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Jennifer Thomas
Pace University
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Smart E-Classrooms, Traditional Classrooms and Critical Thinking
Jennifer Thomas
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2288–2291
This paper presents the results of a study conducted to examine the impact on critical thinking of a traditional classroom versus a "smart e-classroom". Preliminary results compiled from data collected via the California Critical Thinking Skills...
Topics: Classrooms, Students
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Support offered User Performance Speed, Memory, Effort, and Comfort by Package Features
Jennifer D.E. Thomas
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) p. 1655
It is suggested that ease of use of a package may be evaluated as a function of the support which design and assistance features offer user performance speed, memory, effort and comfort. Features provided in software which are believed to...
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Technological Supports and Students' Perceptions of Acquisition of Team-Building and Thinking Skills
Jennifer Thomas; Danielle Morin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2436–2441
Abstract: This paper compares students' perceptions of support provided in the acquisition of various thinking and team-building skills, as a consequence of the integration of various resources and technology used in an upper level Distributed...
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A Survey of Knowledge Management Skills Acquisition in an Online Team-Based Distributed Computing Course
Jennifer D. E. Thomas
Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 4, No. 9 (September 2007) pp. 39–46
This paper investigates students' perceptions of their acquisition of knowledge management skills, namely thinking and team-building skills, resulting from the integration of various resources and technologies into an entirely team-based, online...
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Preliminary Investigation of IMM Evaluation Instrument
Jennifer D.E. Thomas
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1529–1531
The suggestion has previously been made that an instructional multimedia (IMM) application will support learning to the extent that it offers support to user performance speed, memory, effort, comfort, content and course management. (Thomas, 1998)....
Topics: Change, Multimedia, Evaluation
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NimbleTools: A Universally Designed Test Delivery System
Michael Russell; Thomas Hoffmann; Jennifer Higgins
TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 42, No. 2 (2009) pp. 6–12
Students with disabilities and special needs have faced challenges in accessing educational content, and in taking traditional pen-and-paper tests. How might technology improve the process, while making statewide tests truly accessible to all...
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Librarian and Faculty Collaborative Instruction: A Phenomenological Self-Study
Jennifer Diane Brown; Thomas Scott Duke
Research Strategies Vol. 20, No. 3 (2005) pp. 171–190
Several models of librarian and faculty collaboration are found in the professional librarian literature. The literature on collaborative self-study research in university settings suggests collaborative self-study research can improve...
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Examining the Effect of Computer-Based Passage Presentation on Reading Test Performance
Jennifer Higgins; Michael Russell; Thomas Hoffmann
Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment Vol. 3, No. 4 (January 2005)
To examine the impact of transitioning 4th grade reading comprehension assessments to the computer, 219 fourth graders were randomly assigned to take a one-hour reading comprehension assessment on paper, on a computer using scrolling text to...
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Survey of Sampled Higher Education Institutions in Alabama
Thomas Nix; Scott Snyder; Jennifer Fritschi
Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association 2002 (November 2002)
This survey examined the extent of implementation of technology standards into Alabama preservice teacher education programs Researchers identified five graduate and five undergraduate education programs with the highest enrollments at the 15 higher ...
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Technological Supports for Onsite and Distance Education and Students' Perceptions of Acquisition of Thinking and Team-Building Skills
Jennifer D. E. Thomas; Danielle Morin
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 8, No. 2 (2010) pp. 1–13
This paper compares students' perceptions of support provided in the acquisition of various thinking and team-building skills, resulting from the various activities, resources and technologies (ART) integrated into an upper level Distributed...
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Delivery Method and Persistence and Performance
Jennifer Thomas; Danielle Morin; Samie Ly
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1797–1801
Abstract: Since the advent of MOOC’s, there has been rising interest in this mode of instruction delivery by institutions as a way to defray costs. This movement points to an even greater need for attention to the efficacy of online delivery for...
Topics: pedagogical issues, Teaching/Learning Strategies, improving classroom teaching
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Learning Generation: Fostering Innovation with Tomorrow’s Teachers and Technology
Ronald Aust; Brian Newberry; Joseph O’Brien; Jennifer Thomas
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 13, No. 2 (2005) pp. 167–195
We discuss the context, conception, implementation, and research used to refine and evaluate a systemic model for fostering technology integration in teacher education. The Learning Generation model identifies conditions where innovations for using...
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Fostering Problem-Solving in a Virtual Environment
Raafat George Saad; Danielle Morin; Jennifer D.E. Thomas
Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan 05, 2015) pp. 339–362
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Assessing Pre-Service Candidates' Web-Based Electronic Portfolios
Sharon Lamson; Kelli R. Thomas; Jennifer Aldrich; Andy King
Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators 2001 (August 2001)
This paper describes processes undertaken by Central Missouri State University's Department of Curriculum and Instruction to prepare teacher candidates to create Web-based professional portfolios, Central's expectations for content coverage within...
