Using Physics Simulations to Enhance Learning in Pre-calculus Courses

Andrzej Sokolowski; Lynne Walters

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2936–2943

Math and science are interrelated disciplines. Mathematical tools are used to model real data generated from physical experiments and formulate them in a concise language. A law expressed as a mathematical model provides opportunity for a...

Not Just Another Research Paper: Understanding Global Sustainability through Digital Documentary

Martha R. Green; Lynne Masel Walters; Timothy Walters; Liangyan Wang

Social Studies Vol. 106, No. 1 (2015) pp. 37–46

This article evaluates the impact of extending a traditional written research paper into a digital documentary on students' perception and level of comprehension of a global sustainability issue. An adaptation of Moon's (1999) five-stage...

Digital Stories as Reflection Artifacts:Assessing the Impact of International Immersion on Teachers’ Level of Intercultural Competence

Martha Green; Lynne Walters; Liangyan Wang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1126–1131

This study uses a qualitative research paradigm to assess the impact of an international immersion experience on teachers’ level of intercultural competence. Participants recorded daily events in individual journals during a thirty-one day trip to...

Digital Storytelling as a Problem-Solving Strategy in Mathematics Teacher Education: How Making a Math-eo Engages and Excites 21st Century Students

Lynne Walters; Martha Green; Dianne Goldsby; Dawn Parker

International Journal of Technology in Education and Science Vol. 2, No. 1 (Nov 30, 2018) pp. 1–16

This study examines whether creating a mathematics-based digital story increases pre-service teachers’ understanding of the problem solving process, the relationship among visual, auditory and verbal representation in critical thinking/problem...

Language: English

Teaching Pre-Service Teachers to Make Digital Stories That Explain Complex Mathematical Concepts in a Real-World Context: The "Math-eo" Project, Creating "Cool New Tools"

Lynne Masel Walters; Martha R. Green; Dianne Goldsby; Timothy N. Walters; Liangyan Wang

International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education Vol. 23, No. 4 (2016) pp. 129–144

This mixed methods study examines whether engaging in a problem-solving project to create Math-eos (digital videos) increases pre-service teachers' understanding of the relationship between visual, auditory, and verbal representation and critical...