A search on the Internet for resources for teaching statistics yields multiple sites with data sets, projects, worksheets, applets, and software. Often these are made available without information on how they might benefit learning. This paper addresses potential benefits from resources that target trend and variability relationships in bivariate data. The paper is in five parts. The first is the introduction. In the second, trend and variability are defined. In the third, the author quotes...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Internet, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Web Sites, Worksheets, Computer...
The transfer of data from one part of a computer to another has always been a complex task in which speed is traded against accuracy and the time required for error correction. Much more complex therefore is the transfer of information from one machine to another of a different type. Difficulties arise when machines are updated, when file formats are changed or data needs to be exchanged between machines for which the manufacturer has not provided suitable software. Most file transfer problems...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Software, Internet, Information Transfer, Information Systems, Computers,...
To explore factors associated with college students' intentions to participate in Internet-based health research, data were collected from 502 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory-level business courses at a large midwestern university. Findings suggest that intentions to participate in Internet-based research are influenced by one's perceptions of social norms related to research participation and the extent to which one regularly discusses personal health information with others....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Undergraduate Students, Recruitment, Hygiene, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior,...
This study examined the effects of question prompts, knowledge integration prompts, and problem solving prompts, embedded in a Web-based learning environment in scaffolding preservice teachers' conceptual understanding and problem solving in an ill-structured domain. A mixed-method study was employed to investigate the outcomes of students' conceptual knowledge and ill-structured problem solving. The quantitative results indicated that students who received knowledge integration prompts had...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Internet, Educational Principles, Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving, Cues,...
Growing perceptions that students exploit information technology to evade academic assignments prompted surveys of student attitudes about unethical uses of information technology (e.g., cutting and pasting excerpts from Web sites without attribution) at two institutions. Students at a private church-affiliated college rated cheating behaviors as more offensive than their counterparts at a regional campus of a major research university. However, ordinal rankings of academically dishonest...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Attitudes, Personality Traits, Research Universities, Ethics, Cheating,...
This study is aimed at assessing the state of Philippine secondary school physics education using data from a nationwide survey of 464 schools and 767 physics teachers and at identifying challenges for substantive improvements. Teacher-related indicators revealed academic qualification deficiency, low continuing professional involvements, substantial physics teaching experience, and good licensure status. Academic environment indices revealed that the number of physics classes per teacher is...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Educational...
This study seeks to determine the state of online course development and faculty attitudes toward online instruction within technical teacher education programs in the United States. This study shows that a majority of research participants reported that less than 25% of coursework in their departments was offered fully online or Web-enhanced. This indicates a relatively low usage of online coursework in technical teacher education programs. One may conclude, therefore, that technical teacher...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Technology Integration, Management Systems, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice...
Founded in 1920, the Hadley School for the Blind is known worldwide for its tuition-free distance-education courses for people who are visually impaired. Hadley's main school in the United States serves more than 9,000 students, and the overseas school in the People's Republic of China provides vital educational services to more than 1,000 Chinese students. Headed by Xia Rongqiang, the Chinese branch of the Hadley School for the Blind, Hadley-China, offers distance-education courses in English,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Internet, English (Second Language), Computer Mediated...
For the last year the authors have been gathering examples of how perceived "threats of security" are hampering the integration of technology in teaching and learning. They hope that educators will examine both the challenges of increased security demands and ways in which security might enhance, rather than detract from, the use of technology for learning. Although security measures appear to be well grounded, there is increasing evidence that many policies being imposed by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Computer Security, Computer Uses in...
Communication and discussion are keys to student learning and understanding in online environments. With more teachers and K-12 school systems adopting course management tools such as Blackboard and SharePoint, online discussion has become another means of engaging students in curriculum-based learning. Online discussions provide opportunities for students to generate reflections, share ideas and questions with others, and participate in dialogues that can lead to further investigations and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Experience, Educational Opportunities,...
