Exploring diversity through ethos in initial teacher education

James Nelson

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 24, No. 7 (October 2008) pp. 1729–1738

This paper considers whether there is value in introducing student teachers to schools of different ethos as part of their initial teacher education. A 2-year study of undergraduate post-primary student teachers at a university college in Northern...

Language: English

A Program to Teach Logic

James Moor; Jack Nelson

Computers and the Humanities Vol. 6 (1974) p. 278

Described a computer program and how it might help solve problems in the humanities. (RK)

Context for Collaboration: Resource Sharing at the State Level

James A. Nelson

Journal of Library Administration Vol. 25, No. 2 (1998) pp. 87–95

Discusses statewide initiatives in information services and resource sharing in Kentucky. Describes developments of the Kentucky Library Network; the EMPOWER Kentucky initiative; the Strategic Information Technology Plan; Online Computer Library...

Kentucky: Status of Technology Deployment

James A. Nelson

Library Hi Tech Vol. 14, No. 2 (1996) pp. 131–39

Explains the status of information technology deployment in Kentucky. Topics include Kentucky Information Resource Management Commission, created by the state government; the Kentucky information highway, including education, health care, economic...

A quantitative analysis of the performance, success, and demographic differences between Internet students and traditional classroom students

James Nelson Messinger

(2003) pp. 1–169

Students and faculty have reported satisfaction with course work presented through the Internet. However, little work has been done to determine if the Internet students are learning the material as well as the students in the traditional classroom. ...

A Robust Function to Return the Cumulative Density of Non-Central F Distributions in Microsoft Office Excel

James Byron Nelson

Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology Vol. 37, No. 1 (2016) pp. 61–83

The manuscript presents a Visual Basic[superscript R] for Applications function that operates within Microsoft Office Excel[superscript R] to return the area below the curve for a given F within a specified non-central F distribution. The function...

Discovery and Use of Online Learning Resources: Case Study Findings

Mimi M. Recker; James Dorward; Laurie Miller Nelson

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 7, No. 2 (2004) pp. 93–104

Much recent research and funding have focused on building Internet-based repositories that contain collections of high-quality learning resources, often called "learning objects." Yet little is known about how non-specialist users, in particular...

Comparison of the Effects of Computer-Based Practice and Conceptual Understanding Interventions on Mathematics Fact Retention and Generalization

Rebecca Kanive; Peter M. Nelson; Matthew K. Burns; James Ysseldyke

Journal of Educational Research Vol. 107, No. 2 (2014) pp. 83–89

The authors' purpose was to determine the effects of computer-based practice and conceptual interventions on computational fluency and word-problem solving of fourth- and fifth-grade students with mathematics difficulties. A randomized pretest...

‘Letting the right one in’: Provider contexts for recruitment to initial teacher education in the United Kingdom

Peter Davies; Mark Connolly; James Nelson; Moira Hulme; John Kirkman; Celia Greenway

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 60, No. 1 (November 2016) pp. 291–302

We exploit policy differences within the UK to investigate provider context and recruitment to initial teacher education (ITE). We identify three dimensions of variation: conceptions of professionalism, universal or context specific preparation and...

Language: English

A 1-1 Laptop Initiative in an Urban Middle School:

Gail Hilliard-Nelson; Michael Searson; James Lerman; Roland Jenkins; Catherine McNulty

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3886–3889

A 1-1 laptop initiative has been establish by Kean University at a New Jersey middle school in an urban setting. Supported by a US DOE Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant, the project has supported well-developed professional development, both for...

Topics: Teachers, Integration, Assessment, Professional Development, Middle School Education

A 1-1 Initiative in an Urban Middle School: Challenges and Successes

Michael Searson; Gail Nelson; James Lerman; Kay McNulty; Roland Jenkins; Cheryl Lemke

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1787–1790

A 1-1 laptop initiative has been establish by Kean University at a New Jersey middle school in an urban setting. Supported by a US DOE Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant, the project has supported well-developed professional development, both for...

Topics: Professional Development, Middle School Education, Teachers, Assessment

Implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) in 16 U.S. medical schools: Common practices, barriers and facilitators

Courtney West; Lori Graham; Ryan T. Palmer; Marissa Fuqua Miller; Erin K. Thayer; Margaret L. Stuber; Linda Awdishu; Rachel A. Umoren; Maria A. Wamsley; Elizabeth A. Nelson; Pablo A. Joo; James W. Tysinger; Paul George; Patricia A. Carney

Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice Vol. 4, No. 1 (September 2016) pp. 41–49

Enhanced patient outcomes and accreditation criteria have led schools to integrate interprofessional education (IPE). While several studies describe IPE curricula at individual institutions, few examine practices across multiple institutions.To...

Language: English

SURGE’s Evolution Deeper into Formal Representations: The Siren’s Call of Popular Game-Play Mechanics

Douglas Clark; Satyugjit Virk; Pratim Sengupta; Corey Brady; Mario Martinez-Garza; Kara Krinks; Stephen Killingsworth; John Kinnebrew; Gautam Biswas; Jacqueline Barnes; James Minstrell; Brian Nelson; Kent Slack; Cynthia D'Angelo

International Journal of Designs for Learning Vol. 7, No. 1 (Feb 03, 2016)

We have iteratively designed and researched five digital games focusing on Newtonian dynamics for middle school classrooms during the past seven years. The designs have evolved dramatically in terms of the roles and relationships of the formal...

Language: English