Factors That Promote and Inhibit Discourse With Preservice Teachers on a Non-Restrictive, Public Web-Based Forum

Alec Bodzin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2973–2978

This study investigated asynchronous communication factors that influence the discourse of preservice science teachers on a non-restrictive, public Web-based forum. Salient elements that promoted discourse among the participants included the level ...

Topics: Teachers, Communication

Designing Web-Based Inquiry Simulations: Carolina Coastal Science

Alec Bodzin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1058–1063

In this paper, the design of Web-based inquiry simulations used in science classrooms for students to explore coastal science issues is discussed. In response to the demand of reform efforts and the lack of an appropriate design model approach,...

Topics: Science, Information Sciences

Using Educative Curriculum Materials to Support Teacher Enactment of a Geospatial Science Curriculum

Alec Bodzin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1116–1124

As part of a science education reform initiative, a series of Web GIS tectonics investigations with educative materials and embedded supports were developed. These supports were designed to address the need to provide “just in time” professional...

Topics: Curriculum, Science Education, Research & Evaluation, Geospatial Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Non-Restricted Asynchronous Web-Based Forums: A Study of Preservice Science Teachers’ Attitudes

Alec Bodzin

International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 6, No. 4 (2000) pp. 363–392

This study investigated the purposeful use of asynchronous telecommunications in a science education methods/curricu-lum course involving the use of a nonrestrictive, public Web-based forum with preservice science teachers. The findings in this...

Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Attitudes, Science, Interaction, Teachers

Scoring for Preservice Teachers’ Electronic Portfolios: Issues of Feasibility and Reliability

Carol Derham; Alec Bodzin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1919–1923

This paper is a progress report on a pilot study investigating the creation of an impartial, reliable, and feasible method of scoring preservice teachers' electronic portfolios. Participants include four preservice teachers participating in intern...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Portfolios, Teachers

The Effects of Preservice Science Teachers Engaging In

Alec M. Bodzin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 910–913

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University Teaching has been characterized as a culture of isolation (Schlagel, Trathen, & Blanton, 1996). A practicing teacher does not usually have access to ongoing development and support in...

Incorporating the World Wide Web in the Science Classroom

Alec M. Bodzin

Electronic Journal of Science Education Vol. 1, No. 3 (1997)

Describes a variety of science resources on the World Wide Web that can be used to enhance the science classroom. Provides a synopsis of each of the 17 websites. (Author/MVL)

Teaching Science Methods Courses with Web-Enhanced Activities

Alec M. Bodzin

Annual Meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science 2002 (January 2002)

Learning science in today's classroom does not have to be restricted to text-based curricular resources. Web sites present learners with a wide range of science activities in various formats ranging from text-only information to providing authentic...

Purposeful use of a non-restrictive, asynchronous public Web-based forum for facilitating reflective discourse with preservice science teachers

Alec Michael Bodzin

Purposeful use of a non@-restrictive, asynchronous public Web@-based forum for facilitating reflective discourse with preservice science@teachers (1999) pp. 1–333

The purpose of this research has been to investigate the purposeful use of asynchronous telecommunications in a science education methods/curriculum course involving the use of a non-restrictive, public Web based forum for facilitating reflective...

The Impact of a Geospatial Technology-Supported Energy Curriculum on Middle School Students' Science Achievement

Violet Kulo; Alec Bodzin

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 1 (February 2013) pp. 25–36

Geospatial technologies are increasingly being integrated in science classrooms to foster learning. This study examined whether a Web-enhanced science inquiry curriculum supported by geospatial technologies promoted urban middle school students'...

Integrating Instructional Technologies in a Local Watershed Investigation with Urban Elementary Learners

Alec M. Bodzin

Journal of Environmental Education Vol. 39, No. 2 (2008) pp. 47–58

The author describes an after-school science club program for urban 4th-grade students that integrated instructional technologies to investigate a pond ecosystem in the local schoolyard. The author conducted a design-based evaluation study to...

The Implementation of a Geospatial Information Technology (GIT)-Supported Land Use Change Curriculum with Urban Middle School Learners to Promote Spatial Thinking

Alec M. Bodzin

Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 48, No. 3 (March 2011) pp. 281–300

This study investigated whether a geospatial information technology (GIT)-supported science curriculum helped students in an urban middle school understand land use change (LUC) concepts and enhanced their spatial thinking. Five 8th grade earth and...

Implementing Web-Based Scientific Inquiry in Preservice Science Methods Courses

Alec M. Bodzin

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 5, No. 1 (2005) pp. 50–65

This paper describes how the Web-based Inquiry for Learning Science (WBI) instrument was used with preservice elementary and secondary science teachers in science methods courses to enhance their understanding of Web-based scientific inquiry. The...

Topics: Integration, technology, Technology integration, teaching, Elementary Education, teacher preparation, Science, Science, Teaching Methods, Simulation, Science Education, eLearning, Inclusive Education

Designing for Watershed Inquiry

Alec Bodzin; Louise Shive

Applied Environmental Education and Communication Vol. 3, No. 4 (2004) pp. 249–258

In this article, we describe a collaborative design initiative with three secondary school teachers to promote the use of Web-based inquiry in the context of a watershed investigation. Design interviews that focus on instructional goals and...

