How Exemplary Computer-Using Teachers Differ from Other Teachers: Implications for Realizing the Potential of Computers in Schools
ARTICLE
Henry Jay Becker
Journal of Research on Computing in Education Volume 26, Number 3, ISSN 0888-6504
Abstract
Describes a study based on data from a national survey of elementary and secondary school teachers that identified exemplary computer-using teachers and examined differences between exemplary and other computer-using teachers, including school environments, personal backgrounds, and teaching practices. Collegiality, school support, resource allocation, and class size are discussed. (Contains nine references.) (LRW)
Citation
Becker, H.J. (1994). How Exemplary Computer-Using Teachers Differ from Other Teachers: Implications for Realizing the Potential of Computers in Schools. Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 26(3), 291-321. Retrieved July 7, 2022 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/79230/.

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Keywords
- class size
- Collegiality
- Comparative Analysis
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
- Elementary School Teachers
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Evaluation Criteria
- National Surveys
- Resource Allocation
- School Support
- Secondary School Teachers
- standards
- Tables (Data)
- Teacher Background
- Teacher Characteristics
- Teacher Effectiveness
- teaching methods
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