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Librarians meeting the common core literacy challenge through technology, pedagogy and content knowledge (TPACK)
Jessica Jordan; William Jordan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2174–2176
In this discussion, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the potential impact of the school librarian on the Common Core Standards. There has been a significant shift in the education of school librarians in the state of Pennsylvania. ...
Topics: Literacy, Standards, Teaching Methods, Information Literacy Education (Library & Media Science), Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Zooming in on Children's Thinking
Steven Tucker; Jessica F. Shumway; Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham; Kerry E. Jordan
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 21, No. 1 (2016) pp. 22–28
Teachers increasingly use virtual manipulatives and other apps on touch-screen devices (e.g., "iPads") in an effort to help students understand mathematics concepts. However, students experience these apps and their affordances in...
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The Brain’s Response to Digital Math Apps: A Pilot Study Examining Children’s Cortical Responses During Touch-Screen Interactions
Joseph Baker; Patricia Moyer-Packenham; Stephen Tucker; Jessica Shumway; Kerry Jordan; Ron Gillam
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 37, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 69–86
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an easy to use neuroimaging technique that is portable and maintains a liberal tolerance to movement. As such, fNIRS represents an ideal tool to observe children’s neural activity as they engage in...
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A Study Comparing Virtual Manipulatives with Other Instructional Treatments in Third-and Fourth-Grade Classrooms
Patricia Moyer-Packenham; Joseph Baker; Arla Westenskow; Katie Anderson; Jessica Shumway; Kati Rodzon; Kerry Jordan
Journal of Education Vol. 193, No. 2 (2013) pp. 25–39
The study reported here examined virtual manipulatives as an instructional treatment in 17 third- and fourth-grade classrooms. Students were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: texts and physical manipulatives, and virtual manipulatives....
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Predictors of Achievement When Virtual Manipulatives Are Used for Mathematics Instruction
Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham; Joseph Baker; Arla Westenskow; Katie L. Anderson-Pence; Jessica F. Shumway; Kerry E. Jordan
REDIMAT - Journal of Research in Mathematics Education Vol. 3, No. 2 (2014) pp. 121–150
The purpose of this study was to determine variables that predict performance when virtual manipulatives are used for mathematics instruction. This study used a quasi-experimental design. This design was used to determine variables that predict...
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Using Open-Response Fraction Items to Explore the Relationship between Instructional Modalities and Students' Solution Strategies
Jessica F. Shumway; Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham; Joseph M. Baker; Arla Westenskow; Katie L. Anderson-Pence; Stephen I. Tucker; Jennifer Boyer-Thurgood; Kerry E. Jordan
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology Vol. 4, No. 2 (2016) pp. 112–132
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between instructional modality used for teaching fractions and third- and fourth-grade students' responses and strategies to open-response fraction items. The participants were 155 third...
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Young Children’s Learning Performance and Efficiency when Using Virtual Manipulative Mathematics iPad Apps
Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham; Jessica F. Shumway; Emma Bullock; Stephen I. Tucker; Katie L. Anderson-Pence; Arla Westenskow; Jennifer Boyer-Thurgood; Cathy Maahs-Fladung; Juergen Symanzik; Salif Mahamane; Beth MacDonald; Kerry Jordan
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 34, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 41–69
Part of a larger initiation mixed methods study (Greene, Caracelli, & Graham, 1989), this paper discusses the changes in young children’s learning performance and efficiency (one element of the quantitative portion of the larger study) during...
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The Role of Affordances in Children's Learning Performance and Efficiency When Using Virtual Manipulative Mathematics Touch-Screen Apps
Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham; Emma K. Bullock; Jessica F. Shumway; Stephen I. Tucker; Christina M. Watts; Arla Westenskow; Katie L. Anderson-Pence; Cathy Maahs-Fladung; Jennifer Boyer-Thurgood; Hilal Gulkilik; Kerry Jordan
Mathematics Education Research Journal Vol. 28, No. 1 (2016) pp. 79–105
This paper focuses on understanding the role that affordances played in children's learning performance and efficiency during clinical interviews of their interactions with mathematics apps on touch-screen devices. One hundred children, ages 3 to 8, ...