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Robertson, Laura; Lamie, Catherine; Moran, Renee; Tai, Chih-Che – Science and Children, 2021
This article describes a project that integrates English Language Arts (ELA) and coding into environmental science. For this project, students researched science content about human impact on the environment, communicated their findings through a traditionally formatted narrative story, and then used a coding program called Scratch to create an…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Science Instruction, Language Arts, Coding
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Hagge, Julia – Gifted Child Today, 2017
Digital technology offers new possibilities for children to play, express themselves, learn, and communicate. A recent development in online practice is a shift toward youth engaged in computer programming online communities. Programming is argued to be the new literacy of the millennium. In this article, I examine the use of Scratch, an online…
Descriptors: Programming, Technological Literacy, Early Adolescents, Academically Gifted
Neebe, Diana Combs – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Learning by example is nothing new to the education landscape. Research into think-aloud protocols, though often used as a form of assessment rather than instruction, provided practical, content-specific literacy strategies for crafting the instructional intervention in this study. Additionally, research into worked examples--from the earliest…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Protocol Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Davidson, Leavery Y. Jefferson; Richardson, Martha; Jones, Don – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
Federal mandates require technology use in the classroom, but not all English language arts (ELA) teachers have implemented technology as an integral part of teaching. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate why ELA teachers in 2 local high schools rarely or never use technology as an instructional tool. The study was…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Teacher Attitudes
Davidson, Leavery Y. Jefferson – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Federal mandates require technology use in the classroom, but not all English language arts (ELA) teachers have implemented technology as an integral part of teaching. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate why ELA teachers in 2 local high schools rarely or never use technology as an instructional tool. The study was…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Language Arts
Tustin, Rachel Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Virtual K-12 schools have rapidly become a popular choice for parents and students in the last decade. However, little research has been done on the instructional practices used in virtual courses. As reflected in the central research question, the purpose of this study was to explore how teachers provided instruction for Grade 7-10 students in…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Educational Technology, Grade 7, Grade 8