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Chung-Yuan Hsu; Meng-Jung Tsai – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
This research aimed to investigate the structural relationships among teachers' computational thinking (CT), design thinking (DT), robotics teaching beliefs, and robotics pedagogical content knowledge (RPCK). A total of 98 in-service and pre-service teachers who participated in a robotics teaching professional development workshop served as the…
Descriptors: Robotics, Computer Science Education, Factor Analysis, Technological Literacy
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Parrish, Andrea H.; Sadera, William A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
Learning environments with a one-to-one student-to-computer ratio have unique qualities when compared with traditional learning spaces. Past studies have focused on the impact of the technology, but we continue to fall short of understanding how to systematically utilize one-to-one technology to facilitate instructional improvement. This study…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Student Centered Learning, Technology Integration, Faculty Development
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Mills, Kelly; Jass Ketelhut, Diane; Gong, Xiaoyang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) model scientific inquiry practices and can provide rich learning experiences for students. However, the teacher is an essential component of how the students engage with the technology, as they embed the IVE into everyday teaching and learning. Ideally, classroom pedagogies would reflect the scientific…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Change, Technology Integration, Inquiry
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Pareto, Lena; Willermark, Sara – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
Technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) is a well-known conceptual framework for what knowledge teachers need in order to teach successfully using technology. Most recent TPACK studies address assessment of teacher TPACK by quantitative self-reporting surveys. Such an approach provides little guidance for teachers in how to develop…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Elementary School Teachers
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Huang, Fang; Teo, Timothy; Zhou, Mingming – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
This article explores Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' attitudes toward technology use and the factors that influence their technology acceptance. A qualitative study was conducted with data obtained from semistructured, in-depth interviews of 14 university teachers from six provinces. The interview data revealed that Chinese…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
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Koh, Joyce Hwee Ling; Chai, Ching Sing; Lim, Wei Ying – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
This article explicates the conception and evaluation of an information and communications technologies (ICT) professional development process for developing teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge for 21st century learning. The process emphasizes teachers' prolonged engagement with peers and researchers in design teams. Supported by…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Information Technology
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Coleman, LaToya O.; Gibson, Philip; Cotten, Shelia R.; Howell-Moroney, Michael; Stringer, Kristi – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
This study examines the relationship between internal barriers, professional development, and computer integration outcomes among a sample of fourth- and fifth-grade teachers in an urban, low-income school district in the Southeastern United States. Specifically, we examine the impact of teachers' computer attitudes, computer anxiety, and computer…
Descriptors: Correlation, Barriers, Technology Integration, Computer Uses in Education
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Graham, Charles R.; Tripp, Tonya; Wentworth, Nancy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
This study explores the efforts at Brigham Young University to improve preservice candidates' technology integration using the Teacher Work Sample (TWS) as an assessment tool. Baseline data that was analyzed from 95 TWSs indicated that students were predominantly using technology for productivity and information presentation purposes even though…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Work Sample Tests, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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Keller, John B.; Bonk, Curtis J.; Hew, Khe – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
Professional development that leads to change in teacher practice is hard to find, especially professional development focused on technology integration. The Teacher Institute for Curriculum Knowledge about the Integration of Technology (TICKIT) successfully answers both challenges. This article reports on a study aimed at understanding the impact…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Faculty Development, Inservice Education
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Hughes, Joan E.; Kerr, Shantia P.; Ooms, Ann – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
Guided by a situated learning framework, this research examines the nature of teachers' technology learning when participating in a content-focused technology inquiry group, the ways teachers integrate what they learn into content-specific student learning activities, and how situated features of the learning context influence teacher learning.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Teachers, Technology Education, Educational Technology
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Lloyd, Margaret; Mcrobbie, Campbell – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
The question of what makes for effective teacher professional development in ICT is an enduring one. In a recent study in Queensland (Australia), we visited 19 rural and regional schools and interviewed teachers, administrators and ICT coordinators to find that a school-based practicum was effective in impacting the practice and beliefs of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Practicums, Technology Education, Faculty Development
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Meier, Ellen B. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
The Center for Technology and School Change (CTSC) is a research and development center specializing in professional development, evaluation and technology integration research. The goal of the qualitative research reported in this article was to identify factors that strengthen the integration of technology in classrooms in ways that are…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Technology Integration, Qualitative Research, Research and Development Centers
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Swan, Karen; Kratcoski, Annette; Mazzer, Pat; Schenker, Jason – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
This article describes an ongoing situated professional development program in which teachers bring their intact classes for an extended stay in a ubiquitous computing environment equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art computing devices. The experience is unique in that it not only situates teacher learning about technology integration in…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Faculty Development
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Franklin, Cheryl A.; Sessoms, Deidre B. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
This article describes a collaborative professional development model in which faculty in a College of Education partnered with a local school district to design and implement a year-long project in an effort to increase effective integration of technology in instruction by K-8 classroom teachers, university teacher preparation faculty,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Educators, Elementary School Teachers
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Holmes, Aliya; Polhemus, Linda; Jennings, Sybillyn – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
The Capital Area Technology and Inquiry in Education program (CATIE) is a content-focused, inquiry-based professional development program developed by the Center for Initiatives in Pre-College Education (CIPCE) to assist K-6 teachers in the technology integration process. To address concerns of sustain-ability and cost-effectiveness, this situated…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers