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Virtual Field Experiences: Helping Pre-Service Teachers Learn about Diverse Classrooms through Video Conferencing Connections with K-12 Classrooms
James Lehman; Jennifer Richardson
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1727–1728
Field placements for future teachers must address issues such as diversity and technology use. Video conferencing technologies can help pre-service teachers to observe and interact with K-12 classrooms at a distance. New IP-based video...
Topics: Teachers, Video, Classrooms, Students
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Caring for “others”: Examining the interplay of mothering and deficit discourses in teaching
Jennifer Hauver James
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 28, No. 2 (February 2012) pp. 165–173
Data from a year-long narrative inquiry, involving six American women elementary school teachers, suggests that teachers’ conceptions of caring are primarily shaped by their biographies. Despite teachers’ claims that they knew their students well,...
Language: English
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Developing A Large-Scale, Web-Based, Professional Electronic Portfolio System:
Jennifer Richardson; James Lehman
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2180–2182
Electronic portfolios offer a powerful tool for students to demonstrate mastery of performance-based standards. Purdue's School of Education developed a large-scale, web-based, electronic portfolio system. which relies on a web-based interface to a...
Topics: Professional Development, Standards, Portfolios, Students
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Making Connections in Teacher Education: Electronic Portfolios, Videoconferencing, and Distance Field Experiences
James D. Lehman; Jennifer Richardson
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)
Today, teacher education programs are faced with a variety of challenges. They must prepare future teachers to meet national and state standards with regard to both content and pedagogy in an era when there is increased emphasis on performance....
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Environmental Connections and Concept Mapping: Implementing a New Learning Technology at Lewis & Clark College
James D. Proctor; Jennifer Bernstein
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences Vol. 3, No. 1 (March 2013) pp. 30–41
What is environment? The answer to this question is fundamental to how we teach environmental studies and sciences (ESS). We follow recent scholarly literature in approaching environment as connection, not as some category of reality, and consider...
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Developing understanding while writing essays in history
James F. Voss; Jennifer Wiley
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 27, No. 3 pp. 255–265
Using the textbase-situation model of discourse processing and assuming a distinction of learning (recall of text contents) and understanding (relating different parts of text contents or text to non-text contents), it was found that individuals...
Language: English
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Making Connections in Science: Engaging with ICT to Enhance Curriculum Understanding
Jennifer Masters; James Carolan; Graeme Draaisma
Australian Educational Computing Vol. 27, No. 3 (2013) pp. 95–100
The La Trobe University iteration of the Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project focused initially on subject in the second semester, third year of the Bachelor of Education course called the Multi-Disciplinary Science & Technology...
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Evaluating the Impact of Videocase Modeling on Preservice Teachers' Self-Efficacy toward Technology Integration
Krista Glazewski; Jennifer Richardson; James Lehman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3326–3328
Researchers frequently argue the need for providing models technology integration for pre-service teachers. However, a problem has been locating adequate, age-appropriate models. Recently, several researchers have suggest videocases may meet this...
Topics: Teachers, Integration
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Building Community in Adult Education Cohorts Using Social Media
Jennifer Pena; James Bartlett; Christopher Flowers
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 1575–1579
This paper presents the potential for social media use to create and enhance a sense of community in adult education cohorts. It discloses some history of social media in education, barriers to the incorporation of this media, examples of its...
Topics: Instructional Design
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The Teacher Responding Tool: Scaffolding the teacher practice of responding to student ideas in mathematics classrooms
James P. Bywater; Jennifer L. Chiu; James Hong; Vidhya Sankaranarayanan
Computers & Education Vol. 139, No. 1 (October 2019) pp. 16–30
Research in teacher education highlights the importance of responding to student ideas. However, effectively noticing, interpreting, and then responding to students' mathematical ideas can be quite challenging for teachers as they try to balance...
Language: English
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Scenarios for Teacher Education Programs
Jennifer C. Richardson; Wanda S. Fox; James D. Lehman
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 56, No. 5 (September 2012) pp. 17–24
This paper discusses the history of Internet-based videoconferencing (IVC) within the teacher education program at a large Midwestern university. It explains ways this technology has been used to expand interactions with students and professionals...
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The impact of presentation graphics on students’ experience in the classroom
Jennifer M. Apperson; Eric L. Laws; James A. Scepansky
Computers & Education Vol. 47, No. 1 (August 2006) pp. 116–126
To investigate the benefits and perceived effectiveness of instructional technology, students enrolled in several courses were compared on student evaluations of instruction, grades and an attitudinal questionnaire. The instructors of the courses...
