Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
January 2009 Volume 28, Number 1
Editors
Gary H. Marks
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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