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Internal Consistency Reliability for the Teachers Attitudes
Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 843–844
The Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Information Technology Questionnaire (TAT) was developed during the second phase of the 1995-97 Matthews Chair for Research in Education Project at the University of North Texas. During Phase I (1995-96) activities...
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Relationships Between Teacher Personality Type and Technology Integration Indicators
Rhonda Christensen; Michele Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2745–2753
High school teachers in their first year of a one-to-one mobile learning environment completed surveys related to technology integration. Many teachers also completed the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment. Multiple measures of technology ...
Topics: Integration, Personality, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Research & Evaluation, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration
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Advancing Teachers Through Stages of Adoption of Technology in the Classroom
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1983–1987
Stages of Adoption of Technology are used in conjunction with other assessment instruments to determine attitude, skill and technology access changes that assist in moving a teacher further along in his/her level of classroom technology integration. ...
Topics: Teachers, Integration, Professional Development, Developmental Stages
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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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Fostering Technology Integration Skills and Positive STEM Dispositions in Hawaii Middle School Science and Technology Teachers
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1386–1393
Data gathered from 100-200 Hawaii teachers in each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 across 40 middle schools were analyzed to assess the impact of the Hawaii FIRST Pre-Academy Professional Development Program. STEM disposition and technology...
Topics: Science Education, Workforce Education, Research & Evaluation
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Changes in Teacher Attitudes During Information Technology Training
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Des Rice
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 763–766
A compendium of 14 previously-published instruments for assessing teachers’ attitudes toward information technology was used to measure pre-post changes among nine groups of K-12 educators completing six weekly training sessions in a southern Texas...
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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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PT3 Implementation at the University of North Texas
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Dana Arrowood
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1661–1662
PT3 Implementation at the University of North Texas Gerald Knezek Rhonda Christensen Tandra Tyler-Wood Dana Arrowood Theresa Overall Garry Mayes Michele Maldonado The Millennium II consortium is implementing seven preservice teacher...
Topics: Professional Development, Information Communication Technologies, Integration, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education
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Relationship of Educator Professional Development for Interactive Online Simulations to Eighth Grade Student Achievement in Math and Science
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Alice Owen; Sam Farsaii; Rebekah McPherson; Sherri Brogdon; Jaeyeob Jung
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3276–3281
Findings based on school-as-a-unit-of-analysis and classroom-as-a-unit-of-analysis data from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) for 8th Grade Science indicate that training in Gizmo use and in other hands-on technology based...
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The Relationship of Personality Traits to Perceptions of Teaching Effectiveness for Teacher Preparation Candidates in a Simulated Classroom Environment
Susan Hopper; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood; David Gibson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1411–1416
This study explored the personality traits of 152 preservice teachers and examined their perceptions of teaching confidence and teaching experience.Treatment and comparison groups completed the Survey of Teaching Skills and the OCEAN survey for...
Topics: Personality, Games & Simulations, Research & Evaluation, International Education
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Alignment of Hands-On STEM Engagement Activities with Positive STEM Dispositions in Secondary School Students
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 24, No. 6 (2015) pp. 898–909
This study examines positive dispositions reported by middle school and high school students participating in programs that feature STEM-related activities. Middle school students participating in school-to-home hands-on energy monitoring activities ...
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Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: A Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire
Karen Peterman; Ruth Kermish-Allen; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 25, No. 6 (2016) pp. 833–845
This article describes Energy for ME and Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World, two Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs with the common goal of improving students' attitudes about scientific...
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Contrasts in Student Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2048–2053
Attitudinal data were gathered from 160 high school students participating in their second year of a residential science and mathematics program on at university campus in which they finish their last two years of high school in conjunction with...
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Assessing Alignment of Pedagogical Experience and Confidence in a Simulated Classroom Environment
Susan Hopper; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2870–2876
This project executes a quasi-experimental design for the analysis of outcomes of 58 pre-service teachers enrolled in a technology integration course at a mid-southwestern university. The paper explores two research questions: 1) After pre-service...
