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Inclusiveness of ICT in Secondary Education: Students' Appreciation of ICT Tools
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Heemskerk, Irma; Volman, Monique; Admiraal, Wilfried; ten Dam, Geert – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
This paper presents the results of a study on students' appreciation of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in schools for general secondary education. We investigate to what extent students from different gender and ethnic backgrounds appreciate various characteristics of ICT tools. The research question is, "How are…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Gender-Inclusive Game-Based Learning in Secondary Education
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Admiraal, Wilfried; Huizenga, Jantina; Heemskerk, Irma; Kuiper, Els; Volman, Monique; ten Dam, Geert – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
Boys show a stronger preference for digital entertainment games than girls. For this reason, it may be that game-based learning is more acceptable to boys than to girls. Yet game-based learning might improve the performance of both boys and girls, depending upon the instructional design. In a quasi-experimental study with a secret-trail game,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Quasiexperimental Design
Social Scripts in Educational Technology and Inclusiveness in Classroom Practice
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Heemskerk, Irma; Volman, Monique; ten Dam, Geert; Admiraal, Wilfried – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
Educational Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be an appropriate tool for creating flexible learning environments. ICT can contribute to flexibility through its potential to keep content up-to-date and to address personal learning needs. ICT could, thus, make learning more accessible to a wider group of students. However, doing…
Descriptors: Scripts, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Minority Groups
Inclusiveness and ICT in Education: A Focus on Gender, Ethnicity and Social Class
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Heemskerk, Irma; Brink, Anouk; Volman, Monique; ten Dam, Geert – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2005
This paper presents the results of a literature review on gender, ethnic and socioeconomic status differences related to ICT in primary and secondary education. The review was conducted in order to develop an index for analysing the inclusiveness of educational ICT applications. The research question was: How and to what extent do the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Gender Differences