Virtual schooling, in which K-12 courses and activities are offered mostly or completely through digital communication technologies, has become firmly established in K-12 education across the United States. The VS movement continues to expand at a rapid rate, especially at the high school level. The continuing success of VS efforts will require K-12 teachers, administrators, and support staff at host schools to collaborate effectively with VS providers. Virtual schooling requires substantial...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Computer Uses...
In part 1 of this article, the author introduced Microsoft's worldwide K-12 education initiative, Partners in Learning, and discusses the partnership with ISTE in creating project-based learning curriculum as part of Partners in Learning. The project-based learning curriculum can be adapted for classrooms across the globe. This paper, the second of a two-part article, discusses the use of the PBL curriculum in Estonia and Hong Kong and describes how it is being used and adapted in these very...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries,...
This article discusses a new design for the classic Bloom's Taxonomy developed by Anderson, L. W. & Krathwohl, D. (2001), which can be used to evaluate learners' technology-enhanced experience in more powerful and critical ways. The New Bloom's Taxonomy incorporates contemporary research on learning and human cognition into its model. The original taxonomy created consensus about how to use important vocabulary as it helped educators make use of the hierarchical nature of knowledge in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Development, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries,...
Today's methods of social networking and the technologies that support them offer powerful examples of how educators can connect to the "real" world of client population. To fully engage with the Web 2.0 world, educators work to include aspects of Web 2.0 into their teaching through the use of wikis, forums, and blogs. Administrators are also integrating classroom management software and curriculum mapping systems at their schools. These parts are coming together to build virtual...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Classroom Techniques, Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Internet, Hardman, Justin,...
Educators often reject cell phones in the classroom, considering them destructive and distractive "toys." As a former technology coordinator, the author used to think cell phones were harmful for the classroom environment. Over time, she has come to realize that cell phones are part of the students' everyday existence. Today, students use cell phones to communicate and collaborate with the world around them. In this article, the author proposes that cell phones can be learning tools....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Toys, Telecommunications, Classroom Environment, Multimedia Materials, Technology...
Any time technology is employed in an organization there is a need to provide support for the users. Such support usually needs to be offered at the location where users are trying to access the technological resources. More often than not, the user who needs the support wants to get the support immediately, not at some point in the future after a technician has received, processed, and responded to a request. Compounding this already challenging environment is the fact that users often have...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Flow Charts, Internet, Troubleshooting, Users (Information), Caudill, Jason
Teachers know that a constructivist approach involving project-based, student-centered activities can result in students taking an active role in their own learning and engaging in thought-provoking challenges. When accomplished with collaborative activities, students develop skills that will serve them well in the future in any group project. Critical to this approach is the articulation of the challenge, often one or more questions and scenarios. This article provides a context, and then...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Activities, Data Analysis, Internet, Teaching...
Social networking is one of the latest trends to evolve out of the growing online community. Social networking sites gather data submitted by members that is then stored as user profiles. The data or profiles can then be shared among the members of the site. Membership can be free or fee-based. A typical social networking site provides members with a Web page or blog where they can post text, photos, and other content for visitors to view. Social networking sites have been expanding rapidly...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Profiles, Social Networks, Web Sites, Computer...
Plagiarism is an ugly word. Copying someone else's work and attempting to claim credit for one's self is an act that involves a number of ethical failings--theft, laziness, coveting, and lying among others. Many educators blame the Internet for what they perceive as the rise of plagiarism. Although the Internet certainly enables more efficient plagiarism, blaming it for widespread copying is akin to blaming a bank robbery on the presence of cash in the building. This article presents several...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Plagiarism, Internet, Prevention, Ethics, Student Behavior, Teaching Methods, Higher...
In 1854 the German scientist Zeising claimed that the ratio of a person's height to the height of their navel is in the same ratio as the Golden Ratio ([phi] = 1.62). There is so much hype about the Golden Ratio that it is worth reading an article at http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_06_04.html. It explains why some of the more far-fetched ideas are actually true and why some suggestions, such as Zeising's, gain credibility. One answer has been provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Mathematical Concepts, Statistics, Internet, Databases, Foreign Countries, Theories,...
