Search results for author:"Rhonda Christensen"
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Instruments for Assessing Interest in STEM Content and Careers
Tandra Tyler-Wood; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 18, No. 2 (April 2010) pp. 345–368
Two new instruments created to assess perceptions of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines and careers are analyzed and found to have respectable to excellent internal consistency reliability, as well as good content,...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Engineering, Science, Attitudes, Teachers, Computers, Assessment, Mathematics, Evaluation, Middle School Education, Research Methods, Students
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Teacher Home Access as a Primary Indicator of Stage of Adoption of Technology
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 867–870
The authors previously reported finding extensive differences in teacher attitudes and skills as well as student perceptions of technology, based on whether or not information technology users had access to a computer at home (Knezek & Christensen,...
Topics: Professional Development, Educational Technology, Integration, Teachers, Computers
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Influence of Home Access on Attitudes, Skills, and Level of Use for Teachers and Students in Technology Integrating Classrooms
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2037–2038
The interaction of home access and school use of computers has been a topic of discussion among educational researchers for more than a decade. Evaluation of a U.S. Department of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant and a Preparing...
Topics: Evaluation, Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers, Schools
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Evaluation of the Girls Research Opportunities in Computing (Girls R.O.C.)
Cesar Morales; Charlotte Owens; Dale Mcgoun; Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1282–1283
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Louisiana conducted the NSF/Girls R.O.C. program that was a three-week summer residential project during the month of July 2000. Twenty-four middle school girls were recruited within a 90...
Topics: Middle School Education, Computer Sciences, Science, Computers
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Internal Consistency Reliabilities for 14 Computer Attitude Scales
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 8, No. 4 (2000) pp. 327–336
A compendium of 14 previously-published instruments for assessing teachers' attitudes toward computers was adminis-tered to 621 educators in Texas, Florida, New York, and Cal-ifornia during 1995-96. A total of 284 items extracted from 14 previously...