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Recruiting Students of Color Through Developing Online Graduate Student Panels
Kinnis Gosha; Thomas Benjamin; Chinasa Ordu; Jennifer Horace
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1324–1330
Due to an increase in population size of underrepresented minorities (URM) and a shortage of U.S. citizens who are entering into academic majors involving science, technology, engineering and math, it is critical for the U.S. to create a “pipeline”...
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Illinois Trauma Centers and Intimate Partner Violence: Are We Doing Our Share?
Marie Crandall; Jennifer Schwab; Karen Sheehan; Thomas Esposito
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Vol. 24, No. 12 (2009) pp. 2096–2108
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major source of morbidity and mortality nationally. Trauma Centers can be very helpful for victims of IPV but there may be variability in IPV resource provision. A survey was mailed to each of the 65 Trauma...
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Computer-Based Signing Accommodations: Comparing a Recorded Human with an Avatar
Michael Russell; Maureen Kavanaugh; Jessica Masters; Jennifer Higgins; Thomas Hoffmann
Journal of Applied Testing Technology Vol. 10, No. 3 (August 2009)
Many students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing are eligible for a signing accommodation for state and other standardized tests. The signing accommodation, however, presents several challenges for testing programs that attempt to administer tests...
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Learning Generation: Fostering Innovation with Tomorrow's Teachers and Technology
Ronald Aust; Brian Newberry; Joseph O'Brien; Jennifer Thomas
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 2005) pp. 167–195
We discuss the context, conception, implementation, and research used to refine and evaluate a systemic model for fostering technology integration in teacher education. The Learning Generation model identifies conditions where innovations for using...
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An Electronic Portfolio System: Faculty and Student Perceptions
Beverly Wallace; Matthew Thomas; Andrew King; Jennifer Aldrich; Yuankun Yao
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 276–281
This brief paper reports findings from an ongoing analysis of the electronic portfolio program required for early childhood, elementary, and middle school teacher certification at Central Missouri State University. The focus of this paper is on the...
Topics: Change, Portfolios, Middle School Education
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Learning Generation: Innovations With Tomorrow's Teachers and Technology
Ronald Aust; Brain Newberry; Joseph O'Brien; Jennifer Thomas
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
In this article, we discuss the context, conception, implementation and research used to refine and evaluate a systemic model for fostering technology integration in teacher education. The Learning Generation model identifies conditions where...
Topics: Preservice Teachers, Technology integration, teacher education, Integration, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum, teacher preparation, Professional Development, faculty development, Collaboration, Inclusive Education
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Looking Forward to Look Backward: Technology and King Arthur
Jennifer D.E. Thomas; Martha Driver; Jean F. Coppola; Barbara A. Thomas
AACE Journal Vol. 16, No. 4 (October 2008) pp. 367–383
This article discusses students' perceptions of the impact of technology integration in an interdisciplinary medieval English literature and multimedia course on developing higher-order thinking skills and team-building skills. The results indicate...
Topics: Multimedia, Computers, Teaching Methods, Collaboration, Classrooms, Learning Outcomes
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Using Action Research to Investigate the Use of Digital Information Resources in Further Education
Jennifer Rowley; Kathryn Ray; Debbie Proud; Linda Banwell; Sian Spink; Rhian Thomas; Christine Urquhart
Journal of Further and Higher Education Vol. 28, No. 3 (Aug 01, 2004) pp. 235–246
Within the Third Annual Cycle of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) User Behaviour Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, six small-scale action research interventions were undertaken in further education (FE) institutions. The aims of...
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Concept mapping improves metacomprehension accuracy among 7th graders
Joshua S. Redford; Keith W. Thiede; Jennifer Wiley; Thomas D. Griffin
Learning and Instruction Vol. 22, No. 4 (August 2012) pp. 262–270
Two experiments explored concept map construction as a useful intervention to improve metacomprehension accuracy among 7th grade students. In the first experiment, metacomprehension was marginally better for a concept mapping group than for a...
Language: English
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When analogies harm: The effects of analogies on metacomprehension
Jennifer Wiley; Allison J. Jaeger; Andrew R. Taylor; Thomas D. Griffin
Learning and Instruction Vol. 55, No. 1 (June 2018) pp. 113–123
The main goal of the present research was to test whether the presence of analogies would affect the relative accuracy of metacognitive judgments about learning from expository science texts, and whether any effect would depend on the type of cues...
Language: English
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Examining the Use of Adaptive Technologies to Increase the Hands-On Participation of Students with Blindness or Low Vision in Secondary-School Chemistry and Physics
Cary A. Supalo; Jennifer R. Humphrey; Thomas E. Mallouk; H. David Wohlers; William S. Carlsen
Chemistry Education Research and Practice Vol. 17, No. 4 (2016) pp. 1174–1189
To determine whether a suite of audible adaptive technologies would increase the hands-on participation of high school students with blindness or low vision in chemistry and physics courses, data were examined from a multi-year field study conducted ...