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Early Prediction of Student Self-Regulation Strategies by Combining Multiple Models
Jennifer L. Sabourin; Bradford W. Mott; James C. Lester
International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) 2012 (June 2012)
Self-regulated learning behaviors such as goal setting and monitoring have been found to be crucial to students' success in computer-based learning environments. Consequently, understanding students' self-regulated learning behavior has been the...
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Towards better teaching: productive pedagogy as a framework for teacher education
Jennifer M. Gore; Tom Griffiths; James G. Ladwig
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 20, No. 4 pp. 375–387
In this paper, we explore Productive Pedagogy (PP) as a framework for enhancing teacher education. Reporting results from a study involving student teachers’ application of the four principles of PP during an internship, we consider whether PP...
Language: English
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Overcoming Challenges: "Going Mobile with Your Own Video Models"
Christina R. Carnahan; James D. Basham; Jennifer Christman; Aleksandra Hollingshead
TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 45, No. 2 (2012) pp. 50–59
Video modeling has been shown to be an effective intervention for students with a variety of disabilities. Traditional video models present problems in terms of application across meaningful settings, such as in the community or even across the...
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Impact of Asynchronous Online Discussions: A Study of Implementation in Two Large-Enrollment Blended Courses
James Lehman; Jennifer Richardson; Peggy Ertmer; Timothy Newby; John Campbell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2928–2936
Asynchronous online discussions are widely used in online and blended courses. This study examined the implementation of online discussions in two large-enrollment undergraduate courses, one in engineering and one in education, which were taught...
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A Randomized Experiment of a Mixed-Methods Literacy Intervention for Struggling Readers in Grades 4-6: Effects on Word Reading Efficiency, Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary, and Oral Reading Fluency
James S. Kim; Jennifer F. Samson; Robert Fitzgerald; Ardice Hartry
Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 23, No. 9 (October 2010) pp. 1109–1129
The purpose of this study was (1) to examine the causal effects of READ 180, a mixed-methods literacy intervention, on measures of word reading efficiency, reading comprehension and vocabulary, and oral reading fluency and (2) to examine whether...
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Teaching Applied Behavior Analysis Knowledge Competencies to Direct-Care Service Providers: Outcome Assessment and Social Validation of a Training Program
James K. Luiselli; Jennifer D. Bass; Sara A. Whitcomb
Behavior Modification Vol. 34, No. 5 (September 2010) pp. 403–414
Staff training is a critical performance improvement objective within behavioral health care organizations. This study evaluated a systematic training program for teaching applied behavior analysis knowledge competencies to newly hired direct-care...
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Integrating qualitative and quantitative approaches to the analysis of video data on classroom teaching
Jennifer K Jacobs; Takako Kawanaka; James W Stigler
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 31, No. 8 (1999) pp. 717–724
Video data provide a means of integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches to the study of classroom teaching. This chapter begins by discussing the usefulness of integrating quantitative and qualitative analyses, and then describes how large-...
Language: English
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An assessment of student preferences for PowerPoint presentation structure in undergraduate courses
Jennifer M. Apperson; Eric L. Laws; James A. Scepansky
Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 148–153
Studies have demonstrated that students prefer PowerPoint and respond favorably to classes when it is used. Few studies have addressed the physical structure of PowerPoint. In this study, students enrolled in several psychology classes on two...
Language: English
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Identifying the Technological Needs of the Special Needs Teacher
James W. Forgan; Perry L. Schoon; Jennifer L. Singler; Roberta K. Weber
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1585–1588
Who is choosing the computer software for learners with exceptionalities and special needs at your school? Is the selection and purchase of software delegated to the technology specialist or a committee of classroom teachers? Has the special...
Topics: Software, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Computers, Teachers
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A Comparison of Preservice Teachers' Responses to Cyber versus Traditional Bullying Scenarios: Similarities and Differences and Implications for Practice
Michael J. Boulton; Katryna Hardcastle; James Down; John Fowles; Jennifer A. Simmonds
Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 65, No. 2 (2014) pp. 145–155
Prior studies indicate that teachers differ in how they respond to different kinds of traditional bullying, and that their beliefs predict their intervention intentions. The current study provided the first extension of this work into the realm of...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Gender, Physical Education
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Professional Development Integrating Technology: Does Delivery Format Matter?
Jennifer Claesgens; Lori Rubino-Hare; Nena Bloom; Kristi Fredrickson; Carol Henderson-Dahms; Jackie Menasco; James Sample
Science Educator Vol. 22, No. 1 (2013) pp. 10–18
The goal of the two Power of Data (POD) projects was to increase science, technology and math skills through the implementation of project-based learning modules that teach students how to solve problems through data collection and analysis...