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Exploring the Relationship between Middle School Student Technology Affinity and Attitudes Toward School
Leila Mills; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Rhonda Christensen; Peter Dunn-Rankin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2269–2272
Abstract: Middle school student 'snapshot' data were analyzed to explore significant patterns (relationships) between technology affinity (habits/ use) and aspects of school attitude. Data collection via a hand-written survey battery that...
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simSchool's Progress: The SITE simSchool Modules Project
David Gibson; Stacy Kruse; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Rhonda Christensen; Susan Hopper
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1315–1323
This paper presents the final report of progress of the EDUCAUSE-funded SITE simSchool Modules Project from April 2011 to July 2012. The goals of the simulation-based project were to (1) facilitate initial adoption of simSchool in teacher education...
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Pathway for Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Infuse Technology
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Computers in the Schools Vol. 23, No. 3 (Feb 16, 2007) pp. 1–21
The Millennium Project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) program for four years spanning 1999-2003. The project was led by the University of North Texas and sought to increase the...
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Effect of Technology-Based Programs on First- and Second-Grade Reading Achievement
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Computers in the Schools Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jan 18, 2008) pp. 23–41
Data gathered from 25 rural public school districts in Texas during 2002-2003 were used to assess the impact of educator professional development and technology-intensive classroom learning activities on first- and second-grade students' reading...
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Instruments for Assessing the Impact of Technology in Education
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Computers in the Schools Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jun 24, 2002) pp. 5–25
Ten years of instrument development are summarized and placed within a framework for assessing the impact of technology in education. Seven well-validated instruments spanning the areas of attitudes, beliefs, skills, competencies, and technology...
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Self-Efficacy Ratings of Technology Proficiency among Teachers in Mexico and Texas
Cesareo Morales; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Computers in the Schools Vol. 25, No. 1 (July 2008) pp. 126–144
The Technology Proficiency Self-Assessment (TPSA) questionnaire was administered to 978 elementary and middle school teachers from Mexico City, and 932 elementary and middle school teachers from the Dallas, Texas, metroplex in the USA, in order to...
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Personal Educational Tools (PETs) for Type II Learning
Rhonda Christensen; Theresa Overall; Gerald Knezek
Computers in the Schools Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jul 21, 2006) pp. 173–189
This article introduces the concept of Personal Educational Tools (PETs) and places these tools within the context of existing rationales for using technology for teaching, learning, and instruction. An identification of the distinguishing...
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Measuring Teacher Attitudes toward Instructional Technology: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the TAC and TAT
Dominick Shattuck; Kristen A. Corbell; Jason W. Osbourne; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Lisa Leonor Grable
Computers in the Schools Vol. 28, No. 4 (2011) pp. 291–315
In this article the authors present a confirmatory factor analysis of the Teachers' Attitudes Toward Computers (TAC) and the Teachers' Attitudes Toward Information Technology (TAT) scales by Christensen and Knezek (1996, 1998) using large samples...
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Researching Impact: Measuring Technology Enhanced Outcomes from the NASA Space Science Education Consortium
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 39, No. 4 (2020) pp. 399–420
A conceptual framework for empirical research on the impact of NASA Space Science Education Consortium (NSSEC) activities is presented in this paper, along with a cross-referencing system between the NSF-based NSSEC evaluation framework and...
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Gender Differences in High School Student Dispositions Toward Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Careers
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 34, No. 4 (October 2015) pp. 395–408
STEM disposition surveys were completed by 364 11th and 12th grade students attending a two-year university-based residential science and mathematics academy during fall 2012. Surveys were completed by the same classes as a post test administration...
Topics: Mathematics, Engineering, Administration, Middle School Education, Post Secondary Education
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Piloting Innovative Learning Experiences: Outcomes of Digital Fabrication Activities across Five Classrooms
Curby Alexander; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 38, No. 2 (April 2019) pp. 115–152
Declining academic achievement across U.S. schools, particularly in mathematics and science, has prompted several initiatives to increase the quality of teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The National Science...
