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Siko, Jason Paul; Barbour, Michael Kristopher – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Similar to previous iterations, this action research study examined student perceptions of K-12 online learning as part of an action research project working to improve a graduate course on using internet-based instruction in the classroom. Additionally, since the data were collected prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, additional analysis of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study, Internet
Vu, Phu; Fredrickson, Scott; Gaskill, Martonia – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
This study examined how one-to-one initiatives were conducted in rural public K-12 educational settings in a mid-western US state. Research data were gathered from interview responses from 15 school personnel who were either educational technology directors or school principals at 15 rural public K-12 schools. The study found that when schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools, Public Schools, Access to Computers
Duncan, Keri J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This mixed-methods study examined student engagement and the development of twenty-first-century learning skills of collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking for Grade 3 students who used immersive game-based learning activities using Breakout EDU strategies compared to students who used traditional small-group methods. BOEDU…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, 21st Century Skills, Cooperation
Aldosemani, Tahani Ibrahim; Shepherd, Craig E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
The purpose of the study was to examine preservice teachers' attitudes using Second Life for multicultural literacy and to explore effective strategies to implement this technology in teacher preparation programs. Participants included thirty-six preserve teachers from early childhood, elementary, and secondary education programs.…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Cultural Pluralism, Preschool Teachers
Wasko, Christopher – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
Augmented reality (AR) enhanced learning environments have been designed to teach a variety of subjects by having learners act like professionals in the field as opposed to students in a classroom. The environments, grounded in constructivist and situated learning theories, place students in a meaningful, non-classroom environment and force them…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Student Attitudes, Constructivism (Learning)
Boeglin-Quintana, Brenda; Donovan, Loretta – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
Many educators would agree that one way to enhance reading fluency is by being read to by fluent readers. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of providing students with audio books via an iPod Shuffle during silent reading time at school. For six weeks, Kindergarten participants spent time either silent reading or listening to a…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Audio Books, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
Delacruz, Stacy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
A student teacher placed at a school with a high English Language Learner population used mini iPads, and an application called Nearpod, during guided reading instruction. Groups of students in a fourth grade classroom used this application. The students and the teacher were interviewed to determine the benefits and challenges of this approach. An…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Teachers, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
Yusup, Yusri – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
This paper examines the status of iPad (1st generation) use as a learning device among primary school teachers enrolled in an undergraduate bachelor of education program at a private university in Malaysia. A survey was conducted on 93 teachers who were given iPads to assist them in this online distance-learning program in the March 2011 semester.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Elementary School Teachers, Bachelors Degrees
Lowdermilk, John; Martinez, Deborah; Pecina, Julie; Beccera, Lisa; Lowdermilk, Carey – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
This article examines the use of a focused educational game. The game, "Behavior Breakthroughs"[TM], was created to teach people that work with children with autism, appropriate behavior management techniques. A group of undergraduate, teacher education students played the game and provided feedback on their experiences.
Descriptors: Autism, Student Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Special Education
Barnett, Joshua H.; Archambault, Leanna – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
Games have always been a part of the human experience. Even the earliest of civilizations created games for enjoyment and entertainment. However, the educational value of those games is a relatively recent consideration. Over the previous fifty years, scholars have questioned the potential positive lessons learned from games such as Monopoly[R],…
Descriptors: Economics, Theories, Instructional Effectiveness, Computer Simulation
McClanahan, Barbara; Williams, Kristen; Kennedy, Ed; Tate, Susan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
As part of a diagnosis and tutoring project in an elementary education reading course, a pre-service teacher was encouraged to use an iPad as the vehicle for intervention strategies with a fifth grade struggling reader with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The device not only helped the student focus attention, it facilitated his becoming…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intervention, Elementary Education, Reading Improvement
Paulus, Trena; Spence, Marsha – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
We describe two iterations of the design, development, implementation and evaluation of small online activity and reflection blogging groups into a large undergraduate lecture course in nutrition. Our goal was to promote student learning and conceptual change through reflection and interaction in blog conversations. We found the blog conversations…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Discussion, Computer Mediated Communication
Kurz, Terri L.; Batarelo, Ivana – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
After interacting with a Best Practices video case whole class and individually, preservice teachers were asked to reflect on what features they deemed helpful. In addition, they were asked to reflect on what additional features they would find desirable. The constant comparative method was used to analyze the data (Glaser, 1965). Three features…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Cheon, Jongpil; Grant, Michael – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
The website "Active Listening" was developed within a larger project--"Interactive Web-based training in the subtleties of communication and active listening skill development." The Active Listening site aims to provide beginning counseling psychology students with didactic and experimental learning activities and interactive tests so that…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Listening, Formative Evaluation, Counseling Psychology
Wang, Charles Xiaoxue – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Over the past four years, the Technology Proficiency Self-Assessment (TPSA) created by Ropp (n.d.) and the Student Information Survey designed by Shoffner (2007a) were used to monitor the technology integration competence of pre-service teachers in a technology integration course at Georgia State University. The data collected and class…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Learning Strategies, Program Effectiveness
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