Internal Consistency Reliabilities for 14 Computer Attitude Scales

Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 877–880

Texas Center for Educational Technology University of North Texas A compendium of 14 previously-published instruments for assessing teachers’ attitudes toward computers was administered to 621 educators in Texas, Florida, New York, and California...

Teacher and Student Attitudes Toward Computers, 1999 - 2000: Findings from a Suburban Texas School District

Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1284–1285

More than 500 teachers and 3,000 students were assessed regarding proficiency and attitudes toward technology in a large suburban school district in Texas. In addition, 5000 parents in the district were surveyed regarding the use of technology at...

Topics: Schools

Internal Consistency Reliabilities for 14 Computer Attitude Scales

Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 877–880

Texas Center for Educational Technology University of North Texas A compendium of 14 previously-published instruments for assessing teachers’ attitudes toward computers was administered to 621 educators in Texas, Florida, New York, and California...

Commonalities in Professional Development and Research Designs: Setting the Stage for Cross-Project Findings from NSF ITEST Activities, Part 2

Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3260–3262

In this symposium, projects from the U.S. National Science Foundation's Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students (ITEST) Program will describe their teacher training models and research designs from a perspective of sharing plans ...

Topics: Students, Information Sciences, Teachers, Professional Development, Standards

Current Trends in Evaluation and Research

Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 843–844

Gender Differences in Conceptualizations of STEM Career Interest: Complementary Perspectives from Data Mining, Multivariate Data Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling

Gerald Knezek

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 16, No. 4 (Dec 23, 2015)

Data gathered from 325 middle school students in four U.S. states indicate that both male (p

PARALLEL FORMS FOR MEASURING TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD

Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 832–836

Texas Center for Educational Technology University of North Texas Positive teacher attitudes toward computers are widely recognized as a necessary condition for effective use of information technology in the classroom (Woodrow, 1992). At least...

Device Independent Mobile Applications for Teaching and Learning: Challenges, Barriers and Limitations

Ferial Khaddage; Gerald Knezek

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 1–7

Mobile applications for teaching and learning are becoming an increasingly popular method of content delivery. Universities are being confronted with a rapid surge in the penetration of mobile devices amongst students. The challenge that...

STEAM for Student Engagement

Jennifer Miller; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3288–3298

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the art component can better enhance STEM and how STEAM can be integrated to better engage students to build stronger learning communities, improving the overall learning experience. Creativity is needed, ...

Advancement of Student Technology Integration Skills through University Pre-service Coursework

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1505–1510

In the United States (U.S.) there is a shortage of new teachers possessing skills to integrate technology into the classroom. The U.S. Department of Education has recognized this problem and has funded projects targeted at pre-service teacher...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Integration, Classrooms

Blending Formal and Informal Learning Through an Online Immersive Game Environment: Contrasts in Interactions by Middle School Boys and Girls

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 535–540

Analysis of data gathered from a game-based learning environment produced for an NSF-funded STEM education project has demonstrated that middle school teachers can increase time on task and enhance interest in richer learning of classroom content...

Topics: Games & Simulations

Connecting Students to Mars and Stars using Innovative Technologies

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 29, No. 3 (July 2020) pp. 181–192

Using innovative technologies to study Mars and the sun and other stars is one way to engage students in learning more about our solar system and how it impacts us on a daily basis. The focus of this paper is to highlight several innovative...

Measuring Pre-Service Teacher Self-Efficacy: Modeling and Facilitating Learning with Technology

Alex Matthews; Gerald Knezek

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 (Jun 20, 2022) pp. 298–303

As the landscape of learning technologies in the classroom continues to evolve, educators need to understand how to implement these various new tools effectively. Preservice educator programs have begun to incorporate learning technology into their...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration

Using a Simulated Teaching Environment to Improve Teaching Effectiveness as Measured by Core Teaching Standards

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2023 (Mar 13, 2023) pp. 562–565

Twenty-seven teachers and teacher candidates completed two to five iterations of a simulated teaching module in simSchool, an online “flight simulator for teachers” environment. The system recorded instances of pedagogical practices as educators...