The focus of this study was art therapy students' and professionals' perceptions of their preparedness to understand and deal with technology as an art media and work tool within the practice of art therapy. To study the need for training in technology, surveys were sent to 177 current art therapy students and practicing art therapists resulting in a 32.2% return rate. The survey targeted American Art Therapy Association (AATA) members who were either current students or practicing art...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Art Therapy, Professional Training, Computer Literacy, Attitude Measures, College...
In this description of a learning community for "at-risk" and basic writing students at the University of Wyoming, I outline the reasons our students resist academic writing prior to their entry into college--reasons largely unrelated to typical perceptions of at-risk students as "lazy" or intellectually less capable. For students who come from family or community cultures that are far removed from academic discourses and hierarchies, accepting a new form of writing--and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, High Risk Students, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Writing Processes,...
This study explored how the Internet bridges theory and practice. Teacher educators, teachers, and prospective teachers used collaborative technologies to design networked communities embedded in three distinct perspectives: the networked learning community, the networked community of practice, and the knowledge building community. Networked communities prompted the development of solutions for integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the elementary, secondary, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teacher Educators, Computer Mediated Communication, Internet, Theory Practice...
Because of the limitless knowledge that is literally at your fingertips, the Internet can be an excellent tool for use with gifted students to differentiate curriculum within a general education setting and also in gifted education classes. However, like any tool, its effectiveness depends on how it is used. This article describes six pedagogical strategies for using the Internet to enhance learning for gifted students (Johnson, 2006). These activities are open-ended, allow for choice, and have...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academically Gifted, Internet, Computer Uses in Education, Teaching Methods,...
This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study explored how the encoding of text ideas is affected when students with learning disabilities (LD) take notes from Web-based text. In the quantitative phase of the study, 15 students took three kinds of notes--typed, copy and paste, and written--with each kind of notes addressing a different topic. After taking notes, students performed poorly on two immediate measures of facts learning. Cued-recall test performances were best for topics noted by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Notetaking, Qualitative Research, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Choice Tests,...
Over the past few years, as part of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) reform on the one hand, and the increased demands for school accountability on the other, more and more schools have launched a school website aimed at enhancing educational activities, supporting student-teacher communication, contributing to school marketing efforts, and fostering accountability to and collaboration with the school's constituency. A large body of research on ICT-based pedagogical and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Organization, Web Sites, Internet, Content Analysis, Educational Environment,...
Quality of life is directly influenced by the quality of social relationships. Social capital, a reflection of the cohesiveness of social networks, is considered a significant determinant of health outcomes. Among social beings, lack of quality social connections correlates with poor health consequences. Membership in social networks and social bonds enhance individual's self-worth and self-esteem, and improve access to information, resources and support critical to well being. Moreover,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Education, Well Being, Access to Information, Social Environment, Social...
Red states, blue states. Maybe in politics there are differences, but when it comes to progressive transfer policies, the color-line division disappears. From the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic states to the Florida peninsula, across the Great Plains to the Southwest and on to California, state public higher education systems have made, and continue to make, great strides in recognizing the value of community college education. More importantly, they are taking leading roles in demonstrating how...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Articulation (Education), Transfer Policy,...
Student teaching is a challenging period for preservice teachers as they make the transition from preparation to practice. Support from mentor teachers and university personnel can make this time easier, helping preservice teachers successfully integrate educational theory into their practice. Because of logistical, financial, and personnel limitations, many student teachers with rural placements receive inadequate support. The Technology Supported Induction Network (TSIN) was developed to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Rural Schools, Mentors, College School...
The right to privacy is a firmly entrenched democratic principle that has been inferred in the U.S. Constitution and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment as a liberty of personal autonomy. It is the statutory right to privacy that has been most closely aligned with data protection as a form of self-protection. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has led efforts to enforce compliance with privacy. The statutory right of privacy limits access to personal information and has been extolled in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Privacy, Personal Autonomy, Child Advocacy, Access to Information, Information...
