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Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching

January 2009 Volume 28, Number 1

Editors

Gary H. Marks

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Table of Contents

Number of articles: 4

  1. Ubiquitous wireless laptops in upper elementary mathematics

    Roy Clariana, Pennsylvania State University, United States

    This quasi-experimental investigation considers the second year of implementation of wireless laptops (1:1 ratio) in three 6th grade mathematics classrooms in one school compared to non-laptop... More

    pp. 5-21

  2. Challenges in Mentoring Software Development Projects in the High School: Analysis According to Shulman's Teacher Knowledge Base Model

    Orni Meerbaum–Salant & Orit Hazzan, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    This paper focuses on challenges in mentoring software development projects in the high school and analyzes difficulties encountered by Computer Science teachers in the mentoring process according ... More

    pp. 23-43

  3. Preservice Science Teachers’ Use of Educational Technology in Student Teaching

    Karen Irving, The Ohio State University, United States

    This study focuses on how preservice science teachers integrated educational technology into secondary science instruction during student teaching. Data includes interviews, classroom... More

    pp. 45-70

  4. Analyzing Student Performance and Attitudes Toward Textual versus Iconic Programming Languages

    Janet Mei-Chuen Lin, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan; Mei-Ching Yang, Xiu De Elementary School, Taiwan

    In this study half of 52 sixth graders learned to program in MSWLogo and the other half in Drape. An analysis of students' test scores revealed that Drape (an iconic language) seemed to have a... More

    pp. 71-89