The Influence of Technology on the Philosophy and Methodology of Science Instruction: The Use of Laboratory Drawings

John Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3729–3731

A practice in the instructional laboratory called descriptive drawing is found in the earliest descriptions of science instruction in the United States. Students would use their keen observation skills to study a specimen or apparatus, and then...

Topics: Science

The Value of Images in Science Instruction

John Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4591–4594

Teaching with digital video in the science classroom

John Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3819–3824

This session is an interactive presentation of teacher-made videos for science in grades 4-12. The videos are created to promote observation, inference, and prediction of events in everyday science. Some movies engage the students into thought...

Editorial: Preparing Teachers to Use Digital Video in the Science Classroom

John Park

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 119–123

This special issue of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education is devoted to digital video use in the classroom. The topic was chosen as a result of discussions that were held by special interest groups at annual meetings of the...

Managing Large Volumes of Assignments

James Park; John Hagen

Educause Quarterly Vol. 28, No. 2 (2005) pp. 64–67

In spring 2003, the Distance Education Network (DEN), Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), had 860 students and more than 1,000 enrollments in 70 courses toward 10 different degrees. Typically, for...

An Updated Approach to Using Digital Video in Content Area Education, Part 1

John Park; Tom Hammond

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 943–945

In this panel, faculty members from several universities will demonstrate their innovative use of digital video in teaching in their respective content areas. Those areas include science education, social studies education, and language arts and...

Correlates of Achievement with Online and Classroom-based MBL Physics Activities

David Slykhuis; John Park

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 25, No. 2 (April 2006) pp. 147–163

Students from five high schools participated in a two to four week microcomputer based laboratory (MBL) physics curriculum in two groups. One group completed the curriculum entirely online, and the other completed the same curriculum in a...

Topics: online learning, research, on-line, web-based learning, web-based, Science, Science, Constructivism, Web-based Instruction, Science Education, Internet, online education, Research Methods, online teaching, web design

Time Studies of Fourth Graders Generating Alternative Solutions in a Decision-Making Task Using Models and Computer Simulations

John C Park

Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 4, No. 1 (1993) pp. 57–76

Fourth graders were presented decision-making tasks that required hands-on manipulation of objects or manipulation of images using a microcomputer. Computer manipulations used (1) keyboard input; (2) keyboard input and the presentation of reference...

An Updated Approach to Using Digital Video in Content Area Education, Part 2

John Park; Tom Hammond

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 946–948

In this panel, faculty members from several universities will demonstrate their innovative use of digital video in teaching in their respective content areas. Those areas include science education, social studies education, and language arts and...

Correlates of Achievement with Online and Classroom-based Microcomputer-Based Laboratory Physics Activities

David Slykhuis; John Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3745–3749

Students from five high schools participated in a two to four week microcomputer based laboratory (MBL) physics curriculum in two groups. One group completed the curriculum entirely online, and the other completed the same curriculum in a...

Topics: Computers, Mathematics, Curriculum, Students

Assessing Student Understanding of Contour Maps Using Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Panoramas and 3-D Modeling

John Park; Leonard Annetta

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4039–4045

Abstract: For the past one hundred years, science teachers have used contour lines to represent three-dimensional landforms on a two-dimensional page. Teachers have implemented a variety of activities to assist student understanding of the meaning...

Topics: Middle School Education, Virtual Environments

Video Games in Science: A Model for Students and Teachers Creating 3D Role Playing Games

Leonard Annetta; John Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3950–3956

Graduate students in science education learned to construct video games for science instruction. An innovative, synchronous online course was the vehicle for this process.As more and more students are coming to unviersities with a dire need for...

Topics: Students, Learning Objects, Video, Science, Educational Technology

Expanding teachers' literacy in science and mathematics: Basing technology professional development on histories of classroom practice and beliefs

Lisa Grable; John C. Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 652–653

One hundred four middle school mathematics and science teachers committed to participating in a professional development summer institute with approximately 90 hours of instruction in the use of educational CD-ROMs, calculator-based laboratory, and...

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

Qualitative Data Analysis to Ascertain the Benefits of a Web-Based, Teacher Oriented Project

April A. Cleveland; John Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1072–1074

Qualitative data is often overlooked when judging the success or failure of a web-based project, but can be a valuable resource in evaluating the potential needs and experiences of the participants. Research has determined that the use of both...

Topics: Interaction, Teachers, Evaluation, Middle School Education

Investigating Hollywood Science using Feature Film and Probeware

John C. Park; Jessica Stephens

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4919–4926

Movies are a good source of problems for scientific analysis. Over time we become conditioned to accept Hollywood science that permeates most fantasy, science fiction, and action / adventure films. But science exaggerations can be found in even...

The Efficacy of Online MBL Activities

David Slykhuis; John C. Park

Journal of Interactive Online Learning Vol. 5, No. 1 pp. 14–31

The focus of this study was twofold: one, to determine if students could increase their physics content knowledge through the completion of an online hands-on Microcomputer-Based Laboratory (MBL) unit on motion; and two to determine if the...

Developing a Web-based Tool for Systematic Motivational Design

Kyujung Han; Sanghoon Park; John Keller; Kiwoon Park

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2841–2844

Keller's motivational design process based on his ARCS model has been widely employed to design highly motivated learning environments. In the classroom, especially, ARCS motivational design process has been used to help teachers create practical...

Topics: Teachers, Instructional Design, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials

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

Guest Editorial: Technology Proficiencies in Science Teacher Education

John C. Park; David A. Slykhuis

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2006) pp. 218–229

The mission of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) is to promote leadership in and support for those involved in the professional development of teachers of science. The organization originated in the late 1920s through visits and...

Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Science

Researching Student Use of School Science Images

John C. Park; David Slykhuis; Sharon Dotger

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4724–4730

Science teacher uses of images have been documented in the education literature for the past 110 years. Practitioners have used images via student drawings, photographs, projected images, images in microscopes and telescopes, textbook images, and...

Topics: Science, Students, Computer Sciences, Computers

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

Revisiting the first CITE Journal and the state of promoting and preparing teachers to use technology in the content areas.

John Lee; Marshall George; Joe Garofalo; John Park; David Slykhuis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) p. 2567

This session will present four new versions of the very first articles accepted into the CITE journal examining the state and role of technology in pre-service teacher education. We will examine what has and has not changed in the last 15 years as...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Developing, Testing, and Implementing Dynamic Visualizations: Integrating Multiple Representations of Video, Data, and Graphs While Investigating Physical Science Concepts

John Park; Manpreet Sandhu; Hilary Ritt; Dennis Pipes; Jeff Myers

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4759–4765

Tools for simultaneous viewing of data and video have been available for the past several years. However, large scale testing and implementation of such multiple representations in the science classroom have not occurred. The dynamic...

A Guide to Choosing Web-Based Curriculum-Based Measurements for the Classroom

Minkowan Goo; Sarah Watt; Yungkeun Park; John Hosp

TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 45, No. 2 (2012) pp. 34–40

The use of web-based curriculum-based measurement (WB-CBM) to administer, score, and manage data for instructional decision making is a growing trend as schools face issues of larger class sizes and an increase in accountability for student progress....

Constructing Evaluation Tools to Assess Earth Science Concepts Using Web-Based VR Panoramas and Contour Maps

David Slykhuis; Lynnae Flynn; Rachel McBroom; John Park

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3054–3057

An assessment tool that uses VR Panoramas was developed to study middle school student acquisition of concepts regarding three-dimensional surface mapping of the earth. Students were required to find their location on a contour map by...

Topics: Software, Students, Middle School Education

Connecting Informal and Formal Learning Experiences in the Age of Participatory Media

Glen Bull; Ann Thompson; Mike Searson; Joe Garofalo; John Park; Carl Young; John Lee

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 2 (June 2008) pp. 100–107

The renaissance stimulated by the World Wide Web is generating multiple formats and channels of communication and creativity. These include blogs, wikis, instant messaging, and texting in the realm of writing, podcasting in audio, countless sites...

Re-Dimensional Thinking in Earth Science: From 3-D Virtual Reality Panoramas to 2-D Contour Maps

John Park; Glenda Carter; Susan Butler; David Slykhuis; Angelia Reid-Griffin

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 19, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 75–90

This study examines the relationship of gender and spatial perception on student interactivity with contour maps and non-immersive virtual reality. Eighteen eighth-grade students elected to participate in a six-week activity-based course called "3-D ...

Topics: Science, Human Computer Interaction, Middle School Education, Adolescents, Virtual Environments

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

The contribution of self-compassion and compassion to others to students’ emotions and project commitment when experiencing conflict in group projects

John Jongho Park; Phoebe Long; Nathan Hyungsok Choe; Diane L. Schallert

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 88, No. 1 (March 2018) pp. 20–30

Group project assignments have become popular in college-level instruction, making group chemistry and harmony crucial for students’ learning. Because the nature of group projects highlights collaborative work, it is common for students to...

Language: English

The Preparation of Alternative Licensure Teachers: Bringing Technology into the Classroom through Distance Education

April Cleveland; Lynnae Flynn; David Haase; John C. Park; Brenda Wojnowski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2390–2392

As K-12 schools continue to add initial technology purchases and upgrades to their yearly budgets, the need for professional development for teachers increases as well. With a diverse and often distant population, web-based technology courses speak...

