Blending Classroom Activities with Multi-User Virtual Environment for At-Risk Primary School Students in an After-School Program: A Case Study

Various studies of Singapore schools have shown that the main factors that influence students’ academic performance include socio-economic status and attitudes toward school life. However, there are studies that have shown that teachers and teacher knowledge do make a difference regardless of social background. Hill and Rowe (1998), and Cuttance (1998, p. 1158-9) indicate that ‘up to 55% of the AbSTRACT

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