Search results for author:"Jan Hawkins"
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Computers and Girls: Rethinking the Issues
Jan Hawkins
Sex Roles Vol. 13, No. 3 (1985) pp. 165–80
Findings from several research projects on the use of computer technology are reported which point to patterns of difference between boys and girls in education settings. Argues that sex differences emerge in relation to functions computers serve...
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Design-Experiments for Infusing Technology into Learning
Jan Hawkins; Allan Collins
Educational Technology Vol. 32, No. 9 (1992) pp. 63–67
Discusses the role that technology must play in schools to be effective in changing the nature of students' learning. The relationship between schools, society, and technology is examined; the traditional research approach is described as...
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Challenges of Formative Testing: Conducting Situated Research in Classrooms. Technical Report No. 48
Jan Hawkins; Margaret A. Honey
It is argued that the three basic issues that have typically been the concern of formative evaluation (comprehensibility, appeal, and usefulness) tell us very little about the role that an instructional product can play in the ongoing environment of ...
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Tools for Bridging the Cultures of Everyday and Scientific Thinking
Jan Hawkins; Roy D. Pea
Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 24, No. 4 (1987) pp. 291–307
Presents perspectives on creating new technology-based supports for science learning. Reviews current philosophies concerning the interpretative nature of scientific inquiry and discusses the difficulties of students and teachers in science...