Integrating Geospatial Technologies to Examine Urban Land Use Change: A Design Partnership

Alec M. Bodzin; Lori Cirucci

Journal of Geography Vol. 108, No. 4 (2009) pp. 186–197

This article describes a design partnership that investigated how to integrate Google Earth, remotely sensed satellite and aerial imagery, with other instructional resources to investigate ground cover and land use in diverse middle school...

The Effectiveness of the Geospatial Curriculum Approach on Urban Middle-Level Students' Climate Change Understandings

Alec M. Bodzin; Qiong Fu

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 4 (August 2014) pp. 575–590

Climate change science is a challenging topic for student learning. This quantitative study examined the effectiveness of a geospatial curriculum approach to promote climate change science understandings in an urban school district with eighth-grade ...

A Land-Use-Planning Simulation Using Google Earth

Alec M. Bodzin; Lori Cirucci

Science Scope Vol. 32, No. 7 (March 2009) pp. 30–38

Google Earth (GE) is proving to be a valuable tool in the science classroom for understanding the environment and making responsible environmental decisions (Bodzin 2008). GE provides learners with a dynamic mapping experience using a simple...

Effectiveness of an Asynchronous Online Module on University Students' Understanding of the Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom

William J. Farina; Alec M. Bodzin

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 27, No. 3 (2018) pp. 256–269

Web-based learning is a growing field in education, yet empirical research into the design of high quality Web-based university science instruction is scarce. A one-week asynchronous online module on the Bohr Model of the atom was developed and...

Integrating Geospatial Technologies in an Energy Unit

Violet A. Kulo; Alec M. Bodzin

Journal of Geography Vol. 110, No. 6 (2011) pp. 239–251

This article presents a design-based research study of the implementation of an energy unit developed for middle school students. The unit utilized Google Earth and a geographic information system (GIS) to support student understanding of the world...

The Efficacy of Educative Curriculum Materials to Support Geospatial Science Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Alec Bodzin; Tamara Peffer; Violet Kulo

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 361–386

Teaching and learning about geospatial aspects of energy resource issues requires that science teachers apply effective science pedagogical approaches to implement geospatial technologies into classroom instruction. To address this need, we designed ...

Investigating Flow Experience and Scientific Practices during a Mobile Serious Educational Game

Denise M. Bressler; Alec M. Bodzin

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 25, No. 5 (2016) pp. 795–805

Mobile serious educational games (SEGs) show promise for promoting scientific practices and high engagement. Researchers have quantified this engagement according to flow theory. This study investigated whether a mobile SEG promotes flow experience...

An Online Inquiry Instructional System for Environmental Issues

Alec M Bodzin; John C. Park

Meridian Vol. 2, No. 2 (1999)

Illustrates how the Dick and Carey systems approach model (1990) can still be used as part of the instructional design and developmental process in an inquiry-based online constructivist learning environment. Focuses on the Shell Island Dilemma, a...

Using a Nonrestrictive Web-Based Forum to Promote Reflective Discourse with Preservice Science Teachers

Alec M. Bodzin; John C. Park

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 2, No. 3 (2002) pp. 267–289

The purpose of this study was to investigate the purposeful use of asynchronous telecommunications during the student teaching semester using a non-restrictive, public Web-based forum for facilitating reflective discourse with preservice science...

Topics: Teachers, Science, Computer Sciences

The Effectiveness of an Online Curriculum on High School Students' Understanding of Biological Evolution

Robert B. Marsteller; Alec M. Bodzin

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 6 (2015) pp. 803–817

An online curriculum about biological evolution was designed to promote increased student content knowledge and evidentiary reasoning. A feasibility study was conducted with 77 rural high school biology students who learned with the online...

Dialogue Patterns of Preservice Science Teachers Using Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communications on the World Wide Web

JOHN C. PARK; ALEC M. BODZIN

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 19, No. 2 (2000) pp. 161–194

This study analyzed patterns of computer-mediated commu-nication of 32 preservice science teachers on a public Web-based forum. The participants were able to engage in scaf-folding pedagogical ideas with each other as a result of shar-ing peer...

Topics: Computer Sciences, Teachers, Science

Developing Scientific Citizenship Identity Using Mobile Learning and Authentic Practice

Duane E. Wallace; Alec M. Bodzin

Electronic Journal of Science Education Vol. 21, No. 6 (2017) pp. 46–71

This quasi-experimental study examined how the approach of mobile learning and authentic practice (MobiLAP) may foster scientific citizenship among ninth grade students. It was hypothesized that students that form identities as citizen scientists...

A National Science Standards-Based Study of Web-Based Inquiry in Chemistry

Louise Shive; Alec M. Bodzin; Ward Mitchell Cates

Journal of Chemical Education Vol. 81, No. 7 (Jul 01, 2004)

Inquiry-based teaching and learning and technology integration are integral parts of the National Science Education Standards ad AAAA Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy. It is found that there are very few chemistry WBIs in the public...