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Enhancing Secondary Science Content Accessibility with Video Games
Matthew T. Marino; Kathleen M. Becht; Eleazar Vasquez; Jennifer L. Gallup; James D. Basham; Benjamin Gallegos
TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 47, No. 1 (October 2014) pp. 27–34
Mobile devices, including iPads, tablets, and so on, are common in high schools across the country. Unfortunately, many secondary teachers see these devices as distractions rather than tools for scaffolding instruction. This article highlights...
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Multidiscipline role-play in a 3D virtual learning environment: Experiences with a large cohort of healthcare students
Marcus McDonald; Tracii Ryan; Jenny Sim; Jennifer James; Philip Maude; Sheila Scutter; Denise Wood
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
Three-dimensional virtual learning environments (3DVLEs), such as Second Life, have been used in education for some time. Although many writers have addressed where, how, and why 3DVLEs are applied in education, only a few articles have concentrated ...
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Multi-University Collaboration via Distance Learning To Train Rural Special Education Teachers and Related Services Personnel
Jennifer Grisham-Brown; James A. Knoll; Belva C. Collins; Constance M. Baird
Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 13, No. 4 (1998) pp. 110–21
Describes a multi-university model for delivering a distance-learning special-education course by compressed video to eight undergraduate and graduate student sites in rural Kentucky. Evaluation indicated the model's effectiveness. Advantages and...
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Lessons on Faculty Development from a PT3 Partnership
Ronald Abate; James Meinke; Pam Cook; Mary Jo Cherry; Jennifer Merritt
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1172–1177
This PT3 strand session describes the faculty professional development efforts of the MIMIC Project (Modeling Instruction With Modern Information and Communications Technologies), a Preparing Tomorrow?s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3)...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Professional Development, Faculty, Information Communication Technologies
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Differential Effects of Orthographic and Phonological Consistency in Cortex for Children with and without Reading Impairment
Donald J. Bolger; Jennifer Minas; Douglas D. Burman; James R. Booth
Neuropsychologia Vol. 46, No. 14 (December 2008) pp. 3210–3224
One of the central challenges in mastering English is becoming sensitive to consistency from spelling to sound (i.e. phonological consistency) and from sound to spelling (i.e. orthographic consistency). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging ...
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K-12 School Business Administrators and Technology, What They Use; What they Want?
Elsa-Sofia Morote; Albert Inserra; Jennifer Bolton; Robert Manley; James Brucia
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3517–3523
Fifty-eight percent of k-12 school business administrators in the Western New York region participated in a survey, in which actual and ideal computer use was assessed in three categories: basic, job specific, and information sharing. We found that...
Topics: Schools, Business, Administrators, Computers
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Teaching Information Privacy in Marketing Courses: Key Educational Issues for Principles of Marketing and Elective Marketing Courses
James W. Peltier; George R. Milne; Joseph E. Phelps; Jennifer T. Barrett
Journal of Marketing Education Vol. 32, No. 2 (August 2010) pp. 224–246
An "information privacy gap" exists in marketing education, with little research addressing the state of information privacy and how appropriate privacy strategies and tactics should be communicated to students. The primary purpose of this article...
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Modeling Instruction with Modern Information and Communications Technology: the MIMIC Project
Ronald Abate; Jennifer Cutler-Merritt; James Meinke; Mary Jo Cherry; David Shutkin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1823–1828
This paper describes the MIMIC Project a U. S. Department of Education Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology implementation grant. In this project colleges of education at five Ohio universities are collaborating to increase the modeling...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Students
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Exploring Community College Faculty Attitudes Towards Training to Use Technology for Learning: A Case of Q Methodology
James Bartlett; Christopher Flowers; Jennifer Pena; Charlotte Lee-Russel; Randall Romich
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1752–1758
This paper examines community college faculty attitudes toward training (FATT) to use technology in the workplace. The study assess commonalities and differences based on grouping of faculty by attitudes toward training. The review of literature...
Topics: research
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Understanding and Predicting Student Self-Regulated Learning Strategies in Game-Based Learning Environments
Jennifer L. Sabourin; Lucy R. Shores; Bradford W. Mott; James C. Lester
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 94–114
Self-regulated learning behaviors such as goal setting and monitoring have been found to be crucial to students' success in computer-based learning environments. Consequently, understanding students' self-regulated learning behavior has...
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Assessment of an Interactive Computer-Based Patient Prenatal Genetic Screening and Testing Education Tool
Jennifer M. Griffith; James R. Sorenson; J Michael Bowling; Tracey Jennings-Grant
Health Education & Behavior Vol. 32, No. 5 (2005) pp. 613–626
The Enhancing Patient Prenatal Education study tested the feasibility and educational impact of an interactive program for patient prenatal genetic screening and testing education. Patients at two private practices and one public health clinic...
