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Wisnicki, Stephanie Kraft – ProQuest LLC, 2014
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, it forced Americans to examine the state of science and technology at home. Almost ten years later in 1983, the A Nation at Risk Report showed that schools were still failing in many areas including technology. The No Child Left Behind Report released in the early 2000s confirmed that educational…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
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Mushayikwa, Emmanuel – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
This paper is part of a larger study that was carried out to investigate the use of information communication technology (ICT) in the self-directed professional development (SDPD) of mathematics and science teachers in Zimbabwe. The educational context provides an example of how teachers compensated for lack of structured government initiatives to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Chapman, Betty F.; Gaytan, Jorge A. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2009
Background: Business teacher educators prepare business teachers and workers to be successful in today's constantly changing technological environment. Therefore, business teacher educators must meet the challenge to be prepared technologically to educate their students for the workforce. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Business Education Teachers, Internet, Word Processing
Blackwell, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The use of computers and computer-based applications is prevalent in schools, from the classroom to the principal's office. This study of middle school principals in Virginia and West Virginia addressed the following eight questions: (a) What computer technology applications are available to middle school principals? (b) What are the perceived…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology
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Zucker, Andrew A.; Hug, Sarah T. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
1:1 laptop programs, in which every student is provided with a personal computer to use during the school year, permit increased and routine use of powerful, user-friendly computer-based tools. Growing numbers of 1:1 programs are reshaping the roles of teachers and learners in science classrooms. At the Denver School of Science and Technology, a…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Student Surveys, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Spires, Hiller A.; Lee, John K.; Turner, Kimberly A.; Johnson, Janet – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2008
Growing consensus among policy makers and educators alike suggests that our education system must be transformed to address the needs of a global society as well as the needs of the 21st century student. Often overlooked as a resource, students can contribute a valuable perspective on education. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to learn…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Faculty Development, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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Wenglinsky, Harold – Educational Leadership, 2006
Although instructional technology has made large gains in the last 15 years in terms of the quantity and quality of computers available in schools, major questions remain about the effects of all this technology on student achievement. The author has conducted a series of studies to address these questions. By analyzing test score and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Academic Achievement, Questionnaires, Computer Uses in Education
Russell, Michael; Bebell, Damian; Cowan, Jennifer; Corbelli, Mary – 2002
Although increasing numbers of schools are investing in portable writing devices, few have attempted to provide one device for each student. Instead, classroom sets of portable writing devices are often shared across classrooms or classrooms are equipped with a limited number of devices that are shared among students. As an example of the latter,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Equipment, Educational Resources
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Owston, Ronald D.; Wideman, Herbert H. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1997
A three-year study (grades 3-5) of two groups of elementary school students determined that writing quality improved in a high-computer-access school, as indicated by holistic measures of writing message (meaning and content quality) and medium (quality of the form and surface features). In-class observation supported the contention that word…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Childrens Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment