Search results for author:"Joshua Lawrence"
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Using Electronic Portfolios to Make Learning Public
Kevin Fahey; Joshua Lawrence; Jeanne Paratore
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy Vol. 50, No. 6 (March 2007) pp. 460–471
Electronic portfolio technology can be used in different contexts to create classroom communities in which everyone, not just the teacher, cares about each student's learning. The authors describe how students in an urban middle school,...
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The Doctor Is In, but Is Academia? Re-Tooling II Education for a New Era in Healthcare
Andre Lee; Lawrence Moy; S E. Kruck; Joshua Rabang
Journal of Information Systems Education Vol. 25, No. 4 (2014) pp. 275–281
Healthcare information technology is at a crossroads today. As legacy data systems converge with bleeding edge technologies, the technology environments of today's hospitals and clinics are evolving rapidly, producing new care delivery models. As a...
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The Words Students Need
Joshua F. Lawrence; Claire White; Catherine E. Snow
Educational Leadership Vol. 68, No. 2 (October 2010) pp. 23–26
Students who struggle with reading comprehension in middle school often lack the academic vocabulary the need to understand grade-level textbooks and other instructional materials. Research shows that to learn a new word well, students need to...
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Cloud-Based Collaborative Writing and the Common Core Standards
Soobin Yim; Mark Warschauer; Binbin Zheng; Joshua F. Lawrence
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy Vol. 58, No. 3 (November 2014) pp. 243–254
The Common Core State Standards emphasize the integration of technology skills into English Language Arts (ELA) instruction, recognizing the demand for technology-based literacy skills to be college- and career- ready. This study aims to examine how ...
Topics: Literacy, Standards, English Language Arts
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Middle School Students' Writing and Feedback in a Cloud-Based Classroom Environment
Binbin Zheng; Joshua Lawrence; Mark Warschauer; Chin-Hsi Lin
Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 20, No. 2 (July 2015) pp. 201–229
Individual writing and collaborative writing skills are important for academic success, yet are poorly taught in K-12 classrooms. This study examines how sixth-grade students (n = 257) taught by two teachers used Google Docs to write and exchange...