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Quigley, Donna – Online Submission, 2011
Thai school age students as young as eight years old are increasingly being immersed in the Internet world, and as a result, they are accelerating their learning and communication skills in English even without noticing. For educators, the ICT (information communication technology) revolution that has occurred in the last few decades needs to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Information Technology, Educational Technology
Farmer, Lesley – ALA Editions, 2008
Are teenage girls being left behind in the technology race? According to author and professor Lesley Farmer, teenage girls are not embracing technology and all of its potential impact on their futures. In "Teen Girls and Technology", Farmer explores the developmental issues of teen girls, including the reality of girls and tech as it now stands.…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Computer Use
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Javeri, Manisha; Chen, Pearl – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2006
This paper focuses on the challenges faced by faculty in the urban teacher preparation programs, particularly in the area of technology integration by pre-service and in-service teachers in their classroom instruction. The paper discusses the issues of first-order barriers (access to technology, infrastructure support) and second-order barriers…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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Madden, Andrew; Ford, Nigel; Miller, David; Levy, Philippa – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
A questionnaire was generated from the results of a series of interviews at The City School one of the 27 state secondary schools in Sheffield. In October 2002, it was sent out to 499 Heads of Department at the remaining 26 state secondary schools. Responses were received from 188 teachers, ranging in age from 24 to 60 years old. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Urban Schools, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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McKay, Roberta – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Questions the use and adaptation of computers in the classroom as a panacea for all educational ills. Specifically notes that much of the nature and content of social studies instruction requires class interaction rather than computer instruction. Praises computers as instructional supplements rather than substitutes. (MJP)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment
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Gurney, Penelope J. – McGill Journal of Education, 1996
Describes a pilot project incorporating extensive use of computers in mathematics instruction. Test scores and homework from this group were compared with a group that did not use computers. Results were inconclusive and only revealed a shortage of appropriate instructional software. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
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Keifer-Boyd, Karen T. – Art Education, 1996
Considers recent changes in issues and strategies of art criticism and how these relate to computer-generated images and computer assisted instruction. These changes both reflect and inhabit the decentered, fragmentary, and flexible postmodernist vision. Preservice art teachers should become familiar with these changes. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism, Art Teachers
Fortney, Patrick M. – Contributions to Music Education, 1995
Utilizes the Gregoric Style Delineator (GSD) and other questionnaire instruments to determine the effects of learning styles on the effectiveness of music instruction via interactive audio CD-ROM. Results showed little statistical difference between learning styles. Includes concise descriptions of Gregoric and others' research into learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes
Hergert, Tom; Holmes, Glen – 1993
An interactive tool was created to gauge the skills and attitudes of individuals and populations regarding computer technology and its attendant changes. The goal of the project was to develop a non-threatening, user-friendly instrument to assess the computer skills and attitudes of preservice and inservice teachers and administrators at all…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes
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Brewster, JoAnne – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Examines the techniques used in teaching an abnormal psychology class in a multimedia environment with two computers and a variety of audiovisual equipment. Students respond anonymously to various questions via keypads mounted on their desks, then immediately view and discuss summaries of their responses. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs
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Goodson, Ivor F.; Mangan, Marshall J. – British Educational Research Journal, 1995
Explores the changes wrought in subject discipline classroom cultures by the introduction of computers. Discovered different adaptations and approaches among the subject discipline cultures. Art, technology, and family studies adjusted easier than social studies. Social studies teachers often felt computer instruction stole time away from content…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education
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Riding, Richard J.; Rayner, Stephen – Educational Psychology, 1995
Considers the possibilities and implications of integrating psychoeducational methods and processes with the interactive transfer of information on a worldwide basis. Identifies various components and characteristics of this integration and presents some broad models of how it might work. Emphasizes the importance of educational psychology to this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes