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Designing a Web-Based Design Curriculum for Middle School Science: The WISE "Houses in the Desert" Project. Research Report
Alex Cuthbert; James Slotta
International Journal of Science Education Vol. 26, No. 7 (Jun 04, 2004) pp. 821–844
Design activities allow students to create their own solutions, drawing upon a personal understanding of science principles and examples. We created the 'Houses in the Desert' project to engage middle school students in designing a passive solar...
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Dialogue Pedagogical Strategies Perceived to Enhance Online Interaction: Instructors' Perspective
James Dogbey; Alex Kumi-Yeboah; John Dogbey
International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Vol. 7, No. 3 (July 2017) pp. 70–85
The advent and success of online academic programs in recent years have prompted many institutions of higher learning to increase the number of courses they offer online. As the number of online courses increases, however, so has a growing concern...
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Online collaborative learning activities: The perspectives of minority graduate students
Alex Kumi-Yeboah; James Dogbey; Guangji Yuan
Online Learning Journal Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec 01, 2017)
This exploratory study examined the perspectives of minority graduate students toward online collaborative learning activities. The participants were twenty graduate minority students (15 African Americans, five Hispanics, and five international...
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Group by Subject or by Ability? Tertiary Mathematics for Engineering Students
Michael Plank; Alex James; John Hannah
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 42, No. 7 (2011) pp. 857–865
The mathematics topics taught to engineering students at university are ostensibly no different to those taught to mathematics majors, so should these students be taught together or separately? Should engineering students be segregated by ability in ...
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Exploring Factors That Promote Online Learning Experiences and Academic Self-Concept of Minority High School Students
Alex Kumi-Yeboah; James Dogbey; Guangji Yuan
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 50, No. 1 (2018) pp. 1–17
The rapid growth of online education at the K-12 level in recent years presents the need to explore issues that influence the academic experiences of students choosing this method of learning. In this study, we examined factors that promote/hinder...
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Online Collaborative Learning Activities: The Perceptions of Culturally Diverse Graduate Students
Alex Kumi-Yeboah; Guangji Yuan; James Dogbey
Online Learning Vol. 21, No. 4 (2017) pp. 5–28
This exploratory study examined the perceptions of minority graduate students toward online collaborative learning activities. The participants were 20 minority graduate students from diverse cultural backgrounds (10 African Americans, 5 Hispanics,...
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From Lessons to Lectures: NCEA Mathematics Results and First-Year Mathematics Performance
Alex James; Clemency Montelle; Phillipa Williams
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 39, No. 8 (December 2008) pp. 1037–1050
Given the recent radical overhaul of secondary school qualifications in New Zealand, similar in style to those in the UK, there has been a distinct change in the tertiary entrant profile. In order to gain insight into this new situation that...
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Does Computer-Aided Formative Assessment Improve Learning Outcomes?
John Hannah; Alex James; Phillipa Williams
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 45, No. 2 (2014) pp. 269–281
Two first-year engineering mathematics courses used computer-aided assessment (CAA) to provide students with opportunities for formative assessment via a series of weekly quizzes. Most students used the assessment until they achieved very high (>...
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Electronic Interests and Behaviours Associated with Gambling Problems
James G. Phillips; Rowan P. Ogeil; Alex Blaszczynski
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Vol. 10, No. 4 (August 2012) pp. 585–596
Multiple computing devices continue to develop capabilities that support online gambling, resulting in the need to evaluate the extent that this trend will contribute to gambling problems. A sample of 1,141 participants completed an online survey...
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Examining Online College Cyber Cheating Methods and Prevention Measures
James Moten; Alex Fitterer; Elise Brazier; Jonathan Leonard; Avis Brown
Electronic Journal of e-Learning Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 2013) pp. 139–146
Academic dishonesty in the online cheating environment of distance education learning has gained traction in the past decade. By a few simple keystrokes, students' can find a wide array of online services for hire to write research papers,...
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Meeting the Needs of Our Best and Brightest: Curriculum Acceleration in Tertiary Mathematics
John Hannah; Alex James; Clemency Montelle; Jacqui Nokes
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 42, No. 3 (April 2011) pp. 299–312
For many years, it has been a common practice to recognize students with high potential by according them targeted privileges and opportunities. This includes the practice of allowing students to accelerate their high school programme and, in the...
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A Comparison of Scholarly Productivity among Current Professors Who Obtained Terminal Degrees
Angela Hollman; Matthew R. Bice; James Ball; Nate Bickford; Alex B. Shafer; Sonja Bickford
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 32, No. 4 (2018) pp. 267–282
Although scholarship is important in higher education and faculty productivity expectations are continually increasing, we still do not understand the holistic view of faculty productivity. This study takes a different viewpoint on faculty...
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ASET response to Higher Education: A policy discussion paper
James Steele; Andrew Greig; John Hedberg; Patricia Kelly; Alex Millar; Sue McNamara
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan 01, 1988)
This submission was prepared by James Steele with the assistance of Andrew Greig, John Hedberg, Patricia Kelly, Alex Millar and Sue McNamara.