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A Revised Replication Study Typology and A Call for Participation: Replication Studies involving Technology and Teacher Education
Natalie Milman; Rhonda Christensen; J. Michael Spector; Robert Branch; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Charles Hodges; Arlene Borthwick; Melanie Shoffner; Gerald Knezek; David Rutledge; Meghan Manfra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1115–1119
In this session panelists will define what replication studies are, explain why they are needed, and invite researchers to conduct multi-site replication studies of technology and teacher education using common methods and measures. Additionally,...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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AI in Teacher Education
Elizabeth Langran; Michael Searson; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 735–740
This session will be a conversation with participants regarding the work begun at the 2019 National Technology Leadership Summit on AI in Teacher Education. There is a recognition that AI is pervasive and will impact the field of education, but what ...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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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...
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The International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: Part 1
Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Kwok Wing Lai; Keryn Pratt; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Mary Webb; Dirk Ifenthaler; David C. Gibson; Paul Resta; Thérèse Laferrière; David Slykhuis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1078–1081
This symposium aims to introduce to the SITE community the second edition of the International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education to be published in 2018. The purpose of the Handbook is to synthesize research and...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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The International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: Part 2
Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Kwok Wing Lai; Keryn Pratt; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Mary Webb; Dirk Ifenthaler; David C. Gibson; Paul Resta; Thérèse Laferrière; David Slykhuis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1082–1085
This symposium aims to introduce to the SITE community the second edition of the International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education to be published in 2018. The purpose of the Handbook is to synthesize research and...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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Core Themes in the Second International Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education: A Bird’s Eye View
Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Jo Tondeur; Dirk Ifenthaler; Birgit Eickelmann
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 493–498
The Second International Handbook of Information Technology for Primary and Secondary Education (Voogt, Knezek, Christensen & Lai, 2018) synthesizes research on information technology in primary and secondary education from an international...
Topics: Education reform with technology
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Research-Based Implications for Policy and Practice: Outcomes from EduSummIT 2017 – The Fifth International Summit on Information Technology in Education – Part 1
Gerald August Knezek; Joke Voogt; Rhonda Christensen; Koos Eichhorn; Henk Sligte; Rowland Baker; Dominik Petko; Miri Shonfeld; Anneke Smits; Dirk Ifenthaler; Mary Webb; Jo Tondeur; Sarah Howard
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 783–788
Through five EDUsummITs spanning 2009 – 2017, approximately 100 researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across the globe have gathered to discuss ways to fast track what researchers know about information technology in education, into...
Topics: Global learning partnerships and innovations, Global studies and education, Global learning communities
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Key Research Questions for Information Technology in the Core Disciplines, Part 1
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; John Park; Joe Garofalo; Margaret Niess; David Hicks; Janet Swenson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 950–951
This symposium features presentations led by SITE Vice Presidents (VPs) from the disciplines of Science, Math, Social Studies, English and Early Childhood. The focus is on key research questions for information technology in the core disciplines....
Topics: Social Sciences, Information Sciences, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Social Studies
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Key Research Questions for Information Technology in the Core Disciplines, Part 2
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Dina Rosen; Glen Bull
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 952–953
This symposium features presentations led by SITE Vice Presidents (VPs) from the disciplines of Science, Math, Social Studies, English and Early Childhood. The focus is on key research questions for information technology in the core disciplines....
Topics: Social Studies, Educational Technology, Early Childhood Education, Information Sciences, Social Sciences
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The Effects of Distance Learning on the Attitudes on the Attitudes of Elementary Age Children as Assessed by their Teachers
Dale Magoun; Rhonda Christensen; Charlotte Owens; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 473–479
"ARTS to the Delta" is an advanced-technology infrastructure for northeast Louisiana that provides a gateway for education, skills training, and enrichment for Delta-area students. The school dropout rates for students in these rural parishes are...
Topics: Students, Educational Technology, Schools, Evaluation, Attitudes
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The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Pre-Service Teachers’ Technology Attitudes and Skills
Curby Alexander; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Glen Bull
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 33, No. 3 (July 2014) pp. 257–282
Researchers in this study looked at the effect of content-specific, technology-rich project-based learning activities on EC-8 pre-service teachers’ competencies and skills, as well as pre-service teacher’s attitudes toward science, technology,...
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Construct Validity for the World Wide Web Attitude Scale
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Janette Bradley; Peter Scannell; James Langford
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1143–1149
This paper integrates findings from three studies addressing the measurement properties of the World Wide Web Attitude Scale (WAS). The development process for the instrument as well as construct (factor) validity are addressed. The paper also...
