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Sullivan, Florence R.; Moriarty, Mary A. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
Much educational software is designed from a specific pedagogical stance. How teachers conceive of the pedagogical stance underlying the design will affect how they utilize the technology; these conceptions may vary from teacher to teacher and from teacher to designer. There may be a conflict between the designer's pedagogical beliefs inscribed in…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Technology, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Russell, Michael; Carey, Rebecca; Kleiman, Glenn; Venable, Joanne Douglas – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
The study compared the effects of a professional development course delivered in an online and a face-to-face format. The effects examined included changes in teachers' pedagogical beliefs, instructional practices, and understanding of teaching number-sense and related mathematical concepts. The study randomly assigned participants to either the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Mathematical Concepts, Professional Development, Mathematics Instruction
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Hammerman, James K.; Rubin, Andee – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2004
New software tools for data analysis provide rich opportunities for representing and understanding data. However, little research has been done on how learners use these tools to think about data, nor how that affects teaching. This paper describes several ways that learners use new software tools to deal with variability in analyzing data,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Analysis, Grade 6, Middle School Teachers