American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
April 2001
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 48
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Using Commonly Available Software for Conducting Bootstrap Analyses
Xitao Fan
Bootstrap analysis, both for nonparametric statistical inference and for describing sample results stability and replicability, has been gaining prominence among quantitative researchers in... More
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An Examination of Digital Dividing Factors on Teachers' Access to Internet Resources in Rural Schools
Jianjun Wang, Toni Briegel, David Goodwin, Amy Patrick, Steve Broidy, Susan Breck, Sanjeevani Joshi & George Calhoun
A study examined technology gaps in rural schools and computer accessibility and Internet use by teachers. Findings from surveys of 205 teachers in the rural Ozarks region of Missouri indicate... More
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Elementary and Secondary Teachers' Perspectives about the Computer Use in Education
Erdinc Cakiroglu, Kursat Cagiltay, Jale Us Cakiroglu & Nergiz Cagiltay
The purpose of this study was to find out how teachers use computers in education, and how they perceive the use of computers in education in Turkey. Data was obtained through a 90-item... More
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Gender Differences in Computer Use and Attitudes on a Ubiquitous Computing Campus
Leah P. McCoy, Tina L. Heafner, Matthew G. Burdick & Laura M. Nagle
As colleges and universities consider various options for wide scale "computerization," one southern liberal arts university has instituted a technology program that insures that all students have ... More
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The Digital Divide in Native American Tribal Schools: Two Case Studies
Abdul Azeez Guice & Leah P. McCoy
This study examined utilization of digital resources at two different Native American tribal schools, one located in the Southwest and another in the Northwest. Ethnographic methods were employed... More
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Knowledge Building Pedagogy and Teacher Change: One Teacher's Journey
Mary Jane Moreau
This narrative account describes issues confronted by third grade students, their teacher candidates, and their experienced teacher as they sought to implement a knowledge building approach. Data... More
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Learning from Teachable Moments: Methodological Lessons from the Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Video Study
Sousan Arafeh, Becky Smerdon & Stephanie Snow
The Secondary Analysis of TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) Video Data study used TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study data and vPrism software to achieve methodological and... More
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Utilization, Knowledge Levels, and Instructional Application of Technology for Teacher Education Faculty
Carol A. Brown
This study measured the level of implementation of computers and other technologies within teacher education method courses and noted how much computers were being utilized for developing problem... More
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Intentional Learners, Cooperative Knowledge Building, and Classroom Inventions
Richard Messina
This paper describes how a fourth grade class at a Canadian laboratory school used an approach to knowledge building that had students participating as intentional learners as they specialized in... More
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Promoting Collaborative Inquiry in Technology Enriched Mathematics Classrooms
Merrilyn Goos, Peter Galbraith, Peter Renshaw & Vince Geiger
The introduction of technology resources into mathematics classrooms promises to create opportunities for enhancing students' learning through active engagement with mathematical ideas; however,... More
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A Comparison between the Learning Environments of Open and Closed Computer Laboratories
Michael Newby & Darrell Fisher
There are two main ways in which the practical component of computer science and information systems courses, the computer laboratory class, may be organized. They may be closed laboratories, which... More
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What We Know and What We Want To Know about Online Education
Gary Hoban & Beverly Neu
This paper begins with a description of National University's online program in educational administration for the California preliminary administrative services certificate, including an overview ... More
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Is Policy Important? Technology Policy and Its Practices in K-12 Education in Canada
Brian Lewis, Richard Smith & Jennifer Jenson
This paper examines the implementation of computer technologies in schools across Canada, focusing on the problem of managing change. The first section discusses what policy is and how policy is... More
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Children's Representations of New Technology: Mismatches between the Public Education Curriculum and Socio-Cultural Learning
Bridget Somekh & Matthew Pearson
The REPRESENTATION Project, 1998-2000, carried out research within elementary schools in six European countries: Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain, and England. Altogether, 31 schools... More
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The Effects of Internet-Based Formative and Summative Assessment on Test Anxiety, Perceptions of Threat, and Achievement
Jerrell C. Cassady, Judey Budenz-Anders, Gary Pavlechko & Wayne Mock
This study evaluated the instructional benefits and barriers related to the use of online formative and summative assessment tools. Data were collected from samples of undergraduate students in... More
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Creating Scalable and Systemic Technology Innovations for Urban Education
Barry Fishman, Elliot Soloway, Joseph Krajcik, Ron Marx & Phyllis Blumenfeld
The past decade has seen great strides in the design of new learning technologies that support learning aligned with standards-based constructivist and inquiry teaching practices. Though there is... More
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Combining Technology and Narrative in a Learning Environment for Workplace Training
Wayne A. Nelson, Paula Wellings, David Palumbo & Christine Gupton
In a project designed to provide training for entry-level job skills in high tech industries, a combination of narrative and technology was employed to aid learners in developing the necessary soft... More
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Risks and Opportunities in the Age of Information Technology: E-Learning, Commercialization, and Measures of Success
Elizabeth Moore Rhodes
This position paper describes a theoretical framework for learning that encompasses new conceptions of learning, namely learning as social practice, new views of the learner as self-directed, and... More
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An Examination of Item Selection Rules by Stratified CAT Designs Integrated with Content Balancing Methods
Chi-Keung Leung, Hua-Hua Chang & Kit-Tai Hau
The multistage alpha-stratified computerized adaptive testing (CAT) design advocated a new philosophy of pool management and item selection using low discriminating items first. It has been... More
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A Framework for Researching Sound's Use in Multimedia Instruction To Enhance Learning
Mary Jean Bishop & Ward Mitchell Cates
Recent technological advances now make possible the full integration of sound in instructional software. Sounds may gain and focus learner attention, reduce distracting stimuli, and make learning... More