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Validation of a Teacher Educator Technology Competencies Survey
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Takahisa Furuta
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 27, No. 4 (October 2019) pp. 465–498
The Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs) were created as a set of technology competencies specifically for teacher educators who prepare future teachers to teach with technology. A survey was developed based on the competencies and...
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The Relationship of Personality Traits to Perceptions of Teaching Effectiveness for Teacher Preparation Candidates in a Simulated Classroom Environment
Susan Hopper; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood; David Gibson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1411–1416
This study explored the personality traits of 152 preservice teachers and examined their perceptions of teaching confidence and teaching experience.Treatment and comparison groups completed the Survey of Teaching Skills and the OCEAN survey for...
Topics: Personality, Games & Simulations, Research & Evaluation, International Education
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Using Innovative Technologies to Support STEM Teaching and Learning
Rhonda Christensen; Troy Cline; Sten Odenwald; Amanda Thomas; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 865–868
A newly created STEM Innovation Special Interest Group (SIG) focuses on how innovative technologies can support STEM learning activities. The panel presentations from different perspectives related to STEM Innovation in education will be presented....
Topics: STEM Innovation
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Eclipse 2017: Resources for Teachers to Support Space Science Engagement
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Troy Cline; Carolyn Ng
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2133–2137
On August 21, 2017 a total solar eclipse will traverse the continental US beginning at Portland, Oregon and passing through Nebraska to Charleston, South Carolina. Persons outside around noon that day at locations as far South as Dallas will...
Topics: Science Education, Workforce Education, Maker (Formerly Engineering Education)
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Next Generation Learning Challenges EDUCAUSE WInners Panel
David Gibson; Scott Osterweil; Cliff Zintgraff; Petra Fisser; Tandra Wood; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2810–2816
The Next Generation Learning Challenges grant program of EDUCAUSE, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and others, will bring four project leaders together to share models of innovation and new possibilities with...
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simSchool's Progress: The SITE simSchool Modules Project
David Gibson; Stacy Kruse; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Rhonda Christensen; Susan Hopper
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1315–1323
This paper presents the final report of progress of the EDUCAUSE-funded SITE simSchool Modules Project from April 2011 to July 2012. The goals of the simulation-based project were to (1) facilitate initial adoption of simSchool in teacher education...
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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
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Information and Communication Technologies in Hands-On Science: Emerging Trends Across Three Nations
Gerald Knezek; Hiromitsu Muta; Joke Voogt; Rhonda Christensen; David Moore; John Southworth; Marie Tada; Greg Jones
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 19, No. 3 (2000) pp. 277–295
This article introduces a framework for classifying information and communication technologies (ICT) in hands-on science activ-ities in K-12 education. Exemplary projects from the USA and the Netherlands demonstrate the potential of the use of ICT....
Topics: Educational Technology, Information Communication Technologies, Information Sciences
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The Effects of Distance Learning on the Attitudes of Elementary Age Children: Year 2, a Follow-up Study
Charlotte Owens; Dale Magoun; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) p. 2994
ARTS to the Delta, a 1+ million dollar project, is an advanced-technology infrastructure program for the region of northeast Louisiana which provides a gateway for education, skills training, and enrichment for Louisiana delta-area students. The...
Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Students
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Fostering New Research following the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE Special Issue, Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates' Integration of Technology
Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis; Yeng L. Chang; Rhonda Christensen; Deborah R. Dillon; Marie K. Heath; Gerald Knezek; Daniel G. Krutka; Andrea H. Parrish; William A. Sadera; Amanda Thomas
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 425–432
The National Educational Technology Plan claims that teacher educators are often not equipped to do their part to prepare teacher candidates to graduate as proficient users of technology for teaching and learning (U.S. Department of Education,...
Topics: faculty development, Technology Leadership
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Contrasts in Teacher and Student Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 11, No. 1 (March 2011) pp. 92–117
Analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project uncovered large contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward...
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Charting New Directions in Educational Research
David Gibson; Gerald Knezek; Dirk Ifenthaler; Joke Voogt; Rhonda Christensen; Kim Schildkamp
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 973–979
This panel will review key ideas that may chart a new direction for educational research. The ideas will be selected from a group of papers written in the last five years that are concerned with the role of data analytics in the modern era of big...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation
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Project SETS (Simulation-Enhanced Training for Science Teachers)
Tandra Tyler-Wood; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Lemoyne Dunn
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 5167–5172
Project SETS (Simulation-Enhanced Training for Science Teachers) seeks to improve training for elementary level science teachers using a simulated classroom (simSchool) as a laboratory experience. Future teachers can practice teaching in an...
