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Put Your Robot In, Put Your Robot Out: Sequencing through Programming Robots in Early Childhood
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Kazakoff, Elizabeth R.; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
This article examines the impact of programming robots on sequencing ability in early childhood. Thirty-four children (ages 4.5-6.5 years) participated in computer programming activities with a developmentally appropriate tool, CHERP, specifically designed to program a robot's behaviors. The children learned to build and program robots over three…
Descriptors: Robotics, Early Childhood Education, Programming, Computer Uses in Education
Digital Libraries in the Classroom: Secondary School Teachers' Conception
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Abrizah, A.; Zainab, A. N. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2011
This paper presents findings from a case study investigating secondary school teachers' understanding of the term digital libraries and their relationship with learning. The study addresses two research questions: (1) How do teachers conceptualize digital libraries, their relevance and issues relating to their integration into the curriculum? and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Secondary School Teachers, History Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Teachers' Epistemic Beliefs and Their Pedagogical Beliefs: A Qualitative Case Study among Singaporean Teachers in the Context of ICT-Supported Reforms
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Chai, Ching Sing – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
Many current ICT-supported reform efforts demand teachers to assume the role of epistemic facilitator of knowledge construction supported by technology. It is thus important for teacher educators to understand teachers' epistemic beliefs. This qualitative study investigated seven Singaporean in-service teachers' epistemic beliefs and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Qualitative Research
Kinetic versus Static Visuals for Facilitating College Students' Understanding of Organic Reaction Mechanisms in Chemistry
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Aldahmash, Abdulwali H.; Abraham, Michael R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2009
Using animated computer-generated graphics to assist instruction has recently attracted the attention of educators and educational researchers. The specific focus of this study is to compare the influence of animated visuals with static visuals on college students' understanding of organic reaction mechanisms in chemistry. This study also focuses…
Descriptors: College Students, Kinetics, Organic Chemistry, Correlation
The Use of Microcomputers in the Analysis of Mathematical Knowledge Schemas.
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Chinnappan, Mohan; Lawson, Michael J.; Gardner, Dane – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1998
Reports on the design and trialing of a Hypercard testing procedure known as the Recognition and Testing System (RATS) that will enable mathematics teachers and researchers to generate data relating to domain knowledge representation and its access by focusing on students' knowledge of plane geometry and trigonometry. Contains 11 references.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Geometry, Knowledge Level
Factors Influencing Junior High School Teachers' Computer-Based Instructional Practices Regarding Their Instructional Evolution Stages
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Hsu, Ying-Shao; Wu, Hsin-Kai; Hwang, Fu-Kwun – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Sandholtz, Ringstaff, & Dwyer (1996) list five stages in the "evolution" of a teacher's capacity for computer-based instruction--entry, adoption, adaptation, appropriation and invention--which hereafter will be called the teacher's computer-based instructional evolution. In this study of approximately six hundred junior high school…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Computer/Technology Skills: Standard Course of Study and Grade Level Competencies, K-12. Revised.
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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1998
North Carolina has maintained a "Standard Course of Study" since the 1890s; every five to seven years since that time, it has been revised to reflect the needs of North Carolina students. The Standard Course of Study includes curriculum that should be made available to every child in the state's public schools. The "K-12…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Computer Literacy