The creation of digital archives has shifted the dynamics of doing historical research by changing who is able to conduct the research and how historical research is done. Digital archives are collections of numerical data, texts, images, maps, videos, and audio files that are available through the Internet. The majority of digital archives are free and accessible to all Internet users. Beyond offering access to resources that were unattainable by many before, digital archives offer users the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Archives, Internet, Social Studies, Hypermedia, Historical Interpretation, Use...
Throughout human existence, changes in technology have influenced human life. Innovations in technology also impact civic life. Radio and television became prominent fixtures in the United States in the twentieth century. In entering the twenty-first century, another technological innovation, the Internet, emerged as a new factor in civic life. Technology has and continues to influence how people participate in their democracy and, in turn, shapes what educators must consider as they prepare...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Access to Information, Program Effectiveness,...
The need for an engaged, informed citizenry is central to the dream of democracy by Thomas Jefferson. The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) places citizenship education "at the heart of social studies" and suggests that social studies teachers must prepare students to develop a "reasoned commitment to fundamental values, such as life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, equality, truth, and promotion of the common good." In the process of developing their students'...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Citizenship Education, Internet, Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education,...
Technology, and the Internet in particular, is bringing constant change to American society, including the potential to enhance democracy by fostering participation in the electoral process. Because of the wealth of information available on candidates, issues, and policies, the Internet may foster citizens' ability to cast a more informed vote. As technology evolves and becomes more ubiquitous, it is likely that it will continue to reshape the American political process and landscape. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Voting, Elementary Secondary Education, Democracy, Elections, Internet, Social...
Generally, children attribute agency, having the power or authority to act, to traditionally celebrated historical figures. Often this leads to increased apathy about their own future due to the sense that social change is the prerogative of only the most "powerful" of individuals. Agency is an essential part to being a productive citizen in a participatory democracy, and if children are expected to act, they must believe they possess the power to affect change. Edward A. Shanken...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Social Change, Internet, Social Studies, Citizen...
In 1991, Lawrence Grossman wrote that "a new political system is taking shape in the United States. As we approach the twenty-first century, America is turning into an electronic republic, a democratic system that is vastly increasing the people's day-to-day influence on decisions of state." Grossman's forecast implied a sea change in the way citizens would interact with, and participate in, their representative government; a revamping of the way Americans would "do"...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Political Science, Citizenship, Voting, Citizenship Education, Information Seeking,...
The purpose of this study was to critically examine how family literacy is promoted and represented on websites developed by family literacy program providers. Naturalistic research over the last 20 years or so demonstrates that the family is a rich site for supporting children's literacy development across socioeconomic and cultural contexts. That research suggests that families engage children in a wide array of literacy activities in their daily lives. Furthermore, significant others, in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Criticism, Foreign Countries, Family Literacy, Web Sites, Internet, Socioeconomic...
As college health education professors attempt to engage the Web 2.0 generation of learners, use of innovative video technology resources such as YouTube can be integrated to provide relevant and targeted information to supplement college course content, create a sense of "classroom community," and enrich the learning environment for all students--both younger and older. In this article, a general description of YouTube, its relevance to the field of higher education, examples of how...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Education, Course Content, Internet, Educational Resources, Classroom...
One fifth of Americans smoke; many have no plans to quit. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an effective approach to intervention with precontemplative smokers, yet a substantial number of healthcare practitioners lack training in this approach. Two interactive online tutorials were developed to teach practitioners to deliver brief tobacco cessation interventions grounded in the MI approach. The tutorials emphasized the unique aspects of working with precontemplative smokers, incorporating...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Smoking, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Health Behavior, Web Based Instruction,...
An important area in the learning and development of individuals with disabilities is the acquisition of independent, age-appropriate leisure skills. Three adults with autism and mental retardation were taught to access specific Internet sites using backward chaining and most-to-least intrusive prompting. The number of independent steps completed in the task analysis increased following training. (Contains 1 figure.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Mental Retardation, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Task Analysis, Internet,...