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Teacher Indicators for Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning: Expanding Outcomes from EDUSummIT 2015
Rhonda Christensen; Dale Niederhauser; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1028–1035
Defining indicators for technology enhanced learning and teaching was a goal of one of the nine working groups at EDUSummIT 2015 held in Bangkok, Thailand. The Indicators of Quality Technology-enhanced Teaching and Learning working group created a...
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STEM Engagement Teaching and Learning Opportunities During the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Gerald Knezek; Curby Alexander; Rhonda Christensen; Samson Lepcha; Carolyn Ng
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 (Mar 25, 2024) pp. 984–985
The total solar eclipse crossing the USA on April 8, 2024 will create a teaching and learning opportunity for viewers that will not be repeated until 2045. Its path of totality 60 miles wide will transit from Texas to Maine and be observable in...
Topics: Science Education, STEM Innovation
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SimSchool: SPARCing New Grounds in Research on Simulated Classrooms
David Collum; Rhonda Christensen; Tim Delicath; Vickie Johnston
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 733–739
New advances in a teacher simulation (simSchool 2.0) allow teacher educators to teach a variety of topics in a simulated teaching environment offering the opportunity to experience a range of learners with different needs. Research findings from new ...
Topics: Games & Simulations, Research & Evaluation, Equity & Social Justice
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Measuring 21st Century Skills in Technology Educators
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Curby Alexander; Dana Owens; Theresa Overall; Garry Mayes
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1130–1136
Data gathered from 195 preservice and inservice teachers at four universities during 2014 were used to determine the suitability of the newly revised Technology Proficiency Self Assessment (TPSA C21) for release for wide-scale distribution. Findings ...
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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
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A Final Report: ARTS to the Delta
A. Dale Magoun; Charlotte Owens; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3305–3310
This paper is a final report for a three-year grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) that was awarded as a partnership between the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the Monroe Chamber of...
Topics: Educational Technology, Evaluation
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Gender Differences in High School Student Dispositions Toward Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Careers
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 34, No. 4 (October 2015) pp. 395–408
STEM disposition surveys were completed by 364 11th and 12th grade students attending a two-year university-based residential science and mathematics academy during fall 2012. Surveys were completed by the same classes as a post test administration...
Topics: Mathematics, Engineering, Administration, Middle School Education, Post Secondary Education
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Simulating Students with Learning Disabilities in Virtual Classrooms: A Validation Study
Sita Periathiruvadi; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2588–2595
This study explores the validity of using a simulation as a training tool to provide future teachers with an opportunity to work with a simulated student with a learning disability in an inclusion classroom. This study seeks to determine if a...
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Creating Technology Enriched Activities to Enhance Middle School Students’ Interest in STEM
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Frederick Hobbs; Jenna Kelley; Samson Den Lepcha; Destiny Dong; Samuel Liu; Karen Wang; Huram-Abi Yotchoum Nzia; Daniel Kelley
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 1344–1352
Sixth grade students participating in a four-hour hands-on technology enriched space science camp acquired more positive dispositions toward space science. Topics related to the Parker Solar Probe mission, the Apollo 11 moon mission and Mars...
Topics: Participatory learning and media, Learning technologies for transformational change, Mobile teaching and learning technologies
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Assessing Motivations for Learning Informatics and Possible Influences of Parents’ Interests in Technology among Japanese Junior High Students
Takahisa Furuta; Megumi Fujiki; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 927–931
Three-hundred twenty-six (326) Japanese students from three junior high schools, aged 14 to 15 years old, completed a 80-item Likert-style questionnaire that included portions of the previously-validated Computer Attitude Questionnaire and study...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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Exploring the Relationship between Middle School Student Technology Affinity and Attitudes Toward School
Leila Mills; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Rhonda Christensen; Peter Dunn-Rankin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2269–2272
Abstract: Middle school student 'snapshot' data were analyzed to explore significant patterns (relationships) between technology affinity (habits/ use) and aspects of school attitude. Data collection via a hand-written survey battery that...
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Assessing Alignment of Pedagogical Experience and Confidence in a Simulated Classroom Environment
Susan Hopper; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2870–2876
This project executes a quasi-experimental design for the analysis of outcomes of 58 pre-service teachers enrolled in a technology integration course at a mid-southwestern university. The paper explores two research questions: 1) After pre-service...
