Journal of Research on Technology in Education
2008 Volume 40, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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Supporting Social Studies Reading Comprehension with an Electronic Pop-Up Dictionary
Sara Winstead Fry & Ross Gosky
This study investigated how middle school students' comprehension was impacted by reading social studies texts online with a pop-up dictionary function for every word in the text. A quantitative... More
pp. 127-139
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The Role of Teacher Questioning in Promoting Dialogic Literary Inquiry in Computer-Mediated Communication
Susan L. Groenke & Trena Paulus
This article reports research from an innovative university-secondary school partnership, the Web Pen Pals Project, which pairs preservice English teachers in online chat rooms with local middle... More
pp. 141-164
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Transformative Pathways: Inclusive Pedagogies in Teacher Education
Hafdis Guojonsdottir, Marcelle Cacciattolo, Eva Dakich, Anne Davies, Claire Kelly & Mary C. Dalmau
This paper reports a three-year study of Praxis Inquiry based developments in teacher education undertaken by an international consortium of university colleagues who have worked in Australia,... More
pp. 165-182
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Advancing Acquisition of Business Know-How: Critical Learning Elements
Timo Lainema & Kirsi Lainema
The turbulent business environment requires business expertise from ever-larger personnel groups. The required business know-how is a combination of knowledge and several different skills, and it... More
pp. 183-198
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Acquisition of Physics Content Knowledge and Scientific Inquiry Skills in a Robotics Summer Camp
Douglas C. Williams, Yuxin Ma, Louise Prejean, Mary Jane Ford & Guolin Lai
Despite the growing popularity of robotics competitions such as FIRST LEGO League, robotics activities are typically not found in regular K-12 classrooms. We speculate that, among other reasons,... More
pp. 201-216
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Accommodating Individual Differences in the Design of Online Learning Environments: A Comparative Study
Mahnaz Moallem
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a comparative and descriptive study that examined the relationship and effects of incorporating students' learning styles in the design of... More
pp. 217-245
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Impact of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) on Teachers' Beliefs regarding Technology Use
Sung Hee Park & Peggy A. Ertmer
Although computers are now commonplace within our lives, integration within schools is much less ordinary. While access and training are no longer considered significant barriers, attention has... More
pp. 247-267