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Jeromie Whalen; William Grube; Chenyang Xu; Torrey Trust – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Launched in November of 2022, the generative artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT garnered immediate societal interest and adoption as its advanced large language modeling proved capable of producing sophisticated, human-like responses to user-generated prompts. In this preliminary study, K-12 teachers in the United States were surveyed on their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Response
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Lauren Hays; Odin Jurkowski; Shantia Kerr Sims – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
There has been a great deal written about ChatGPT since its launch in late 2022. Many news stories specifically address the impact of ChatGPT on education. However, there has been little research showing what K-12 teachers are thinking about and doing with ChatGPT. This research article helps to fill that gap. A survey of Missouri teachers was…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Artificial Intelligence
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Yu-Hui Ching; Sasha Wang; Min Long – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
This study explored pre-service teachers' perceptions of a 3D printing integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) module within a college-level mathematics content course. Data from surveys and reflections collected from nineteen participants were analyzed. Results indicated that the pre-service teachers perceived…
Descriptors: Printing, Computer Peripherals, STEM Education, College Mathematics
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Tiffany A. Roman; Erin E. Collins; Hyunjin Son – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
This design case describes how the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) informed the development of SpectrumPlay, a digital tool created to support learning and instruction of elementary music literacy and composition in inclusive music classrooms. The learning supports embedded in the tool enable students with visual processing…
Descriptors: Music Education, Knowledge Level, Educational Technology, Elementary School Students
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Ardito, Gerald; Czerkawski, Betül; Scollins, Lauren – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Problem-solving and critical thinking are considered important skills to be developed by students, and are supported by the development of Computational Thinking (CT) skills. This study investigated the collaborative development of CT skills in sixth grade students via a six week LEGO robotics program. This robotics program focused on the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Thinking Skills, Middle School Students, Robotics
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Encheff, Dana – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
This article explains how one teacher used iBooks Author, a free digital textbook creation tool that makes iBooks for iPads, in an upper elementary classroom to improve students' expository writing skills and understanding of science content. The classroom teacher taught students pre-requisite writing and technology skills for two weeks, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Clubs, Writing Skills