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Gallardo-Fernández, Isabel María; Monsalve Lorente, Laura; Aguasanta-Regalado, Miriam Elizabeth – Digital Education Review, 2021
Our contribution is based on the most noteworthy results of a research project focusing on teaching strategies at a time when the contents of the primary education curriculum are becoming digital. The expansion of the digital content industry is forcing a paradigm shift. In this paper we analyse the strategies implemented by teachers of the fifth…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 5
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Tossavainen, Timo; Faarinen, Ewa-Charlotte – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
Background: In Sweden, the introduction of new national curricula for primary and secondary schools has implied, for example, that programming has become a compulsory part of mathematics education since August 2018. We study Swedish fifth and sixth graders and the distributions of their motivational values related to studying mathematics with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Irby, Beverly J.; Tong, Fuhui; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Tang, Shifang; Guerrero, Cindy; Wang, Zhuoying; Zhen, Fubiao – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2021
In this empirical study we examined the effect of a literacy-infused science intervention on fifth grade economically challenged students' science achievement in the curriculum-based and standardized assessments. A total of 27 treatment students and 20 comparison students from two intermediate schools in a rural district in South Texas in the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Low Income Students, Science Achievement, Science Instruction
Rizzo, Susan Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As one-to-one laptop environments are becoming more commonplace in the educational system, teachers are often expected to provide a student-centered environment that incorporates 21st century skills in effort to better prepare students for the future. Teaching in this type of environment is a difficult pedagogical shift for classroom educators.…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Teaching Experience, Technology Integration, Elementary School Teachers
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Regan, Kelley; Evmenova, Anya S.; MacVittie, Nichole P.; Leggett, Alicia; Ives, Samantha; Schwartzer, Jessica; Mastropieri, Margo; Rybicki-Newman, Maria P. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2019
Integrating unfamiliar technology in the classroom often requires ample technological resources and professional development. However, these resources are often not available. This case study of qualitative data combined with pretest or posttest student data illustrates how one pair of coteachers autonomously planned for and implemented a digital…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Uses in Education, Social Studies
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Price-Dennis, Detra; Holmes, Kathlene; Smith, Emily E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2016
This article examines classroom practices that draw upon students' understandings of race and equity as they engage in critical literature inquiry to explore issues of power in our society. Our research team, comprising a fifth-grade classroom teacher, a doctoral candidate, and a university professor, analyzed students' written and digital…
Descriptors: Race, Inquiry, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Díaz, Anita; Nussbaum, Miguel; Ñopo, Hugo; Maldonado-Carreño, Carolina; Corredor, Javier – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
While investment in technology for use in the classroom is increasing, studies still do not reveal significant improvements in learning. Investigations have shown that aligning the design of learning experiences with students' needs creates synergy in the teaching and learning classroom processes. This can be achieved through orchestration, the…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Pacing
Rikala, Jenni – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of Quick Response (QR) codes and mobile devices in the context of Finnish basic education. The feasibility was analyzed through a mobile learning framework, which includes the core characteristics of mobile learning. The study is part of a larger research where the aim is to develop a…
Descriptors: Coding, Feasibility Studies, Case Studies, Electronic Learning
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Thomas, Jeff – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
This study addresses preservice teachers' perceptions toward online experiences, specifically, their perceptions about utilizing an online science methods curriculum versus a traditional methods curriculum. Thirty-eight senior level preservice teachers at a midwestern U.S. university completed surveys about their experiences during their methods…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Curriculum Implementation
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Eteokleous, Nikleia; Ktoridou, Despo; Orphanou, Maria – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
This article describes a study that attempted to evaluate the integration of wikis as an educational tool in successfully achieving the learning objectives of a fifth-grade linguistics and literature course. A mixed-method approach was employed--data were collected via questionnaires, reflective journals, observations, and interviews. The results…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing
Polly, Drew; Ausband, Leigh – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2009
In this study, 32 teachers participated in a year-long professional development project related to technology integration in which they designed and implemented a WebQuest. This paper describes the extent to which higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) and levels of technology implementation (LoTI) occur in the WebQuests that participants designed.…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
Serim, Ferdi – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
This comprehensive book offers a practical pathway for developing twenty-first-century skills while simultaneously strengthening content-area learning. "Digital Learning" contains a wealth of research-based practices to integrate the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Education Technology Standards (NETS) for both…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Student Projects, Active Learning, Educational Technology
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Shanahan, Lynn – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
The purpose of this interpretive case study was to explore--through a close analysis of one class project--students' use of audio signs and the teacher's scaffolding of the use of audio signs. Two research questions guided this study: (a) In what ways did the fifth-grade students use audio signs, specifically transitions sounds, when constructing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Student Centered Curriculum, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Cady, Donna; Terrell, Steven R. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2008
Females are underrepresented in technology-related careers and educational programs; many researchers suggest this can be traced back to negative feelings of computer self-efficacy developed as early as the age of 10. This study investigated the effect of embedding technology into a 5th grade science classroom and measuring its effect on…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Females, Self Efficacy, Educational Technology