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Download full textMurfin, Brian – 1995
This study is an attempt to determine the extent of telecommunications use by secondary school science teachers in the Queens borough of New York City. Science teachers in 39 middle schools and 32 high schools were surveyed in May, 1994, in the following categories of information: access to computers, hardware preference, hardware in use, access…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, High Schools
Fishman, Barry J.; D'Amico, Laura M. – 1994
A suite of networked computer tools within a pedagogical framework was designed to enhance earth science education at the high school level. These tools give students access to live satellite images, weather maps, and other scientific data dealing with the weather, and make it easy for students to make their own weather forecasts by creating…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Nelson, Mike – 1991
As a result of survey assessments which suggested a limited supply of science instructional resources in the Northaeastern Kansas area, the INSTEP (Integrative Network for Science Teaching Exploration and Practice) project was developed. Twenty-two 2nd-12th grade teachers from six school districts participated during 7 months of the project. The…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Science
Aust, Ronald – 1991
The development and dissemination of science materials can be associated with technical delivery systems such as the Unified Network for Informatics in Teacher Education (UNITE). The UNITE project was designed to investigate ways for using computer networking to improve communications and collaboration among university schools of education and…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Science
Lehman, James D.; Campbell, John P. – 1991
Microcomputer-based laboratories (MBLs) are believed to have significant potential for improving laboratory experiences in science classrooms. A study funded through a grant project called STEPS to Better Science sought to broaden the knowledge base by examining MBL use by teachers and students in a variety of science classrooms in six high…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Demonstrations (Educational), Experiential Learning
Bank Street Coll. of Education, New York, NY. Center for Children and Technology. – 1990
This document consists of three papers which explore aspects of language use in science classrooms descriptively and prescriptively, based on naturalistic and experimental observations. The discovery of the importance of the verbal mode of communication through involvement in creating computer-based activities is discussed. Papers include: (1)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Neill, D. Kevin; Gomez, Louis M. – 1994
The Collaboratory Notebook, developed as part of the Learning Through Collaborative Visualization Project (CoVis), is a networked, multimedia knowledge-building environment which has been designed to help students, teachers and scientists share inquiry over the boundaries of time and space. CoVis is an attempt to change the way that science is…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning
