Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
January 2015 Volume 34, Number 1
Editors
Gary H. Marks
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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Guiding Age 10-11 Students to Notice the Salient Features of Physical Change Models in Chemistry Digital Learning Objects
Brenda Gustafson, University of Alberta, Canada; Peter Mahaffy & Brian Martin, The King's University College, Canada
This paper focuses on one Grade 5 class (9 females; 9 males) who worked in student-pairs to view five digital learning object (DLO) lessons created by the authors and meant to introduce students to... More
pp. 5-39
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Young Children’s Learning Performance and Efficiency when Using Virtual Manipulative Mathematics iPad Apps
Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham, Jessica F. Shumway, Emma Bullock & Stephen I. Tucker, Utah State University, United States; Katie L. Anderson-Pence, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, United States; Arla Westenskow, Jennifer Boyer-Thurgood, Cathy Maahs-Fladung, Juergen Symanzik, Salif Mahamane, Beth MacDonald & Kerry Jordan, Utah State University, United States
Part of a larger initiation mixed methods study (Greene, Caracelli, & Graham, 1989), this paper discusses the changes in young children’s learning performance and efficiency (one element of the... More
pp. 41-69
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Effect of Robotics enhanced inquiry based learning in elementary Science education in South Korea.
Jungho Park, Gwangju National University of Education, Korea (South)
Much research has been conducted in educational robotics, a new instructional technology, for K–12 education. However, there are arguments on the effect of robotics and limited empirical evidence... More
pp. 71-95
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The Impact of an Interdisciplinary Space Program on Computer Science Student Learning
Jeremy Straub, Ronald Marsh & David Whalen, University of North Dakota, United States
Project-based learning and interdisciplinary projects present an opportunity for students to learn both technical skills and other skills which are relevant to their workplace success. This paper ... More
pp. 97-125