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Middle School Water Conservation Unit: Increasing Middle Schoolers Interest in Pursuing a Career in Environmental Engineering
Tandra Tyler-Wood; Alexander Curby; Sita Periathiruvadi; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Arrowood Dana
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1091–1093
This poster explores the use of digital fabrication as a tool to train middle school students in the concepts of environmental engineering. Students are presented with a real life scenario which involves water shortages and the need to conserve and...
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SimSchool: Enhancing Teacher Preparation through Simulated Classrooms
David Gibson; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1504–1510
Outcomes from using a simulated teaching environment with pre-service teacher candidates are presented. Results of analyses for the areas of pedagogical practices and teaching skills are used to illustrate that changes in pre-service educators can...
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Measuring Changes in Educator Bias in a Simulated Learning Environment
David Collum; Rhonda Christensen; Tim Delicath; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 496–502
Data were collected from 45 preservice and inservice teachers during fall 2019 as part of a research study assessing the impact of simSchool on teachers’ level of educator bias as measured through self-awareness, the physical environment,...
Topics: Equity & Social Justice, Digital Games & Simulations
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Impact of Simulation-Based Teacher Professional Development on Student Perceptions of Teaching Practices
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 (Mar 25, 2024) pp. 466–474
Assessment of the impact of teacher professional development is seldom accomplished by asking their students. This study addresses whether self-reported changes in teacher practices align with their students’ perceptions of changes in teaching...
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Space Science Activities to Enhance Middle School Students’ Interest in STEM: Follow-up Assessment of Disposition Retention
Gerald August Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 971–980
Sixth grade students participating in a four-hour hands-on technology enriched space science camp acquired more positive dispositions toward space science (ES = .46, p
Topics: Performance and outcome assessment, Learning technologies for transformational change, Augmented and Virtual Reality
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Examining associations between perceptions of junior high friends and learning computer programming with implications for teacher preparation
Takahisa Furuta; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 960–964
Two hundred (200) Japanese students from two junior high schools, aged 14 to 15 years old, completed a 62-item Likert-style questionnaire that included portions of the previously-validated Computer Attitude Questionnaire and also non-cognitive and...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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Effect of a Makerspace Training Series on Elementary and Middle School Educator Confidence Levels Toward Integrating Technology
Jennifer Miller; Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1015–1020
Makerspaces provide a learning environment that may be useful to improving teacher confidence levels toward integrating technology into the classroom. The Technology Proficiency Self-Assessment for 21st Century Learning (TPSA C-21) was utilized to...
Topics: Research & Evaluation, Digital Fabrication, Maker (Formerly Engineering Education)
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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
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Assessing Distance Learning - Enrichment (DL-E) Activities
John Southworth; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Jozef Hvorecky
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4042–4048
Distance Learning - Enrichment (DL-E) is no longer an experimental novelty with a 50-50 chance of failure when the time for classroom-to-classroom connections arrive. As increased bandwidth has become available and affordable, and educational...
Topics: Classrooms
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Preparing K-12 Schools for a Pandemic Before It Occurs
Rhonda Christensen; Curby Alexander
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 28, No. 2 (2020) pp. 261–272
While almost all K-12 schools closed for the COVID-19 pandemic with little or no preparation, one school began to prepare 12 years ago for a time such as this. In 2006, the school leadership began to consider what would happen to teaching and...
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Outcomes from Technology Enhanced Informal Learning Activities to Increase Middle School Students’ Interest in STEM
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Samson den Lepcha; Destiny Dong; Samuel Liu; Karen Wang; Andrew Wu; Huram-Abi Yotchoum Nzia
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 1368–1377
Seventh grade students participating in a four-hour hands-on technology enriched space science camp showed significant gains in their understanding of topics related to space science topics. Topics related to Apollo moon missions and the Parker...
Topics: Authentic, contextualized, and real-world learning, Virtual reality learning environments, Lifelong, informal, and nontraditional learning
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DAMSALS2 ITEST Project--Technology Infused Science Set in the Local Environment
Patty Watts; Michael Camille; Charlotte Owens; Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knesek; Theresa Overall
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3775–3780
The DAMSALS2 ITEST Project at University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) is training teachers to provide students with technology skills needed to prepare them for technology intensive careers in agriculture. Eco-loggers, hand-held GPS units, and...
Topics: Teachers, Information Sciences, Students
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Instruments for Assessing Interest in STEM Content and Careers
Tandra Tyler-Wood; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 18, No. 2 (April 2010) pp. 345–368
Two new instruments created to assess perceptions of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines and careers are analyzed and found to have respectable to excellent internal consistency reliability, as well as good content,...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Engineering, Science, Attitudes, Teachers, Computers, Assessment, Mathematics, Evaluation, Middle School Education, Research Methods, Students