Topics: Games & Simulations, New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Game Changers for Teacher Education

David Gibson; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 929–942

Ideas for a new framework for teacher education are introduced based on three sets of forces that may radically transform the way educational researchers and practitioners see their world: 1. Complex Systems Knowledge, 2. Global Flatteners, and 3....

Measuring Learning Preferences within the Integrated Communications Learning Landscape

Leila Mills; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1994–1999

This research reports the development of the Information Communications Technology Learning (ICTL) survey instrument which is designed to measure learner dispositions toward new preferences for learning and knowledge acquisition made available by...

Advancing Teachers Through Stages of Adoption of Technology in the Classroom

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1983–1987

Stages of Adoption of Technology are used in conjunction with other assessment instruments to determine attitude, skill and technology access changes that assist in moving a teacher further along in his/her level of classroom technology integration. ...

Topics: Teachers, Integration, Professional Development, Developmental Stages

Maggie Goes to Mars: Adapting Innovative Technology Activities for Remote Learning Opportunities

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 40, No. 4 (October 2021) pp. 331–346

The challenge, Maggie Goes to Mars, features a beagle (friendly canine), faced with the need to repair a crucial instrument on the Insight spacecraft that landed on Mars in 2018, in order to allow Insight to continue doing the job it was sent to do –...

Validating a Handheld Computing Self-Efficacy Scale

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 879–884

The use of handheld technologies is becoming widespread in the K-12 environment. While students seem ready to embrace these devices it is not as easy to identify readiness in educators. Teacher and educator familiarity is essential prior to...

Topics: Integration

Preservice Educator Learning in a Simulated Teaching Environment

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 938–946

Assessment of learning within a simulated teaching environment is addressed within the context of a federally funded project to improve the maturity and retention of preservice teachers. Analysis of matched treatment and comparison data from two...

Validating the Computer Attitude Questionnaire (CAQ)

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association 1996 (Jan 26, 1996)

The Computer Attitude Questionnaire (CAQ) is a Likert-type self-report instrument with paired-comparison items added to provide supplemental information. The CAQ is intended for use in the middle school environment, grades six to eight. A 1993...

Opportunities for Mobile Applications to Empower Informal Learning in University Environments

Ferial Khaddage; Gerald Knezek

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 236–243

The integration of mobile applications, mobile social networking platforms and other mobile technologies has become pervasive in teaching and learning. This rapid development has empowered informal learning, and is now leading to the exploration of...

Intelligent Tutoring Systems and ICAI

Gerald A. Knezek

Computing Teacher Vol. 15, No. 6 (1988) pp. 11–13

Reviews the historical evolution of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and discusses recent advances in intelligent systems. Intelligent tutoring systems are described from the system designer's and learner's perspectives, and possible future...

Evolution of an Online Data Acquisition System

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1999–2001

The evolution of online data collection systems implemented by the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Millennium Project team (US Dept. of Ed. Capacity Building Grant # P342A990474) during the 1999-2000 school year is described....

Topics: Databases

Changes in Cognitive Knowledge Structures During an Online Educational Technology Course

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 388–395

The preparation of teachers to integrate technology is a critical component for their future use of technology in the classroom. Changes in relationships among technology related variables during a semester long online course revealed that students...

Topics: Performance and outcome assessment, Teacher education and technology integration, online learning environments

Predictors of STEM Career Interest Among Middle School Students: Implications for Educational Reform, Policy, and Innovation

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 625–630

Pre-post matched pairs data were collected from 499 males and 416 females in grades six and seven during 2015-2016 from 24 classrooms in nine US states. Fourteen cognitive and non-cognitive indicators of content knowledge, attitudes toward climate...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration, Learning technologies for transformational change, Environmental education

Co-word Clustering and Latent Semantic Exploration of the Full Texts of TPACK Research Papers

Takahisa Furuta; Gerald Knezek

SITE Interactive Conference 2022 (Oct 05, 2022) pp. 191–195

In this paper, we conducted co-word clustering and latent semantic explorations on the full texts of TPACK research papers to assess their characteristics. Soler-Costa et al. (2021) conducted bibliometric analyses on the keywords of TPACK research...

