 2014) pp. 249–261

Multimedia engineering instruction typically includes verbal descriptions and diagrams, which can be presented in a contextualized format, using descriptions and illustrations of real-life elements (e.g., light bulb and battery), or in an abstract...

Language: English

Changes in pedagogy: a qualitative result of teaching heterogeneous classes

Julia Johnson Rothenberg; Peter Mcdermott; Glen Martin

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 14, No. 6 pp. 633–642

This is a study of an urban school in the United States that decided to eliminate academic tracking in selected classes for students, aged 14–16yr, in the sciences and social studies. Studies were taught in heterogeneous classes using cooperative...

Language: English

Engineering Perceptions of Female and Male K-12 Students: Effects of a Multimedia Overview on Elementary, Middle-, and High-School Students

Amy M. Johnson; Gamze Ozogul; Matt D. DiDonato; Martin Reisslein

European Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 38, No. 5 (2013) pp. 519–531

Computer-based multimedia presentations employing animated agents (avatars) can positively impact perceptions about engineering; the current research advances our understanding of this effect to pre-college populations, the main target for...

Topics: Engineering, Elementary Education, Multimedia, Students

Introductory Circuit Analysis Learning from Abstract and Contextualized Circuit Representations: Effects of Diagram Labels

Amy M. Johnson; Kirsten R. Butcher; Gamze Ozogul; Martin Reisslein

IEEE Transactions on Education Vol. 57, No. 3 (2014) pp. 160–168

Novice learners are typically unfamiliar with abstract engineering symbols. They are also often unaccustomed to instructional materials consisting of a combination of text, diagrams, and equations. This raises the question of whether instruction on...

Taking Affect into Account: Advances in Affect Sensitive E-Learning

Abdolhossein Sarrafzadeh; Jamshid Shanbehzadeh; Chris Messom; Hamid Gholamhosseini; Martin Johnson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 6516–6523

Many software systems would significantly improve performance if they could adapt to the emotional state of the user, for example if e-learning and electronic commerce systems, ATM's and ticketing machines could recognise when users were confused,...

Operating System Virtualization for management and delivery of E-learning

Chris Messom; Abdolhossein Sarrafzadeh; Anton Gerdelan; Martin Johnson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 7267–7273

This paper introduces an operating system virtual machine platform for deploying an e-learning environment. Managed e-learning environments are often web based and rely on a browser to minimize configuration on the client machine, however even in...

Investigating the impact of pedagogical agent gender matching and learner choice on learning outcomes and perceptions

Gamze Ozogul; Amy M. Johnson; Robert K. Atkinson; Martin Reisslein

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 36–50

The similarity attraction hypothesis posits that humans are drawn toward others who behave and appear similar to themselves. Two experiments examined this hypothesis with middle-school students learning electrical circuit analysis in a computer...

Language: English

Technology, Culture, and Integrated Curriculum: An On-line Challenge

Nancy Allen; Kathleen Garsow; Sheri Johnson; Meredith Martin; Sara Montgomery; Holly Olson

Annual Meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education 1997 (November 1997)

This paper focuses on one aspect of a Four Directions Challenge in Technology Grant that deals with the use of telecommunications to facilitate the generation of technology-enhanced, culturally-relevant curriculum. The grant supports the position...

A MMORPG with Language Learning Strategic Activities to Improve English Grammar, Listening, Reading, and Vocabulary

Sandra Rogers; Burke Johnson; Rick Van Eck; James Van Haneghan; Susan Martin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 451–463

Rankin, Gold, and Gooch (2006) found sufficient support for adult English language learners (ELLs) within the EverQuest® II (EQII) videogame to improve participants’ vocabulary by 40% on their pretest-posttest mean gain score after one month of...

Topics: Games & Simulations, English Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies