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Kay, Robin H.; Lauricella, Sharon – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011
Over the past 18 years, a number of large scale reviews of the literature have documented that gender differences in computer attitudes, ability, and use tend to favor males. Since the use of laptops in higher education classrooms is increasing, it is important to examine whether this use is disproportionally advantageous to males and…
Descriptors: College Students, Gender Differences, Teaching Methods, Computer Uses in Education
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Kay, Robin H. – Computers & Education, 2009
An interactive classroom communication system (ICCS) involves the use of remote devices that permit all students in a class to respond to multiple choice questions displayed on a LCD projector. After responses are clicked in, the results are instantly aggregated and displayed in chart form. The purpose of this study was to examine gender…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Kay, Robin H.; Knaack, Liesel – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2008
The current study offers a formative analysis of the impact of learning objects in middle school mathematics and science classrooms. Five reliable and valid measures of effectiveness were used to examine the impact of learning objects from the perspective of 262 students and 8 teachers (14 classrooms) in science or mathematics. The results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Middle School Students
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Kay, Robin H.; Knaack, Liesel – Open Learning, 2007
A comprehensive review of the literature on the evaluation of learning objects revealed a number of problem areas, including emphasizing technology ahead of learning, an absence of reliability and validity estimates, over-reliance on informal descriptive data, a tendency to embrace general impressions of learning objects rather than focusing on…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Summative Evaluation, Instructional Design, Educational Resources