Achievement Differences in Structured Versus Unstructured Instructional Geometry Programs

Robert D. Hannafin

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 1 (2004) pp. 19–32

This study investigated the effect of students' ability and type of instructional program, structured and unstructured, on easy and difficult posttest items. Seventh-grade students worked through 14 instructional activities in The Geometer Sketchpad,...

K-12 Technology Audit: Lessons for School Leaders

Robert D. Hannafin

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning Vol. 12, No. 6 (2008)

This article synthesizes findings from a technology audit to evaluate technology use and integration in the district of a moderate-sized suburban school district in a mid Atlantic state in the U.S. Survey and interview data were analyzed from...

Can Teacher Attitudes about Learning Be Changed?

Robert D. Hannafin

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (1999) pp. 7–13

Examined 12 public school teachers' attitudes, beliefs, and expectancies about learning environments to see whether they could be affected by a series of three graduate technology courses. Data from two surveys found no causal relationship between...

Employing Dynamic Geometry Software to Solve Open-Ended Investigations

Drew Polly; Robert D. Hannafin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1466–1468

This paper discusses a research study conducted with seventh grade students, in which the students solved a series of open-ended mathematical investigations about geometry. A computer-based tutorial was provided for all of the students. The study...

Topics: Achievement, Middle School Education, Students

Exploring Student Identity in an Intercultural Web-Assisted Scientific Inquiry Project

Yingjie Liu; Robert D. Hannafin

Journal of Research in International Education Vol. 9, No. 2 (August 2010) pp. 124–140

This qualitative study based on Gee's (2001) identity theory examined and compared how American and Chinese middle school students develop identities towards science, culture and technology in an intercultural web-assisted scientific inquiry project....

Course Management Systems: Time for Users to Get What They Need

Andri Ioannou; Robert D. Hannafin

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 52, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 46–50

Course management systems (CMSs) are software systems designed to manage course content and course activities. These tools integrate technological and pedagogical features into a web-based system that allows instructors, even those who are...

Technology in the Classroom: The Teacher's New Role and Resistance to It

Robert D. Hannafin; Wilhelmina C. Savenye

Educational Technology Vol. 33, No. 6 (1993) pp. 26–31

Examines reasons why some elementary and secondary school teachers resist computers and discusses the changing role of teachers who do use computers. Topics addressed include a historical perspective on educational technology focusing on...

Using asynchronous AV communication tools to increase academic self-efficacy

Anthony J. Girasoli; Robert D. Hannafin

Computers & Education Vol. 51, No. 4 (December 2008) pp. 1676–1682

Technology-enhanced learning environments (TELEs) deliver instructional content and provide an array of scaffolding features designed to support independent student learning. TELEs also support teacher efforts to guide student inquiry within these...

Language: English

Identifying Critical Learner Traits in a Dynamic Computer-Based Geometry Program

Robert D. Hannafin; Barry N. Scott

Journal of Educational Research Vol. 92, No. 1 (1998) pp. 3–12

Investigated the effects of student working-memory capacity, preference for amount of instruction, spatial problem-solving ability, and school mathematics grades on eighth graders' recall of factual information and conceptual understanding. Pairs of ...

Learner Control in Full and Lean CAI Programs

Robert D Hannafin; Howard J. Sullivan

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 43, No. 1 (1995) pp. 19–30

Describes a study that investigated the effects of learner control and program control, and lean and full modes of instructional programs, on the achievement, use of options, time on task, and attitudes of high-ability and low-ability students from...

Computer-Based Instruction's (CBI) Rediscovered Role in K-12: An Evaluation Case Study of One High School's Use of CBI to Improve Pass Rates on High-Stakes Tests

Robert D. Hannafin; Wellesley R. Foshay

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 56, No. 2 (April 2008) pp. 147–160

Patriot High School (PHS) adopted a remediation strategy to help its 10th-grade students at risk of failing the Math portion of MCAS, the state's end of year competency exam. The centerpiece of that strategy was a computer-based instructional (CBI)...

Beliefs about Learning, Instruction, and Technology among Elementary School Teachers

Nicole J. Kurz-McDowell; Robert D. Hannafin

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 20, No. 3 (2004) pp. 97–105

The current study investigated six teachers, three in second grade and three in fourth grade, and their beliefs about learning, instruction, and technology. The first significant finding was that the teachers who held objectivist notions about...

Learning with Dynamic Geometry Programs: Perspectives of Teachers and Learners

Robert D. Hannafin; Jill D. Burruss; Catherine Little

Journal of Educational Research Vol. 94, No. 3 (2001) pp. 132–44

Examined teacher and student roles in, and reactions to, a student-centered instructional geometry program using the Geometer's Sketchpad booklet. Seventh graders worked cooperatively using the computer-based instructional tutorial. Observation,...

"Blending" Technology and Effective Pedagogy in a Core Course for Preservice Teachers

David R. Parker; Linda E. Robinson; Robert D. Hannafin

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 2 (2008) pp. 49–54

An instructional team at a public university redesigned a large "core" course in special education required of all undergraduates in a teacher education program. The new design, which blended online instruction with face-to-face meetings,...

Effects of Spatial Ability and Instructional Program on Geometry Achievement

Robert D. Hannafin; Mary P. Truxaw; Jennifer R. Vermillion; Yingjie Liu

Journal of Educational Research Vol. 101, No. 3 (2008) pp. 148–157

The authors investigated the effects of student spatial ability, as measured by Raven's Progressive Colored Matrices (J. C. Raven, 1938) and type of instructional program on geometry achievement. Sixth-grade students worked through either 6...

Can Multimedia Make Kids Care about Social Studies? The GlobalEd Problem-Based Learning Simulation

Andri Ioannou; Scott W. Brown; Robert D. Hannafin; Mark A. Boyer

Computers in the Schools Vol. 26, No. 1 (2009) pp. 63–81

This study investigated whether using multimedia-based instructional material in a problem-based social studies simulation enhances student learning about world issues, increases interest in social studies, and generates positive attitudes toward...