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Using Content Acquisition Podcasts to Deliver Core Content to Preservice Teacher Candidates
Michael J. Kennedy; Ryan O. Kellems; Cathy Newman Thomas; Jennifer R. Newton
Intervention in School and Clinic Vol. 50, No. 3 (January 2015) pp. 163–168
Teacher educators are always looking for instructional strategies that are easy to create and use but are powerful for promoting learning among preservice teacher candidates. Content acquisition podcasts (CAPs) is an example of an instructional...
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Improving teacher candidate knowledge using content acquisition podcasts
Michael J. Kennedy; Cathy Newman Thomas; Sara Aronin; Jennifer R. Newton; John Wills Lloyd
Computers & Education Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 116–127
There are many open questions with respect to theory and empirical support for methods used in college teaching, especially when technology is incorporated into instruction. In this article, we report the results of a study of a multimedia-based...
Language: English
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Fostering eABCD: Asset-Based Community Development in Digital Service-Learning
Rachael W. Shah; Jennifer Selting Troester; Robert Brooke; Lauren Gatti; Sarah L. Thomas; Jessica Masterson
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement Vol. 22, No. 2 (2018) pp. 189–221
The continuing expansion of digital service-learning is bringing emergent dynamics to the field of community engagement, including the challenge of fostering asset-based views of community partners in online spaces. "Online disinhibition" (...
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Editorial: Integrated STEM and Current Directions in the STEM Community
Andrea C. Burrows; Joe Garofalo; Steven Barbato; Rhonda Christensen; Michael Grant; - Kinshuk; Jennifer Parrish; Christine Thomas; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 4 (December 2017) pp. 478–482
uring this National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS; see ntls.info), concurrent “strand” deliberations took place over 2 days. One of those strands was entitled American Innovations in the Content Areas: STEM, and the discussion within that...
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Coordinating multiple representations of polynomials: What do patterns in students' solution strategies reveal?
William Zahner; Ting Dai; Jennifer G. Cromley; Theodore W. Wills; Julie L. Booth; Thomas F. Shipley; Waldemar Stepnowski
Learning and Instruction Vol. 49, No. 1 (June 2017) pp. 131–141
We investigate the strategies used by 64 advanced secondary mathematics students to identify whether a given pair of polynomial representations (graphs, tables, or equations) corresponded to the same function on an assessment of coordinating...
Language: English
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Effects of three diagram instruction methods on transfer of diagram comprehension skills: The critical role of inference while learning
Jennifer G. Cromley; Bradley W. Bergey; Shannon Fitzhugh; Nora Newcombe; Theodore W. Wills; Thomas F. Shipley; Jacqueline C. Tanaka
Learning and Instruction Vol. 26, No. 1 (August 2013) pp. 45–58
Can students be taught to better comprehend the diagrams in their textbooks? Can such teaching transfer to uninstructed diagrams in the same domain or even in a new domain? What methods work best for these goals? Building on previous research...
Language: English
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Different Approaches to Assessing the Quality of Explanations Following a Multiple-Document Inquiry Activity in Science
Jennifer Wiley; Peter Hastings; Dylan Blaum; Allison J. Jaeger; Simon Hughes; Patricia Wallace; Thomas D. Griffin; M. Anne Britt
International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 27, No. 4 (2017) pp. 758–790
This article describes several approaches to assessing student understanding using written explanations that students generate as part of a multiple-document inquiry activity on a scientific topic (global warming). The current work attempts to...
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Using Multimedia Tools to Support Teacher Candidates' Learning
Michael J. Kennedy; Emily Ely; Cathy Newman Thomas; Paige C. Pullen; Jennifer R. Newton; Kristen Ashworth; Mira T. Cole; Shelly P. Lovelace
Teacher Education and Special Education Vol. 35, No. 3 (August 2012) pp. 243–257
Content Acquisition Podcasts (CAPs), created using Mayer's Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, are a form of instructional technology that can deliver critical course content and be used by teacher educators to conserve limited face-to-face...
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Early commitment on financial aid and college decision making of poor students: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in rural China
Chengfang Liu; Linxiu Zhang; Renfu Luo; Xiaobing Wang; Scott Rozelle; Brian Sharbono; Jennifer Adams; Yaojiang Shi; Ai Yue; Hongbin Li; Thomas Glauben
Economics of Education Review Vol. 30, No. 4 (August 2011) pp. 627–640
Many educational systems have struggled with the question about how best to give out financial aid. In particular, if students do not know the amount of financial aid that they can receive before they make a decision about where to go to college and ...
Language: English
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Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2013
(2013) pp. 1–186
Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education is now in its fifth year of publication, and has become one of the most important journals for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). This journal represents the...