Gender, Girls, and Computer Technology: What's the Status Now?

Deborah Butler

Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas Vol. 73, No. 4 (2000) pp. 225–29

Reviews research and literature on gender and technology. Looks at computer equity themes of the 1980's and early 1990's, and argues that middle school is the place to make a difference. Lists recommendations in the literature for assisting girls...

Collaborative inquiry in teacher professional development

Deborah L. Butler; Leyton Schnellert

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 28, No. 8 (November 2012) pp. 1206–1220

This article presents an in-depth case study of a complex community of inquiry. In this community, teachers worked collaboratively to build from situated assessments of students'learning through reading to refine and monitor practices designed to...

Language: English

Co-constructors of data, co-constructors of meaning: Teacher professional development in an age of accountability

Leyton M. Schnellert; Deborah L. Butler; Stephanie K. Higginson

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 24, No. 3 (April 2008) pp. 725–750

This research examines how engaging teachers in collaboratively constructing situated assessments enhances teacher professional development, fosters meaningful shifts to practice, and supports productive conceptions of accountability. We conducted...

Language: English

Understanding the Impact of Guiding Inquiry: The Relationship between Directive Support, Student Attributes, and Transfer of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours in Inquiry Learning

Ido Roll; Deborah Butler; Nikki Yee; Ashley Welsh; Sarah Perez; Adriana Briseno; Katherine Perkins; Doug Bonn

Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 46, No. 1 (2018) pp. 77–104

Guiding inquiry learning has been shown to increase knowledge gains. Yet, little is known about the effect of guidance on attitudes and behaviours, its interaction with student attributes, and transfer of impact once guidance is removed. We address...

Collaboration and self-regulation in teachers’ professional development

Deborah L Butler; Helen Novak Lauscher; Sandra Jarvis-Selinger; Beverly Beckingham

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 20, No. 5 pp. 435–455

This paper describes a professional development model with promise for supporting meaningful shifts in practice. We begin by introducing the theoretical principles underlying our professional development model, with a focus on explicating the...

Language: English

Pattern of Task Interpretation and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies of High School Students and College Freshmen during an Engineering Design Project

Oenardi Lawanto; Deborah Butler; Sylvie C. Cartier; Harry B. Santoso; Wade Goodridge; Kevin N. Lawanto; David Clark

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (2013) pp. 15–27

The objective of this exploratory study was to describe patterns in self-regulated learning (SRL) for both high school students and college freshmen while engaged in a design activity. The main research question guiding this study was: How did high...