Investigating the Availability and Use of Technology in Urban Middle School Classrooms
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Mar 05, 2012 in Austin, Texas, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-92-1
Abstract
The present study investigates the availability and use of instructional technology in 64 middle school classrooms serving predominantly minority students from economically-disadvantaged families. The T3 Overall Classroom Observation Measure, a high-inference walkthrough instrument, was developed to examine: (a) types and uses of technology present in the classroom, (b) teacher’s technology usage, (c) students’ technology usage, (d) teacher’s general instructional behaviors, and (e) students’ general behaviors. The results revealed that instructional technology was widely available in the classrooms, but most teachers and students were only using it to “some extent.” The classroom instruction observed, however, was more student-centered than teacher-directed.
Citation
Evans, R., Kilinc, E., Waxman, H. & Houston, W.R. (2012). Investigating the Availability and Use of Technology in Urban Middle School Classrooms. In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of SITE 2012--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1767-1772). Austin, Texas, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/39843.
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