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Information and Communication Technologies in Hands-On Science: Emerging Trends Across Three Nations
Gerald Knezek; Hiromitsu Muta; Joke Voogt; Rhonda Christensen; David Moore; John Southworth; Marie Tada; Greg Jones
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 19, No. 3 (2000) pp. 277–295
This article introduces a framework for classifying information and communication technologies (ICT) in hands-on science activ-ities in K-12 education. Exemplary projects from the USA and the Netherlands demonstrate the potential of the use of ICT....
Topics: Educational Technology, Information Communication Technologies, Information Sciences
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The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Pre-Service Teachers’ Technology Attitudes and Skills
Curby Alexander; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Tandra Tyler-Wood; Glen Bull
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 33, No. 3 (July 2014) pp. 257–282
Researchers in this study looked at the effect of content-specific, technology-rich project-based learning activities on EC-8 pre-service teachers’ competencies and skills, as well as pre-service teacher’s attitudes toward science, technology,...
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Advancement of Student Technology Integration Skills through University Pre-service Coursework
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1505–1510
In the United States (U.S.) there is a shortage of new teachers possessing skills to integrate technology into the classroom. The U.S. Department of Education has recognized this problem and has funded projects targeted at pre-service teacher...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Integration, Classrooms
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Blending Formal and Informal Learning Through an Online Immersive Game Environment: Contrasts in Interactions by Middle School Boys and Girls
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 535–540
Analysis of data gathered from a game-based learning environment produced for an NSF-funded STEM education project has demonstrated that middle school teachers can increase time on task and enhance interest in richer learning of classroom content...
Topics: Games & Simulations
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Validating a Handheld Computing Self-Efficacy Scale
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 879–884
The use of handheld technologies is becoming widespread in the K-12 environment. While students seem ready to embrace these devices it is not as easy to identify readiness in educators. Teacher and educator familiarity is essential prior to...
Topics: Integration
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Preservice Educator Learning in a Simulated Teaching Environment
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 938–946
Assessment of learning within a simulated teaching environment is addressed within the context of a federally funded project to improve the maturity and retention of preservice teachers. Analysis of matched treatment and comparison data from two...
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Validating the Computer Attitude Questionnaire (CAQ)
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association 1996 (Jan 26, 1996)
The Computer Attitude Questionnaire (CAQ) is a Likert-type self-report instrument with paired-comparison items added to provide supplemental information. The CAQ is intended for use in the middle school environment, grades six to eight. A 1993...
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Evolution of an Online Data Acquisition System
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1999–2001
The evolution of online data collection systems implemented by the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Millennium Project team (US Dept. of Ed. Capacity Building Grant # P342A990474) during the 1999-2000 school year is described....
Topics: Databases
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Changes in Cognitive Knowledge Structures During an Online Educational Technology Course
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 388–395
The preparation of teachers to integrate technology is a critical component for their future use of technology in the classroom. Changes in relationships among technology related variables during a semester long online course revealed that students...
Topics: Performance and outcome assessment, Teacher education and technology integration, online learning environments
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Predictors of STEM Career Interest Among Middle School Students: Implications for Educational Reform, Policy, and Innovation
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 625–630
Pre-post matched pairs data were collected from 499 males and 416 females in grades six and seven during 2015-2016 from 24 classrooms in nine US states. Fourteen cognitive and non-cognitive indicators of content knowledge, attitudes toward climate...
Topics: Teacher education and technology integration, Learning technologies for transformational change, Environmental education
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Impact of Technology-Intensive Professional Development on Classroom Gains in Reading Achievement
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2339–2346
This paper contains a corollary study of scientifically-based research conducted to verify the impact of one large-scale U.S. Dept. of Education Technology Innovation Challenge Grant's activities (Grant # R303A99030, 1999-2004) on K-3 reading...
Topics: Achievement, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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Constructing the Teachers' Attitudes Toward Computers (TAC) Questionnaire
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association 1996 (Jan 26, 1996)
This paper reports on the first stage of the construction and refinement process underway in pursuit of developing a brief composite instrument to measure teachers' attitudes toward computers. Items (n=284) from 14 questionnaires assessing teacher...
