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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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D. Laverne Hill; Heather Morin; Holly Frilot; Herb Fiester; Kathy D. Nobles; Kelly C. Dreger – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Exemplary public school library programs need to have measures in place to determine overall effectiveness. The quality of the school library program is dependent on the effectiveness of the school librarian. Given the uncertainty of the role of school librarians and the inadequacy of evaluations for them, we present a practical solution for these…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Libraries, Librarians, Role
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Duncan Culbreth; Rebekah Davis; Cigdem Meral; Florence Martin; Weichao Wang; Sejal Foxx – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Monitoring applications (MAs) use digital and online tools to collect and track data on student behavior, and they have become increasingly popular among schools. Empirical research on these complex surveillance platforms is scant, and little is known about the efficacy or impact that they have on students. This study used a multi-method…
Descriptors: High School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Progress Monitoring
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Ritter, Nicole; Arslan-Ari, Ismahan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
The flipped classroom approach has grown in various disciplines; however, only few research studies are conducted in social sciences at K-12 settings. This action research investigated the impact of implementing a flipped classroom approach on students' motivation and learning the content knowledge in a suburban high school introductory psychology…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Student Motivation, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Arrington, T. Logan; Moore, Alison L.; Bagdy, Lauren M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This article presents the results of a collective case study exploring how K12 practitioners perceive the interaction of systems thinking, creativity, and learning from failure within their professional practice. In order to identify K12 practitioners who were well-versed in systems thinking, we targeted students within an instructional design and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Creativity, Kindergarten
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Scharber, Cassandra; Peterson, Lana; Baskin, Katie; Cabeen, Jessica; Gustafson, Derik; Alberts, John – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
Our contribution to this issue features a K12 school district + university partnership related to technology integration, and explores the connections between technology, teacher learning, creative risk taking, and failure. Austin Public Schools (APS) and the LT Media Lab (LTML) have been engaged in a research-practice partnership (RPP) for seven…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, School Districts, Technology Integration, Creativity
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Shin, Sungwon – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This paper is a report of a design-based research project undertaken to build a blended teacher education program that focuses on cultivating teachers' competencies for personalized and blended learning in K-12 classrooms. Two iterations were designed and examined in total, with 10 teacher educators and two teacher candidate cohorts. Teacher…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Competencies
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Bai, Hua – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
The advancement of mobile technology has influenced teaching and learning at various educational levels. The mobility, ubiquity, and connectivity of mobile devices help to foster meaningful learning experience across contexts and in different subject areas. Positive results from mobile learning have been reported in the current literature. To help…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, Cooperative Learning, Inquiry
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Karlin, Michael; Ozogul, Gamze; Miles, Stacy; Heide, Saul – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Portfolios used in K-12 classrooms give students the opportunity to collect, showcase, and reflect upon the work they have completed throughout a class or program. With the advent of the digital age, e-portfolios have allowed for this process to be conducted online through the use of Web 2.0 tools, offering a number of advantages and features that…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Shepherd, Craig E.; Bolliger, Doris U.; Dousay, Tonia A.; Persichitte, Kay – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Online education for K-12 students has grown rapidly over the past decade. Approximately four million K-12 students enroll in one or more online courses each year. Because online learning is expanding into K-12 settings, teacher education programs need to prepare preservice teachers to be successful in these areas. This paper describes the design…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teacher Certification, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
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Aldosemani, Tahani Ibrahim; Shepherd, Craig E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
The purpose of the study was to examine preservice teachers' attitudes using Second Life for multicultural literacy and to explore effective strategies to implement this technology in teacher preparation programs. Participants included thirty-six preserve teachers from early childhood, elementary, and secondary education programs.…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Cultural Pluralism, Preschool Teachers
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Miller, Brant G.; Hougham, R. Justin; Eitel, Karla Bradley – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
The Adventure Learning (AL) approach to designing and implementing learning experiences has great potential for practitioners. This manuscript delineates the practical enactment of AL to support the K-12 community, teacher educators, and residential environmental science program providers in the conceptualization and delivery of their own AL…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Place Based Education, Instructional Design
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Pettersson, Rune – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Many researchers from different disciplines have explained their views and interpretations and written about visual literacy from their various perspectives. Visual literacy may be applied in almost all areas such as advertising, anatomy, art, biology, business presentations, communication, education, engineering, etc. (Pettersson, 2002a). Despite…
Descriptors: Definitions, Visual Literacy, Curriculum Development, Multimedia Materials
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Seok, Soonhwa; DaCosta, Boaventura; Kinsell, Carolyn; Poggio, John C.; Meyen, Edward L. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
This article proposes a computer-mediated intersensory learning model as an alternative to traditional instructional approaches for students with learning disabilities (LDs) in the inclusive classroom. Predominant practices of classroom inclusion today reflect the six principles of zero reject, nondiscriminatory evaluation, appropriate education,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Learning Disabilities, Student Participation, Federal Legislation
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Zelkowski, Jeremy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
This article justifies classifying the TI-Nspire CAS Touchpad as a mobile device for grades 8-16 mathematics classrooms equipped with a Navigator system. The 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 indicates virtually every secondary school aged child has some sort of mobile device. Yet, many school policies ban the use of mobile devices, preventing students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Time on Task, Classroom Techniques
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