TECHFIT: Combining fitness & technology to spark interest in STEM

Alka Harriger; Michael Flynn; Bradley Harriger; Susan Flynn

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2121–2128

The goal of the Teaching Engineering Concepts to Harness Future Innovators and Technologists (TECHFIT) project was to foster middle school student enthusiasm for STEM disciplines by equipping them with the skills to become innovators of interesting, ...

A Methodological Evaluation of an Environmental Education Survey: Is There a Technological Advantage

Ryan L. Sharp; Michael J. Bradley; James N. Maples

Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership Vol. 9, No. 3 (2017) pp. 275–279

Environmental education represents a conceivable way to counter the effects of youth's lack of exposure to the natural environment. However, the effectiveness of these programs is often not evaluated, and when they are, the methods for doing so are...

Neural prostheses for the treatment of medication resistant depression

J. Michael Pickle; Katie Flannery; Suryarshi Basu; Roxanne Bridges; Bradley Dreis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4217–4220

Neural prostheses are biomedical devices implanted into the central nervous system to supplement neurological function. We address the development of a neural prosthetic for the treatment of medication resistant depression. Medication resistant...

Topics: Ethical Issues, Computers

3 Steps to Great Coaching: A Simple but Powerful Instructional Coaching Cycle Nets Results

Jim Knight; Marti Elford; Michael Hock; Devona Dunekack; Barbara Bradley; Donald D. Deshler; David Knight

Journal of Staff Development Vol. 36, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 10–12

In this article the authors describe a three-step instructional coaching cycle that can helps coaches become more effective. The article provides the steps and related components to: (1) Identify; (2) Learn; and (3) Improve. While the instructional...

Measuring the Impact of Robotics and Geospatial Technologies on Youth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Attitudes

Gwen Nugent; Bradley Barker; Michael Toland; Neal Grandgenett; Amy Hampton; Viacheslav Adamchuk

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3331–3340

The Nebraska 4-H organization has developed a robotics and geospatial technologies instructional program for middle school youth (ages 11 to 15 years). Research and evaluation results across the three years of the project have shown that the program ...

The Effectiveness of an Explicit Instruction Writing Program for Second Graders

Tameron M. Hough; Michael D. Hixson; Dawn Decker; Sharon Bradley-Johnson

Journal of Behavioral Education Vol. 21, No. 2 (June 2012) pp. 163–174

The National Assessment of Educational Progress found that only 25% of 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students were at grade-level writing proficiency (Greenwald et al. 1999). Insufficient writing skill is a major contributor to lack of school and college ...

Can students really multitask? An experimental study of instant messaging while reading

Laura L. Bowman; Laura E. Levine; Bradley M. Waite; Michael Gendron

Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (May 2010) pp. 927–931

Students often “multitask” with electronic media while doing schoolwork. We examined the effects of one form of media often used in such multitasking, instant messaging (IM). We predicted that students who engaged in IMing while reading a typical...

Language: English

Realizing the Promise of Visualization in the Theory of Computing

Joshua J. Cogliati; Frances W. Goosey; Michael T. Grinder; Bradley A. Pascoe; Rockford J. Ross; Cheston J. Williams

Journal on Educational Resources in Computing Vol. 5, No. 2 (June 2005)

Progress on a hypertextbook on the theory of computing is presented. The hypertextbook is a novel teaching and learning resource built around web technologies that incorporates text, sound, pictures, illustrations, slide shows, video clips, and-...

WISEngineering: Supporting precollege engineering design and mathematical understanding

Jennifer L. Chiu; Peter T. Malcolm; Deborah Hecht; Crystal J. DeJaegher; Edward A. Pan; Michael Bradley; M. David Burghardt

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 142–155

Introducing engineering into precollege classroom settings has the potential to facilitate learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts and to increase interest in STEM careers. Successful engineering design projects ...

Language: English

Record, Replay, Reflect: Videotaped Lessons Accelerate Learning for Teachers and Coaches

Jim Knight; Barbara A. Bradley; Michael Hock; Thomas M. Skrtic; David Knight; Irma Brasseur-Hock; Jean Clark; Marilyn Ruggles; Carol Hatton

Journal of Staff Development Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 18–23

New technologies can dramatically change the way people live and work. Jet engines transformed travel. Television revolutionized news and entertainment. Computers and the Internet have transformed just about everything else. And now small video...