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Using a Learning Management Software to Investigate Teaching Mathematics to Diverse Learners
Marcia Burrell; Faith Maina
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1777–1782
Pre-service and In-service teachers participated in a newly developed course, jointly offered by the mathematics and curriculum and instruction departments. The blended/hybrid three-week course investigated teaching mathematics to diverse learners....
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Effective Instructional Strategies Implemented by Preservice Teachers to Teach Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Secondary Classrooms.
Faith Maina; Amani Zaeir
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 398–405
Recent studies have indicated that many teachers are inadequately prepared to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students particularly in the secondary classroom. This is problematic given that the a majority of public school children today ...
Topics: Equity & Social Justice
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Collaboration in online teaching: Library instruction and education research.
Faith Maina; Barbara Shaffer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 495–500
This paper describes collaboration between an education librarian and an education research professor in an online class, with the objective of expanding student access to library resources through direct instruction on research strategies and...
Topics: Distance Education, Students, Library
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Collaboration in Online Teaching: Library Instruction and Education Research
Faith Maina; Barbara Shaffer
Journal of Interactive Online Learning Vol. 5, No. 1 pp. 82–93
Recent explosion of online teaching has brought unique challenges for libraries as they strive to provide access to necessary resources and services for distance learners. These challenges are increased by the desire to provide the same level of...
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STEP on Developing Active Learning Community for an Online Course
Harrison Hao Yang; Faith Maina
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 751–760
This paper presents how a sound practical approach was designed and then implemented in a graduate asynchronous online course, including scaffolds before initiating class and starting new learning topics, transitions during the learning process in...
Topics: Students, Learning Outcomes
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Quality of Preservice Teachers’ Academic Feedback: Evidence from Instructional Videos
Amani Zaier; Faith Maina; Ismahan Arslan-Ari
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 2117–2120
This qualitative study assessed the quality of feedback exchanged among preservice teachers after completing self and peer-evaluation reports of their instructional practices. During their last semester in a teacher education program in the...
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Video Annotation Tools as an Improvement of Reflective Abilities for Pre-Service Teachers’ Field Experience.
Faith Maina; Amani Zaeir; Yilan Liu; Nan Wu; Yujuan Shi
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1604–1607
Recent research shows that preservice teachers increase higher reflective abilities and instructional skills by making video analysis using annotation tools. Video annotation, supported by online or offline programs, allows users to make analysis...
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Introducing Data Science-Cybersecurity Concepts to High School STEM Teachers during an Intensive Six Week Summer Research Experience
Faith Maina; Abdul Serwadda; Susan Mengel; Joseph Wairungu; Nereah Obiero
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1959–1963
The Western Texas – Research Experience for Teachers was a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program to introduce data science and its application in cybersecurity concepts to high school STEM teachers in the region with the fundamental goal...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Computational Thinking, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies