Analyzing Dynamic Pendulum Motion in an Interactive Online Environment Using Flash

Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson; G Donald Allen; Cathleen C. Loving

Science and Education Vol. 13, No. 4 (July 2004) pp. 437–457

A pendulum "engine" with dynamic parameters can be created and pendulum functions manipulated and analyzed using interactive elements in Flash. The effects of changing the damping (convergence) properties, initial release angle and initial velocity...

Curriculum Reform Movements and Science Textbooks: A Retrospective Examination of 6th Grade Science Textbooks

Muhammet Mustafa Alpaslan; Bugrahan Yalvac; Cathleen C. Loving

EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 207–216

Over 50 years, two major reform efforts in science education took place. The purpose of the present study is to explore how the educational reforms were reflected in nine 6th grade science textbooks published in 1975, in 1985 and in 1997 in terms of ...

Blogs: Enhancing Links in a Professional Learning Community of Science and Mathematics Teachers

Cathleen C. Loving; Carolyn Schroeder; Rui Kang; Christine Shimek; Bruce Herbert

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 178–198

Anyone who can access the Internet can be part of the knowledge-access, knowledge-building, information-exchanging culture, regardless of location. Time magazine's latest "Person of the Year" is "You"(Grossman, 2006). In a startling acknowledgement...

Topics: Mentoring, Science, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Mathematics, Teachers, Classrooms

An Empirical Examination of the Warfare Metaphor with Respect to Pre-Service Elementary Teachers

William W. Cobern; Cathleen C. Loving; Edward B. Davis; Jeff Terpstra

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 4 (August 2013) pp. 488–499

Since its origination in the late nineteenth century, the warfare metaphor has been used to characterize the relationship between science and religion, especially orthodox Christianity. Though thoroughly discredited by historians of science, the...

Experimental Comparison of Inquiry and Direct Instruction in Science

William W. Cobern; David Schuster; Betty Adams; Brooks Applegate; Brandy Skjold; Adriana Undreiu; Cathleen C. Loving; Janice D. Gobert

Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 28, No. 1 (April 2010) pp. 81–96

There are continuing educational and political debates about "inquiry" versus "direct" teaching of science. Traditional science instruction has been largely direct but in the US, recent national and state science education standards advocate inquiry ...