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

Editorial: Developing Technology Policies for Effective Classroom Practice

Glen Bull; John Park; Michael Searson; Ann Thompson; Punya Mishra; Matthew J. Koehler; Gerald Knezek

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 129–139

Our goal in this editorial is to set the stage for interdisciplinary collaborations to tackle the wicked problem of technology integration in teaching. The CITE Journal is published by a coalition of teacher educator associations, the National...

Topics: Teachers, Multimedia, Preservice Teacher Education, Schools, Teaching Methods

Serious Games: Incorporating Video Games in the Classroom

Leonard A. Annetta; Marshall R. Murray; Shelby Gull Laird; Stephanie C. Bohr; John C. Park

Educause Quarterly Vol. 29, No. 3 (2006) pp. 16–22

Technological advances in the new millennium may evoke disquiet among administrators and teachers taxed with understanding how to harness new capabilities and merge them with sound pedagogy. To understand how gaming might bridge the gap between...

Key Research Questions for Information Technology in the Core Disciplines, Part 1

Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; John Park; Joe Garofalo; Margaret Niess; David Hicks; Janet Swenson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 950–951

This symposium features presentations led by SITE Vice Presidents (VPs) from the disciplines of Science, Math, Social Studies, English and Early Childhood. The focus is on key research questions for information technology in the core disciplines....

Topics: Social Sciences, Information Sciences, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Social Studies

(In)disciplined Creativity in Teacher Education

Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; John C. Park; John Lee; Joe Garofalo; Carl Young; Douglas Hartman; Sara Kajder; William Cain

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1887–1891

Over the past several decades, creativity has become a subject of heightened interest to the field of teaching (Plucker, Beghetto, and Dow, 2004). There is a strong, and generally agreed-upon conviction on the relevance and necessity of creativity...

Topics: Creativity

Ridges and Bridges: MentorNet Collaboration Yields a Watershed of Preservice Infusion

Lisa Grable; Hiller Spires; Judy Lambert; Candy Beal; John Park; Hollylynne Drier; Marsha Alibrandi

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1642–1646

Mandatory technology requirements for student teachers have put faculty in teacher education programs in the position of being responsible for a learning environment enriched with technology. This paper addresses the processes being used by NC...

Topics: Faculty, Educational Technology, Teachers

Investigating Student Attitudes Toward a Synchronous, Online Graduate Course in a Multi-User Virtual Learning Environment

Leonard Annetta; Marshall Murray; Shelby Gull Laird; Stephanie Bohr; John Park

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 16, No. 1 (2008) pp. 5–34

This article describes a graduate distance education course at North Carolina State University, which combined science content and pedagogy with video game design. The course was conducted entirely in a synchronous, online, Virtual Learning...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Virtual Environments, Distance Education, Interaction, Community, Instructional Design, Learning Objects, Games, Creativity, Human Computer Interaction, Science, Attitudes, Collaboration, Communication, Curriculum

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

Digital Stories Across the Curriculum: Opportunities and Challenges, Part 1

Michael Searson; Joe Lambert; David Hicks; Sara Kajder; Maggie Niess; John Park; Dina Rosen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 724–726

Digital stories blend audio, voice, and images into powerful creations, and have become a compelling tool for classroom teachers and students. Although the tools, skills, and practices incorporated into the making of digital stories resonate with...

Topics: Social Studies, Educational Technology, Mathematics, Early Childhood Education, Social Sciences

Creativity SIG Symposium: Creativity Across the Disciplines: Exploring the Boundaries of Teacher Education

Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; William Cain; Adam Friedman; Joe Garofalo; Douglas Hartman; David Hicks; John Lee; John C. Park; Shaunna Smith

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1935–1940

Over the past several decades, creativity has become a subject of heightened interest to the field of teaching (Plucker, Beghetto, and Dow, 2004). Research has shown that teachers, as mentors and role models, are principal constituents in developing ...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Creativity, Research Methods

Creativity SIG Symposium: Creativity Across the Disciplines: Exploring the Boundaries of Teacher Education

Punya Mishra; Danah Henriksen; William Cain; Adam Friedman; Joe Garofalo; Douglas Hartman; David Hicks; John Lee; John C. Park; Shaunna Smith

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1941–1946

Over the past several decades, creativity has become a subject of heightened interest to the field of teaching (Plucker, Beghetto, and Dow, 2004). Research has shown that teachers, as mentors and role models, are principal constituents in developing ...

Topics: Creativity

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...