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Inquiry-Based Lessons that Integrate Technology: Their Development and Evaluation in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education
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Wentworth, Nancy; Monroe, Eula E. – Computers in the Schools, 2011
Technology-enhanced mathematics tasks were introduced to elementary pre-service candidates (n = 84) and in-service teachers (n = 38), who then, either in partners or small groups, created and taught inquiry-based lessons incorporating technology, with individual reflections. The lessons were coded using the following criteria: (a) The students…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Mathematics Instruction, Inquiry
Using Digital Primary Sources to Teach Historical Perspective to Preservice Teachers
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Waring, Scott M.; Torrez, Cheryl A. Franklin – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2010
This article focuses on the use of digital primary sources to teach historical perspective to preservice teachers. Discussed here are the experiences of 90 elementary education majors during their inquiry-based elementary social studies methods course. A variety of digital primary sources were used to teach historical perspective and to model…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
An E-Class Application in a Distance English Language Teacher Training Program (DELTT): Turkish Learners' Perceptions
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Aydin, Belgin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
This study focuses on a synchronous e-class project which was developed to increase the effectiveness of a second year advanced reading course within the Distance English Language Teacher Training (DELTT) program in Turkey. The aim of the study is to explore the perceptions of learners who participated in the e-class application and the impact of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Distance Education, Program Effectiveness, Diaries
Integrating the Concept Attainment Teaching Model and Videodisk Images.
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Nelson, Mike; Pan, Alex – 1995
An instructional program was constructed that explored the responses and perceptions of preservice elementary school teachers while finding and using characteristics to construct categories or concepts. The program integrated ideas about teaching thinking skills using computers. HyperCard and videodisk images were used to develop a program so that…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
On the Net: ICT4LT--Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers
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LeLoup, Jean W.; Ponterio, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
Foreign language (FL) teachers have long been leaders in the use of technology in the classroom, from short wave radio and newspapers, to film strips, to tape recorders, to records, 16 mm films, video, and now computers, as a means of bringing authentic language and culture to their students. Computer and Internet technologies require…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
An Instrument to Support Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking in Online Asynchronous Discussions
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Murphy, Elizabeth – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
This paper reports on the creation of an instrument for use by instructors, students, or researchers to identify, measure or promote critical thinking (CT) in online asynchronous discussions (OADs). Four models of CT were reviewed, synthesised, analysed, and evaluated to clarify the construct. Indicators of specific cognitive processes related to…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Discussion Groups, Transcripts (Written Records), Test Construction