How to Better Prepare Preservice Teachers with Modern Technology

Yuehua Zhang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 709–711

Nationwide there is a growing consensus among educators and the public that we need to seriously examine our curriculum in teacher education. The question most often asked is, “Are we preparing our education majors for tomorrow’s changing world, and ...

Quality of Writing by Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities

Yuehua Zhang

Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 27, No. 4 (1995) pp. 483–99

Discussion of the writing process of elementary students with learning disabilities focuses on studies of a HyperCard stack that was developed to help beginning writers and their teachers. Texts created with the hypermedia are compared with texts...

Technology and the Writing Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities

Yuehua Zhang

Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 32, No. 4 (2000) pp. 467–78

Describes a year-long study of five fifth grade students with learning disabilities with written language deficits that used a specially designed computer program, ROBO-Writer, as a writing tool to assist them in a weekly writing curriculum....

How to Better Prepare Preservice Teachers with Modern Technology

Yuehua Zhang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 709–711

Nationwide there is a growing consensus among educators and the public that we need to seriously examine our curriculum in teacher education. The question most often asked is, “Are we preparing our education majors for tomorrow’s changing world, and ...

Team Effort: A Cluster of Shared Initiatives

Yuehua Zhang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 795–797

Harley states, "Collaborative working is pervasive in our society, indeed, society can be conceived as an organization to assist the utilization of our respective knowledge and expertise. Hence, collaboration occurs within a social context, . . ." ...

Technology Assists to Create a Structured Learning Environment for Discovery Learning

Yuehua Zhang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 849–851

This paper intends to report how a group of inservice teachers who were involved in designing interdisciplinary units of instruction used a systems approach in fulfilling the requirement of a graduate course. The paper will also report on the...

Topics: Instructional Design

Project-Based Collaborative Learning

Yuehua Zhang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1960–1963

This paper presents a project-based learning environment engaging inservice and preservice teachers in obtaining technology competencies. It summarizes the methods used to organize the collaborative learning group and the process of producing...

Topics: Teachers

Technology and Character Education of the Younger Generation

Shujia He; Yuehua Zhang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 3165–3166

This paper intends to provide a variety of examples for teachers to recognize the possibility of utilizing technology to create a student-centered interactive learning environment and to show how some high schools in Shanghai, China have been...

Topics: Students

Technology Training: HOST Model

Yuehua Zhang; Tom Sextro

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2963–2964

Educators continue to experiment with different technology training of teachers for more effective models, turning to the internet and instructional software tools in order to create an educational environment that supports the knowledge and skill-...

Topics: Training, Teachers, Educational Technology, Internet, Preservice Teacher Education

Teaching Reading Strategies: A New Approach for ESL/EFL Teachers

Yuehua Zhang; Xiwu Feng

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 823–824

The goal of teaching reading to ESL/EFL students is to help them become strategic and independent readers. Teach ing students how to read has become increasingly important in the ESL/EFL curriculum today.

Teaching Reading Strategies: A New Approach for ESL/EFL Teachers

Yuehua Zhang; Xiwu Feng

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 823–824

The goal of teaching reading to ESL/EFL students is to help them become strategic and independent readers. Teach ing students how to read has become increasingly important in the ESL/EFL curriculum today.

Technology and Basic Math Skills

Yuehua Zhang; Michael Patzer

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1400–1401

This paper intends to report on a variety of innovative ways to utilize technology in teaching basic math skills and to motivate students in mastering the basic skills. Teachers will be able to turn so-called boring practice routines into...

Topics: Learning Outcomes, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design, Students

Staff Development: Task-Oriented Training

Yuehua Zhang; Carol Stacks

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 744–747

The present article documents a particular model for inservice faculty development at a computer-technology magnet school in a Midwestern city, Using the ACOT model the article recorded the beneficial training activities leading the faculty...

Topics: Training, Schools, Faculty, Developmental Stages

CyberJive: The Origins of Information Technology Jargon with Implications for Instruction

Yuehua Zhang; Ying-Chi Chen; Kendall Hartley; David Fowler

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1619–1623

Preliminary surveys conducted by the authors suggest that students at the secondary school level are likely to feel much more at ease with the vocabulary of information technology than the pre-service teachers who will soon be expected to...

Topics: Teachers