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Geçer, Aynur Kolburan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Problem Statement: Students may behave differently from each other during the learning process. While some of them struggle to conceive the subject with all respects (the deep studying approach), the others just memorize it without any effort to comprehend (the surface studying approach). Today, students usually learn the strategies on their own…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Luongo, Nicole – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2012
This study was designed to increase gender equity awareness in elementary school teachers with respect to student computer and technology usage. Using professional development methods with a group of teachers, the writer attempted to help them become more aware of gender bias in technology instruction. An analysis of the data revealed that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Gender Bias, Computer Uses in Education
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Veletsianos, George; Kimmons, Royce – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Researchers, educators, policymakers, and other education stakeholders hope and anticipate that openness and open scholarship will generate positive outcomes for education and scholarship. Given the emerging nature of open practices, educators and scholars are finding themselves in a position in which they can shape and/or be shaped by openness.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Technology, Scholarship, Information Technology
Nelson, Jennifer; Braafladt, Keith – ALA Editions, 2012
Technology may not be a magic wand, but innovative technology programming can genuinely help children become adept at navigating our increasingly wired world while also helping them develop deductive reasoning, math, and other vital literacy skills. One of the simplest and most powerful tools for technology-based public library programming is…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Time Management, Computer Uses in Education, Public Libraries
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Xu, Beijie; Recker, Mimi – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
Teachers and students increasingly enjoy unprecedented access to abundant web resources and digital libraries to enhance and enrich their classroom experiences. However, due to the distributed nature of such systems, conventional educational research methods, such as surveys and observations, provide only limited snapshots. In addition,…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Instructional Design, Mixed Methods Research, Use Studies
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Wang, Hsuan-Po; Kuo, Bor-Chen; Tsai, Ya-Hsun; Liao, Chen-Huei – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
In the era of globalization, the trend towards learning Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) has become increasingly popular worldwide. The increasing demand in learning CFL has raised the profile of the Chinese proficiency test (CPT). This study will analyze in depth the inadequacy of current CPT's utilizing the common European framework of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Global Approach
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Martin, Marie; Noakes, Michaela – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
As technology continues to flatten the world and as Web 2.0 changes the way knowledge is created and shared, tertiary education institutions are turning increasingly to e-learning to extend access to students globally as well as to improve the quality of their learning experience. Learning Management Systems (LMS) currently dominate the delivery…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Management Systems, Foreign Countries
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Barone, Diane – Research in the Schools, 2012
This article focuses on young children's use of Web 2.0 and social media. A background is provided about the use of Web 2.0 and social media among young children. Strengths and concerns are discussed as well as home and school use of Web 2.0 and social media. Exemplary websites are shared. The article concludes with potential changes in the…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Young Children, School Involvement, Mass Media Use
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Bielefeldt, Talbot – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
Correlational analysis of two years of classroom observation indicates relationships between technology use and various classroom characteristics, including teacher roles and instructional strategies. Three observers used the ISTE Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT) to record 144 observations of classrooms participating in a variety of educational…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Programs, Standards, Interrater Reliability
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Pluye, Pierre; Grad, Roland; Granikov, Vera; Theriault, Guylene; Fremont, Pierre; Burnand, Bernard; Mercer, Jay; Marlow, Bernard; Arroll, Bruce; Luconi, Francesca; Legare, France; Labrecque, Michel; Ladouceur, Roger; Bouthillier, France; Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile; Moscovici, Jonathan – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Systematic literature reviews provide best evidence, but are underused by clinicians. Thus, integrating Cochrane reviews into continuing medical education (CME) is challenging. We designed a pilot CME program where summaries of Cochrane reviews ("Courriels Cochrane") were disseminated by e-mail. Program participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Medical Education, Physicians
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Liu, Alan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2012
The scholarly field of the digital humanities has recently expanded and integrated its fundamental concepts, historical coverage, relationship to social experience, scale of projects, and range of interpretive approaches. All this brings the overall field (including the related area of new media studies) to a tipping point where it has the…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines, Definitions
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Palmer, Susan B.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Williams-Diehm, Kendra; Little, Todd D. – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
Promoting self-determination has been identified as best practice in special education and transition services and as a means to promote goal attainment and access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities. There have been, however, limited evaluations of the effects of interventions to promote self-determination on…
Descriptors: General Education, High School Students, Success, Models
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Trew, Jennifer L.; Nelsen, Jacqueline L. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
Audience response systems (ARS) are effective tools for improving learning outcomes and student engagement in large undergraduate classes. However, if students do not accept ARS and do not find them to be useful, ARS may be less effective. Predicting and improving student perceptions of ARS may help to ensure positive outcomes. The present study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Prediction
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Cuhadar, Cem – Computers & Education, 2012
The current study investigated the relationship between problematic Internet use and social interaction anxiety among pre-service teachers. Participants were 1235 students attending teacher training programs at a Turkish state university. The "Problematic Internet Use Scale" and "Social Interaction Anxiety Scale" were used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Interaction
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Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Anne T.; Brush, Thomas A.; Strycker, Jesse; Gronseth, Susie; Roman, Tiffany; Abaci, Serdar; vanLeusen, Peter; Shin, Sungwon; Easterling, Wylie; Plucker, Jonathan – Computers & Education, 2012
Researchers have called for renewed efforts in exploring both what knowledge should be taught in preservice teacher education programs with regard to technology, and how to best prepare teachers to effectively use that knowledge to support teaching and learning. This study compared the importance of technology topics from teacher educators and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Thinking Skills
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