Podcasting is becoming more and more common as a method of delivery at universities and for training purposes. The concept to set up podcasting is simple, and the costs vary. The advantages of podcasting are enormous. Podcasting is especially effective for adult education programs. (Contains 17 online resources.)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Telecommunications,...
Marketing and advertising support the U.S. economy by promoting the sale of goods and services to consumers, both adults and children. Sandra Calvert addresses product marketing to children and shows that although marketers have targeted children for decades, two recent trends have increased their interest in child consumers. First, both the discretionary income of children and their power to influence parent purchases have increased over time. Second, as the enormous increase in the number of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Advertising, Video Games, Audiences, Marketing, Internet, Television, Privacy,...
Over the past decade, technology has become increasingly important in the lives of adolescents. As a group, adolescents are heavy users of newer electronic communication forms such as instant messaging, e-mail, and text messaging, as well as communication-oriented Internet sites such as blogs, social networking, and sites for sharing photos and videos. Kaveri Subrahmanyam and Patricia Greenfield examine adolescents' relationships with friends, romantic partners, strangers, and their families in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Internet, Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Anxiety, Time, Privacy, Computer...
The Internet is increasingly used as an outlet for sexual activity. This literature review explores key definitions, perceived benefits, risks, and consequences of engaging in cybersex, as well as its influence on youth and young adults. The accessibility, affordability, and anonymity of the Internet make it highly appealing to users. Increasing time spent online for sexual activity may lead to cybersex abuse and compulsive cybersex behavior. This poses a threat to relationships, work, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Substance Abuse, Marital Status, Health Education, Sexual Orientation, Young Adults,...
Background: Persistent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is an etiologic agent in the development of cervical cancer. Despite the increasingly high prevalence of HPV, people at risk of exposure lack knowledge about the virus, its relationship to cervical cancer, and a realistic perspective regarding HPV consequences. Purpose: To describe knowledge about HPV with particular emphasis on behavioral risk and experience with HPV and an abnormal Pap smear. Methods: A 36-item Internet survey was developed...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Education, Cancer, College Students, Student...
Competency in 21st-century health communication involves an understanding that the internet landscape has evolved from static webpages to applications that engage users. This evolution to "Web 2.0" includes such applications as blogs, wikis, social-networking sites, and podcasts. This review presents trends in Web 2.0 internet usage, summarizes Web 2.0 applications as platforms for health promotion, discusses guidelines for using Web 2.0 applications, and identifies Web 2.0 learning...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Health Education, Health Promotion, Internet, Web Sites, Information Technology,...
In this article, the author examines the ways in which the claim to subaltern status has led to a partial withdrawal from state-run institutions and to a practice of schooling that is meant to equip the children of authoritarian populist parents both with an armor to defend what these groups believe is their threatened culture and with a set of skills and values that will change the world so that it reflects the conservative religious commitments that are so central to their lives. He focuses...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Preservice Teacher Education, Home Schooling, Humanism, Political Attitudes,...
As one of the popular and promising instructional technologies, Internet is playing a more and more important role in educational field all over the world. Bringing Internet into classrooms is encouraged in many countries; however, their policy initiatives to achieve this vary. The present paper is an empirical and exploratory study, trying to explore the policy initiatives taken by Mainland of China and Taiwan to enable school classrooms to have access to Internet. The educational system and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Internet, Educational Policy, Access to...
It is easier than ever for students to sabotage their own futures and reputations with indiscriminate postings, illicit photographs and tell-all blogs. In this article, the author discusses how parents, college administrators and public officials are grappling with how to protect student users of social networking sites from others and from themselves.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Public Officials, Social Networks, Internet, College Administration, College...
This study compared the effectiveness of a web-based physical activity intervention to two control conditions in terms of increasing walking behavior in college-aged women. Women (N=112) from a public university in the southwest were randomly assigned to intervention or control groups. The 4-week intervention featured an experimental, repeated measures design that used the internet to deliver interactive activities. Control group participants were asked not to change their activity. Walking...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Physical Activity Level, Computer Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness,...