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Extending the Global Dialogue about Media, Technology, Screen Time, and Young Children
James M. Ernest; Cora Causey; Allison B. Newton; Kimberly Sharkins; Jennifer Summerlin; Najla Albaiz
Childhood Education Vol. 90, No. 3 (2014) pp. 182–191
Questions about the potential benefits and dangers of media and technology use abound, with competing theories regarding its effects among young children. This article explores global perspectives on children's exposure to media, technology,...
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Using Human Performance Technology (HPT) to Identify Potential Barriers to Online High School Course Development
Mary Hancock-Niemic; Gloria Llama; Florence Martin; Jennifer Mansfield; James Klein
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)
A suburban high school district in Arizona was recently named as a provider of Technology Assisted Project Based Instruction (TAPBI). The district?s challenge was to create 20 effective, online high school courses in approximately nine months....
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The Development of a Content Analysis Model for Assessing Students' Cognitive Learning in Asynchronous Online Discussions
Dazhi Yang; Jennifer C. Richardson; Brian F. French; James D. Lehman
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 59, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 43–70
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a content analysis model for assessing students' cognitive learning in asynchronous online discussions. It adopted a fully mixed methods design, in which qualitative and quantitative methods were ...
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Attitudes toward Learning Oral Communication Skills Online: The Importance of Intrinsic Interest and Student-Instructor Differences
Keith M. Harris; Liam Phelan; Bonnie McBain; Jennifer Archer; Antony J. Drew; Carole James
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 64, No. 4 (2016) pp. 591–609
This study examined and compared attitudes of both students and instructors, motivated by an interest in improving the development and delivery of online oral communication learning (OOCL). Few studies have compared student and instructor attitudes...
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Haptic feedback and students’ learning about levers: Unraveling the effect of simulated touch
Eric N. Wiebe; James Minogue; M Gail Jones; Jennifer Cowley; Denise Krebs
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 667–676
While there has been extensive experimental research on haptics, less has been conducted on cross-modal interactions between visual and haptic perception and even less still on cross-modal applications in instructional settings. This study looks at...
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Third International Mathematics and Science Study 1999 Video Study Technical Report: Volume 1--Mathematics. Technical Report. NCES 2003-012
Jennifer Jacobs; Helen Garnier; Ronald Gallimore; Hilary Hollingsworth; Karen Bogard Givvin; Keith Rust; Takako Kawanaka; Margaret Smith; Diana Wearne; Alfred Manaster; Wallace Etterbeek; James Hiebert; James Stigler
This first volume of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 Video Study Technical Report focuses on every aspect of the planning, implementation, processing, analysis, and reporting of the mathematics components of the...
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Peer Feedback in a Large Undergraduate Blended Course: Perceptions of Value and Learning
Peggy A. Ertmer; Jennifer C. Richardson; James D. Lehman; Timothy J. Newby; Xi Cheng; Christopher Mong; Ayesha Sadaf
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 43, No. 1 (2010) pp. 67–88
This study examined students' perceptions of peer feedback and learning in a large, undergraduate course that incorporated supplementary online discussions. Peer feedback (PF) was facilitated via an automated rating system, within Blackboard...
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Innovative Pedagogical Methodologies for Interactive, Mediated Environments
Jodi James; Susan Bendix; Jennifer Tsukayama; Harper Piver; Wilhelmina Savenye; Ranga Chilakamarri; Arlene Westphal; Gary Minyard; David Birchfield; Harvey Thornburg
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3558–3563
This paper will focus on the installation of our interactive environment, Smallab, at Herrera School for the Fine Arts in October 2006 and March 2007, and subsequent implementation of innovative pedagogical techniques within this space. At Herrera, ...
Topics: Schools, Fine Arts, Interaction, Curriculum
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The Temporal Attentive Observation (TAO) Scale: Development of an Instrument to Assess Attentive Behavior Sequences during Serious Gameplay
James E. Folkestad; Brian McKernan; Stephanie Train; Rosa Mikeal Martey; Matthew G. Rhodes; Kate Kenski; Adrienne Shaw; Jennifer Stromer-Galley; Benjamin A. Clegg; Tomek Strzalkowski
Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 1 (2018) pp. 65–81
The engaging nature of video games has intrigued learning professionals attempting to capture and retain learners' attention. Designing learning interventions that not only capture the learner's attention, but also are designed around the natural...
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Persistent Teaching Practices after Geospatial Technology Professional Development
Lori A. Rubino-Hare; Brooke A. Whitworth; Nena E. Bloom; Jennifer M. Claesgens; Kristi M. Fredrickson; Carol Henderson-Dahms; James C. Sample
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 16, No. 3 (2016) pp. 208–285
This case study described teachers with varying technology skills who were implementing the use of geospatial technology (GST) within project-based instruction (PBI) at varying grade levels and contexts 1 to 2 years following professional...