A Curriculum-Linked Professional Development Approach to Support Teachers? Adoption of Web GIS Tectonics Investigations

Alec Bodzin; David Anastasio; Dork Sahagian; Jill Burrows Henry

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 16, No. 3 (2016) pp. 348–372

A curriculum-linked professional development approach designed to support middle level science teachers? understandings about tectonics and geospatial pedagogical content knowledge was developed. This approach takes into account limited face-to...

Examining the Effect of Enactment of a Geospatial Curriculum on Students' Geospatial Thinking and Reasoning

Alec M. Bodzin; Qiong Fu; Violet Kulo; Tamara Peffer

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 23, No. 4 (August 2014) pp. 562–574

A potential method for teaching geospatial thinking and reasoning (GTR) is through geospatially enabled learning technologies. We developed an energy resources geospatial curriculum that included learning activities with geographic information...

Reconstructing Environmental Change Using Lake Varves as a Climate Proxy

Christopher Dempsey; Alec Bodzin; Lori Cirucci; David Anastasio; Dork Sahagian

Science Scope Vol. 35, No. 7 (March 2012) pp. 42–51

In this article, the authors describe an investigative activity in which their eighth-grade students reconstructed past environmental change in the New England area using data from lake varves in central Vermont to examine evidence of climate change....

Examining the Enactment of Web GIS on Students' Geospatial Thinking and Reasoning and Tectonics Understandings

Alec M. Bodzin; Qiong Fu; Denise Bressler; Farah L. Vallera

Computers in the Schools Vol. 32, No. 1 (2015) pp. 63–81

Geospatially enabled learning technologies may enhance Earth science learning by placing emphasis on geographic space, visualization, scale, representation, and geospatial thinking and reasoning (GTR) skills. This study examined if and how a series...

The Use of Technology by Nonformal Environmental Educators

Tamara Elizabeth Peffer; Alec M. Bodzin; Judith Duffield Smith

Journal of Environmental Education Vol. 44, No. 1 (2013) pp. 16–37

This study examined the use of instructional and learning technologies by nonformal environmental educators. A 40-question survey was developed to inquire about practitioner demographics, technology use in practice, and beliefs about technology. The ...

Adapting Models of Teacher Training and Curriculum Development for Online Geospatial Inquiry in High School Science and Social Studies Classrooms

Thomas Hammond; Kate Popejoy; Alec Bodzin; Douglas Leeson

Innovate Learning Summit 2020 (Nov 03, 2020) pp. 306–310

This spring our research team received approval from the National Science Foundation for a multi-site collaborative research project. As envisioned at the time of the grant proposal, the core procedures were to be conducted in traditional, face-to...

Topics: Authentic, contextualized, and real-world learning

Engaging middle school students in scientific practice with a collaborative mobile game

Denise M. Bressler; Alec M. Bodzin; Michael Shane Tutwiler

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 35, No. 2 (April 2019) pp. 197–207

Previous research using collaborative mobile augmented reality games in science education revealed that such games can be used to promote learner engagement and have found that engagement in such mobile games is related to flow. This study...

Shoulder-to-Shoulder: Teacher Professional Development and Curriculum Design and Development for Geospatial Technology Integration With Science and Social Studies Teachers

Thomas Hammond; Alec Bodzin; Kate Popejoy; David Anastasio; Breena Holland; Dork Sahagian

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (June 2019) pp. 279–301

For decades, educators have hoped to integrate geospatial tools into K-12 classrooms but struggled with barriers of time, technology, and curriculum alignment. The authors formed a design partnership with ninth-grade science and social studies...

Investigating the Use of Inquiry & Web-Based Activities with Inclusive Biology Learners

Alec M. Bodzin; Patricia L. Waller; Lana Edwards; Santoro Darlene Kale

American Biology Teacher Vol. 69, No. 5 (May 2007) pp. 273–279

A Web-integrated biology program is used to explore how to best assist inclusive high school students to learn biology with inquiry-based activities. Classroom adaptations and instructional strategies teachers may use to assist in promoting biology...

Using Web Resources to Promote Hands-On Collaborative Science Inquiry: The Science Junction

Lisa L. Grable; Alec M. Bodzin; April J. Cleveland; David G. Haase; John C. Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1507–1510

The evolution of web browsers with multimedia capabilities that handle java scripting has enabled authors to move from a "click and look" environment to one in which the user can be involved through communication, interaction and reflective thinking....

Topics: Science

Developing a Science Inquiry-Based Web Site: The Science Junction

Lisa L. Grable; April J. Cleveland; David G. Haase; John C. Park; Alec M. Bodzin

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 846–849

NC State University provided funds for a project called The Science Junction. The primary purpose of The Science Junction is to promote the "doing" of science by students of grades 4-12 through Web-based activities and resources. Other purposes of...

Topics: Science, Teachers