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  1. Enhancing Writing Achievement Through a Digital Learning Environment: Case Studies of Three Struggling Adolescent Male Writers

    Article • Reading & Writing Quarterly, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  2. Game-based learning: creating a multidisciplinary community of inquiry

    Article • On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures, February 2016, Emerald

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  3. Teachers can use games to enhance student engagement, disciplinary literacy, and content knowledge.

    Article • Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  4. Designing game-based learning environments for elementary science education: A narrative-centered learning perspective

    Article • Information Sciences, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  5. Fifth Graders' Flow Experience in a Digital Game-Based Science Learning Environment

    Article • International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, January 2014, IGI Global

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  6. Enhancing 5th graders’ science content knowledge and self-efficacy through game-based learning

    Article • Computers & Education, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  7. Energizing Project-Based Inquiry: Middle-Grade Students Read, Write, and Create Videos

    Article • Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  8. The New Learning Ecology of One-to-One Computing Environments

    Article • Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  9. Problem Solving and Game-Based Learning: Effects of Middle Grade Students' Hypothesis Testing Strategies on Learning Outcomes

    Article • Journal of Educational Computing Research, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  10. The Case for Social Agency in Computer-Based Teaching: Do Students Learn More Deeply When They Interact With Animated Pedagogical Agents?

    Article • Cognition and Instruction, June 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  11. MACRO‐BASED, MICRO‐BASED, AND COMBINED STRATEGIES IN TEXT PROCESSING

    Article • Reading Psychology, January 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  12. Learning from a lecture: Effects of comprehension monitoring

    Article • Reading Research and Instruction, December 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  13. Effects of Schema-Based and Text Structure-Based Cues on Expository Prose Comprehension in Fourth Graders

    Article • The Journal of Experimental Education, April 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  14. Metacognition and Reading: Implications for Instruction

    Article • Literacy, November 1990, Wiley

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  15. Fifth Graders' Flow Experience in a Digital Game-Based Science Learning Environment

    Article • IGI Global

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires

  16. New Technologies, New Horizons

    Article • IGI Global

    Dr. Hiller A. Spires