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Perceptions of Early, Mid or Late Career Teachers Regarding Technology Integration, Technology Proficiency and Access to Tools and Resources
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 946–953
This study is based on teacher classifications according to the number of years spent teaching. Teachers are classified as Early, Mid and Late Career. Differences among categories of teachers are examined with regard to technology proficiency,...
Topics: Research & Evaluation, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Teacher and Student Perceptions During the First Year of a One-to-One Mobile Learning Initiative
Rhonda Christensen; Michele Williams
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1604–1609
Data were gathered from 73 teachers and 833 students in an all male high school in the southwest region of the United States. This paper is based on data collected the first year in which all students were provided an iPad mobile learning device....
Topics: Mobile Learning
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Capitalizing on Informal Learning Opportunities to Enhance Formal Learning in Classroom Environments
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1920–1926
Three middle school sites are compared to assess the measured impact of informal space science education activities on science content knowledge, enthusiasm for an event such as a total solar eclipse, and longer-term dispositions toward space...
Topics: Science Education, Research & Evaluation
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Preservice versus Inservice Educators' Attitudes Toward Information Technology
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1319–1322
This paper compares and contrasts attitudes of preservice teachers to those of inservice teachers and administrators. In the first section we describe categories of preservice and inservice educators from which data has been gathered, while the...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education
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IT Competencies and Attitudes: A Worldwide Perspective
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1671–1676
This paper introduces one of the key topics addressed in the symposium, Information Technology in Education Worldwide. The focus in on the importance of attitudes and competencies in the implementation of information technology in education....
Topics: Attitudes, Educational Technology
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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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The Technology in Education Competency Survey (TECS): A Self-Appraisal Instrument for NCATE Standards
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2288–2289
The Technology in Education Competency Survey (TECS v1.1) is a self-assessment rating form covering teacher competencies in major areas addressed by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards for the USA. It ...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Competencies, Students
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Contrasts in Openness toward Mobile Learning in the Classroom: A Study of Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) 2017 (2017)
In a study involving 1414 elementary, middle school, and high school teachers from a large school district in the southwestern USA, the authors examine the similarities and differences among teachers at the three levels of K-12 education common in...
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Changes in Teacher Dispositions Among Participants in Hands-on Teaching of a STEM Curriculum
Rhonda Christensen; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2067–2073
Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World (MSOSW) focuses on students using energy monitoring equipment to assess the amount of standby power consumed by their home entertainment devices and appliances when not performing any useful...
Topics: Science Education, Research & Evaluation
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Impact of Simulation-Based Teacher Professional Development on Student Perceptions of Teaching Practices
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 (Mar 25, 2024) pp. 466–474
Assessment of the impact of teacher professional development is seldom accomplished by asking their students. This study addresses whether self-reported changes in teacher practices align with their students’ perceptions of changes in teaching...
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Learner Attributes and Technology-Enriched Environments Associated with Positive Climate Change Attitudes and Energy and Environmental Science Knowledge in Middle School Students
Gerald August Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 1736–1743
Pre-post data from 764 treatment and 553 comparison middle school students from nine US states were analyzed to examine STEM-related attitudes and dispositions aligning with climate change beliefs and intentions, and acquisition of energy and...
Topics: Learner-centered, and self-directed learning, Environmental education, Education for sustainable development
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Space Science Activities to Enhance Middle School Students’ Interest in STEM: Follow-up Assessment of Disposition Retention
Gerald August Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 971–980
Sixth grade students participating in a four-hour hands-on technology enriched space science camp acquired more positive dispositions toward space science (ES = .46, p
Topics: Performance and outcome assessment, Learning technologies for transformational change, Augmented and Virtual Reality
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A Preliminary Analysis of the Teacher Educator Technology Competency Survey
Gerald August Knezek; Rhonda Christensen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1174–1180
The Teacher Educator Technology Survey v1.0 is a 12-item Likert-type instrument developed during 2018 based on the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs). This instrument was administered to a convenience sample of 83 participants at the...
Topics: faculty development, Research & Evaluation