Essays about: "Computer education in schools"

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  1. 1. The Class of Us: A Study Across Several Schools in Sweden Comparing the EFL Comprehension of Playing the Video Game The Last of Us Versus Viewing the Television Adaptation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Robert Bång; Simon Torffvit; Anton Grandi; [2023]
    Keywords : Comparative; Comparative Study; Quantitative; English; EFL; English as a Foreign Language; SLA; Second Language Acquisition; Comprehension; Test; Video Games; Video Game; CALL; Computer assisted language learning; The Last of Us; TLoU; The Last of Us: Remastered; Naughty Dog; PlayStation; HBO; Home Box Office; Game; Games; Computer Games; Skolverket; Upper Secondary School; Gymnasiet; Gymnasieskolan; Sweden; Control Group; Immersion; Multimodality; Interactivity; Interactive; Television; Television series; Media; Audiovisual media; Audiovisual; Large-scale; Gender; Program; Video Game Literacy; Game Literacy; Narrative; Educational; Serious Games; Mature; Problem of Content; Attitudinal; Survey; Likert-scale; Likert; Interventionist; Narratology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Contemporary English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in upper secondary schools in Sweden make frequent use of receptive media such as movies and television to facilitate language learning. The more interactive medium of video games is seldom used for the same purpose, despite previous research indicating that the added layer of interactivity can bring benefits such as improvements to vocabulary, written production and reading comprehension. READ MORE

  3. 2. The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) in secondary school (4-9)

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Sara El- Halwani; Fatima Hallal; [2023]
    Keywords : Education; One laptop per child OLPC ; 1:1; Technology; secondary school; advantages; disadvantages.;

    Abstract : In Sweden, it has become exceedingly uncommon to come across a classroom without computers, as computer-assisted learning has become prevalent. This study aims to examine the positive and negative aspects of implementing a one laptop per child (OLPC) policy in Swedish secondary schools in the learning process. READ MORE

  4. 3. Investigating teacher's use of assistive technology for teaching children with learning disabilities in Gothenburg

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Johan Njikem; [2022-11-28]
    Keywords : Pedagogical Competence; Gothenburg Municipality;

    Abstract : Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher’s use of Assistive Technology (AT) to teach children with learning disabilities (LD) in elementary classrooms in the Gothenburg Municipality of Sweden. This thesis assessed classroom availability and use of 16 AT tools for teaching children with learning disabilities, teacher’s attitudes and teacher’s level of pedagogical competence in using AT to teach children with LD in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics and memory / organization disorders. READ MORE

  5. 4. Emergency remote teaching and its challenges in the initial stages of Covid-19

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Kujtesa Doko; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital tools; emergency remote teaching; virtual classes;

    Abstract : This study investigates teachers and students challenges in online classes during Covid-19.  Also, the effectiveness of using technology devices in online English classrooms. There are frequent opportunities for students to be actively engaged in the classroom whereas in the online classroom these differences respond a little diversely. READ MORE

  6. 5. Leveraging Explainable Machine Learning to Raise Awareness among Preadolescents about Gender Bias in Supervised Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Gaspar Isaac Melsion Perez; [2020]
    Keywords : explainable AI; interpretability; education; children; gender; bias; machine learning; human-computer interaction; förklarbar AI; tolkbarhet; utbildning; barn; kön; bias; maskininlärning; människa-datorinteraktion;

    Abstract : Machine learning systems have become ubiquitous into our society. This has raised concerns about the potential discrimination that these systems might exert due to unconscious bias present in the data, for example regarding gender and race. READ MORE