Topics: Developing the profession: Growing in leadership, academia, and teaching practice

Pathway for Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Infuse Technology

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Computers in the Schools Vol. 23, No. 3 (Feb 16, 2007) pp. 1–21

The Millennium Project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) program for four years spanning 1999-2003. The project was led by the University of North Texas and sought to increase the...

Effect of Technology-Based Programs on First- and Second-Grade Reading Achievement

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Computers in the Schools Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jan 18, 2008) pp. 23–41

Data gathered from 25 rural public school districts in Texas during 2002-2003 were used to assess the impact of educator professional development and technology-intensive classroom learning activities on first- and second-grade students' reading...

Internal Consistency Reliabilities for 14 Computer Attitude Scales

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000) pp. 327–336

A compendium of 14 previously-published instruments for assessing teachers' attitudes toward computers was adminis-tered to 621 educators in Texas, Florida, New York, and Cal-ifornia during 1995-96. A total of 284 items extracted from 14 previously...

Topics: Computers, Attitudes

Impact of Technology-Intensive Professional Development on Classroom Gains in Reading Achievement

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2339–2346

This paper contains a corollary study of scientifically-based research conducted to verify the impact of one large-scale U.S. Dept. of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant's activities (Grant # R303A99030, 1999-2004) on K-3 reading...

Topics: Achievement, Educational Technology, Professional Development

Constructing the Teachers' Attitudes Toward Computers (TAC) Questionnaire

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association 1996 (Jan 26, 1996)

This paper reports on the first stage of the construction and refinement process underway in pursuit of developing a brief composite instrument to measure teachers' attitudes toward computers. Items (n=284) from 14 questionnaires assessing teacher...

Perceptions of Early, Mid or Late Career Teachers Regarding Technology Integration, Technology Proficiency and Access to Tools and Resources

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 946–953

This study is based on teacher classifications according to the number of years spent teaching. Teachers are classified as Early, Mid and Late Career. Differences among categories of teachers are examined with regard to technology proficiency,...

Topics: Research & Evaluation, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Capitalizing on Informal Learning Opportunities to Enhance Formal Learning in Classroom Environments

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1920–1926

Three middle school sites are compared to assess the measured impact of informal space science education activities on science content knowledge, enthusiasm for an event such as a total solar eclipse, and longer-term dispositions toward space...

Topics: Science Education, Research & Evaluation

Using Digital Simulation to Address Implicit Bias in Teaching

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 477–483

Bias reduction in teaching practices is a key foundation for enabling future leaders of society to achieve their highest innate and positively nurtured potential. The COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted disparities in learning and emphasized the...

Topics: Games & Simulations, Equity & Social Justice

Preservice Teachers and K-12 Learners: Alternative Space Science Engagement Perspectives

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 1040–1045

During the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the NASA Space Science Education Consortium (NSSEC) and the Heliophysics Activation Team (HEAT) from the University of North Texas began to develop COVID pivot activities for space science engagement at the...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, STEM Innovation

Relationship of Innovation Attitudes to STEM Dispositions and Career Interest

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 (Jun 20, 2022) pp. 232–241

The Innovation Attitude Survey (IAS) was administered to middle school participants who were part of a state-wide, STEM related program in the Western US during 2021. The IAS contains three factors related to a) being an inventor; b) motivation and...

