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Enhancing TPACK with Assistive Technology: Promoting Inclusive Practices in Pre-service Teacher Education
Matthew Marino; Pauline Sameshima; Constance Beecher
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 9, No. 2 (June 2009) pp. 186–207
As the global community continues the transition from an industrialized factory model to an information and now participatory networked-based society, educational technology will play a pivotal role in preparing students for their futures. Many...
Topics: Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Students, Inclusive Education, Learning Disabilities, Accessibility, Integration, Educational Technology, Curriculum, Preservice Teacher Education
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Conceptualizing RTI in 21st-Century Secondary Science Classrooms: Video Games' Potential to Provide Tiered Support and Progress Monitoring for Students with Learning Disabilities
Matthew T. Marino; Constance C. Beecher
Learning Disability Quarterly Vol. 33, No. 4 (2010) pp. 299–311
Secondary schools across the United States are adopting response to intervention (RTI) as a means to identify students with learning disabilities (LD) and provide tiered instructional interventions that benefit all students. The majority of current...
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Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of Using Video Games to Enhance Science Instruction
Matthew T. Marino; Maya Israel; Constance C. Beecher; James D. Basham
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 5 (October 2013) pp. 667–680
Science education video game research points toward promising, but inconclusive results in both student learning outcomes and attitudes. However, student-level variables other than gender have been largely absent from this research. This study...
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Language of Children with Disabilities to Peers at Play: Impact of Ecology
Paulette E. Mills; Constance C. Beecher; Philip S. Dale; Kevin N. Cole; Joseph R. Jenkins
Journal of Early Intervention Vol. 36, No. 2 (June 2014) pp. 111–130
Play is a significant aspect of preschool curricula. We report two studies that examine the effects of play-related variables: length of free play, type of language instructional approach, degree of structure of free play, and amount of teacher...
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An Analysis of Factors that Affect Struggling Readers' Achievement during a Technology-Enhanced STEM Astronomy Curriculum
Matthew T. Marino; Anne C. Black; Michael T. Hayes; Constance C. Beecher
Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 25, No. 3 (2010) pp. 35–47
This article reports the findings of a study examining independent variables that contributed to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) achievement of students with reading difficulties who participated in a technology-enhanced ...
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An Analysis of Factors that Affect Struggling Readers’ Achievement During a Technologyenhanced STEM Astronomy Curriculum
Matthew T. Marino; Anne C. Black; Michael T. Hayes and Constance C. Beecher
Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 25, No. 3 (2010)
This article reports the findings of a study examining independent variables that contributed to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) achievement of students with reading difficulties who participated in a technology-enhanced ...
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Using Technology to Support STEM Reading
Matthew T. Marino; Anne C. Black; Michael T. Hayes and Constance C. Beecher; Matthew T. Marino; Anne C. Black; Michael T. Hayes and Constance C. Beecher; Matthew T. Marino; Anne C. Black; Michael T. Hayes and Constance C. Beecher; Matthew H. Schneps; Jamie K. O'Keeffe; Amanda Heffner-Wong; Gerhard Sonnert
Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 25, No. 3 (2010) pp. 21–33
Tasks in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are unusually varied because they target phenomena occurring in diverse domains and call upon a wide range of abilities to perform them. The fact that STEM tasks cover such a broad...