Computers in Human Behavior
Going digital: understanding paper and photo documentation practices in early childhood education
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
E-portfolios supporting primary students' writing performance and peer feedback
Computers & Education
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Can an electronic portfolio that is both a multimedia container for student work and a tool to support key learning processes have a positive impact on the literacy practices and self-regulated learning skills of students? This article presents the findings of a yearlong study conducted in three Canadian provinces during the 2007-2008 school year initially involving 32 teachers and 388 students. Due to varying levels of implementation our final data set included 14 teachers and 296 students. Using a non-equivalent pre-test/post-test design, we found that grade 4-6 students who were in classrooms where the teacher provided regular and appropriate use of the electronic portfolio tool ePEARL (i.e., medium-high implementation condition, n=7 classrooms and 121 students), compared to control students (n=7 classrooms and 175 students) who did not use ePEARL, showed significant improvements (p