Topics: Performance and outcome assessment, Teacher education and technology integration, Contextualized innovation (accessibility, scalability, usability, & sustainability)

A Taxonomy for Educational Computing

Gerald A. Knezek

Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 3 (1988) pp. 15–19

Reviews traditional classification schemes for educational computing applications, and presents a new taxonomy based on the areas of knowledge dissemination, knowledge generation, and information management. (16 references) (CLB)

Preservice versus Inservice Educators' Attitudes Toward Information Technology

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1319–1322

This paper compares and contrasts attitudes of preservice teachers to those of inservice teachers and administrators. In the first section we describe categories of preservice and inservice educators from which data has been gathered, while the...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education

IT Competencies and Attitudes: A Worldwide Perspective

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1671–1676

This paper introduces one of the key topics addressed in the symposium, Information Technology in Education Worldwide. The focus in on the importance of attitudes and competencies in the implementation of information technology in education....

Topics: Attitudes, Educational Technology

Contrasts in Student Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2048–2053

Attitudinal data were gathered from 160 high school students participating in their second year of a residential science and mathematics program on at university campus in which they finish their last two years of high school in conjunction with...

Instruments for Assessing the Impact of Technology in Education

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Computers in the Schools Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jun 24, 2002) pp. 5–25

Ten years of instrument development are summarized and placed within a framework for assessing the impact of technology in education. Seven well-validated instruments spanning the areas of attitudes, beliefs, skills, competencies, and technology...

The Young Children's Computer Inventory: A Likert Scale for Assessing Attitudes Related to Computers in Instruction

Keiko Miyashita; Gerald Knezek

Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 3, No. 1 (1992) pp. 63–72

The Young Children's Computer Inventory is a Likert-type survey instrument designed for use by first grade students at home or in schools. Addresses the historical antecedents of the instrument, reports construct validity and reliability based upon...

Influence of Home Access on Attitudes, Skills, and Level of Use for Teachers and Students in Technology Integrating Classrooms

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2037–2038

The interaction of home access and school use of computers has been a topic of discussion among educational researchers for more than a decade. Evaluation of a U.S. Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant and a Preparing...

Topics: Evaluation, Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers, Schools

Teacher Home Access as a Primary Indicator of Stage of Adoption of Technology

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 867–870

The authors previously reported finding extensive differences in teacher attitudes and skills as well as student perceptions of technology, based on whether or not information technology users had access to a computer at home (Knezek & Christensen,...

Topics: Professional Development, Educational Technology, Integration, Teachers, Computers

The Technology in Education Competency Survey (TECS): A Self-Appraisal Instrument for NCATE Standards

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2288–2289

The Technology in Education Competency Survey (TECS v1.1) is a self-assessment rating form covering teacher competencies in major areas addressed by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards for the USA. It ...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Competencies, Students

Changes in Teacher Dispositions Among Participants in Hands-on Teaching of a STEM Curriculum

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2067–2073

Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World (MSOSW) focuses on students using energy monitoring equipment to assess the amount of standby power consumed by their home entertainment devices and appliances when not performing any useful...

Topics: Science Education, Research & Evaluation

Rethinking Learning in a Digital Age: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2017

Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek

Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 369–375

"Rethinking learning in the digital age" was the theme of EDUsummIT 2017, which was held in Borovets, Bulgaria in September, 2017. Approximately 100 policy makers, practitioners and researchers met to discuss key topics in nine Thematic...

Contrasts in Openness toward Mobile Learning in the Classroom: A Study of Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers

Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek

International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) 2017 (2017)

In a study involving 1414 elementary, middle school, and high school teachers from a large school district in the southwestern USA, the authors examine the similarities and differences among teachers at the three levels of K-12 education common in...

Researching Impact: Measuring Technology Enhanced Outcomes from the NASA Space Science Education Consortium

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 39, No. 4 (2020) pp. 399–420

A conceptual framework for empirical research on the impact of NASA Space Science Education Consortium (NSSEC) activities is presented in this paper, along with a cross-referencing system between the NSF-based NSSEC evaluation framework and...