Theories underlying perceived changes in teaching and learning after installing a computer network in a secondary school     

Jocelyn Wishart  & Derek Blease 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》1999,30(1):25-41

This paper discusses the theoretical links between motivation and learning and the use of information technology that arose during the evaluation, by both teachers and pupils, of the effects upon teaching and learning of the installation of an extensive new computer network in their secondary school.
The school was visited throughout the 1996/7 academic year, and two questionnaire surveys were carried out during this time. The initial questionnaire was completed by 69 (73%) of the staff and a stratified, random sample comprising 161 (11%) of the pupils. Those originally surveyed were sent a follow up questionnaire at the end of the year. Responses to the questions were grouped by similarity into categories and these categories were related to theories of motivation and learning.
It is concluded that the installation of a computer network in a secondary school results in improved teaching and learning and increased enjoyment of learning in the school with both pupils and teachers viewing the use of IT as beneficial to learning.
Where such positive effects of using IT are noted they can be justified theoretically using Behaviourist, Cognitive and Social Constructivist theories of motivation and learning. The wide range of ways in which use of a computer can be both extrinsically and intrinsically motivating explains the increased motivation observed in the pupils.  相似文献   

Building a Case for a Sociocultural and Inquiry-Oriented View of Science Education     

Hodson  Derek 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》1999,8(3):241-249

Much constructivist writing has ignored the affective and social aspects of learning, concentrating instead on the rational appraisal of evidence involved in large scale cognitive change. This article identifies some of the social dimensions of learning and advocates a teaching approach that is sensitive to the various barriers encountered by a diverse body of students seeking to negotiate access into the subculture of school science.  相似文献   

Developmental and Educational Perspectives on Theory Change: To Have and Hold,or To Have and Hone?     

Duschl  Richard A.  Deaák  Gedeon O.  Ellenbogen  Kirsten M.  Holton  Douglas L. 《Science & Education》1999,8(5):525-542

Eric Schwitzgebel presents an attractive argument for the use of affective indicators to both assess and extend the 'theory theory' research agenda. A key component of his argument is an account of explanation that can be applied to both children and adults, few of whom possess the attributes and behaviors that warrant being called scientists. The core features of his account include 1) regarding a set of propositions as a theory and 2) subscribing to a theory by accepting and employing this set of propositions to explain events within the theory's domain. We will argue that this account, while potentially helpful for guiding research on the affective content of explanations, requires elaboration because it (1) does not fully characterize what is distinctive and important about theoretical and scientific thinking, (2) raises questions about different kinds of explanations, such as seen in transitions from common-sense explanations to theoretical explanations; (3) favors individual theorizing to the exclusion of socially mediated theorizing, and (4) raises developmental questions about the nature of explanation-seeking and the capacity to apply evidence to evaluate theories.  相似文献   

Art and Science in Challenging Needs Assessments: A Case Study     

Reid A. Bates  Elwood F. Holton 《Performance Improvement Quarterly》2002,15(1):111-130

This paper describes a needs assessment project that implemented two distinctive features to address challenges often faced in the needs assessment process. First, a pre‐assessment planning process was developed that successfully educated clients about the analysis process, generated management commitment, identified and prioritized key performance issues, and established an outcomes‐oriented strategic focus for the assessment. Second, to analyze team performance issues, a theory‐to‐practice process was developed that involved the use of discovery‐oriented inquiry within the project context (an inductive approach) with a deductive approach grounded in existing academic research and theory. The complementary and integrated use of these approaches yielded a more comprehensive understanding of the team performance problems, thorough analysis of those problems, and more focused and refined performance improvement recommendations.  相似文献   

Changing practice by changing practice: Toward more authentic science and science curriculum development     

Larry Bencze  Derek Hodson 《科学教学研究杂志》1999,36(5):521-539

Recent policy documents from the Ontario Ministry of Education called for teachers to present a more authentic view of the nature of scientific practice at all levels of education. Sadly, this call for substantial curriculum change coincided with severe cuts in the education budget. The authors describe how two teachers collaborated with a university‐based researcher/teacher educator to design and implement more authentic science in a Grade 7 classroom. The ways in which the teachers changed their views about science and science teaching, the anxieties they experienced, and the institutional constraints that impacted on their practice are discussed, and some more general features of the action research experience are described. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 36: 521–539, 1999  相似文献   

Implementing a model gateway to GPO access at the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill     

Derek Rodriguez   《Government Information Quarterly》1995,12(4)

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Quiet eye predicts goaltender success in deflected ice hockey shots†     

Derek Panchuk  Joan N. Vickers  Will G. Hopkins 《European Journal of Sport Science》2017,17(1):93-99

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In interceptive timing tasks, long quiet eye (QE) durations at the release point, along with early tracking on the object, allow performers to couple their actions to the kinematics of their opponent and regulate their movements based on emergent information from the object's trajectory. We used a mobile eye tracker to record the QE of eight university-level ice hockey goaltenders of an equivalent skill level as they responded to shots that deflected off a board placed to their left or right, resulting in a trajectory with low predictability. QE behaviour was assessed using logistic regression and magnitude-based inference. We found that when QE onset occurred later in the shot (950?±?580?ms, mean?±?SD) there was an increase in the proportion of goals allowed (41% vs. 22%) compared to when QE onset occurred earlier. A shorter QE duration (1260?±?630?ms) predicted a large increase in the proportion of goals scored (38% vs. 14%). More saves occurred when QE duration (2074?±?47?ms) was longer. An earlier QE offset (2004?±?66?ms) also resulted in a large increase in the number of goals allowed (37% vs. 11%) compared to a later offset (2132?±?41?ms). Since an early, sustained QE duration contributed to a higher percentage of saves, it is important that coaches develop practice activities that challenge the goaltender's ability to fixate the puck early, as well as sustain a long QE fixation on the puck until after it is released from the stick.  相似文献   

Modern Print Activism in the United States Rachel Schreiber,Editor. Surrey,UK: Ashgate, 2013.          下载免费PDF全文

Derek Attig 《Journal of American culture (Malden, Mass. : 2003)》2015,38(2):174-175

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Implementation Factors and Their Influence on Student Mathematics Outcomes     

Tasia Brafford  Beth Harn  Ben Clarke  Christian T. Doabler  Derek Kosty  Kathleen Scalise 《Learning disabilities research & practice》2023,38(1):5-14

Assessing implementation allows for a better understanding of an intervention's effects and the mechanisms that influence its impact. Two main areas of implementation are (a) the quality with which an intervention is delivered and (b) instructors’ adherence to the programmed intervention. The current study used data from a kindergarten mathematics intervention program to (a) examine if and how treatment adherence was associated with implementation quality and (b) explore implementation measures’ relation to student mathematics outcomes. Results indicated high implementation scores across time for both adherence and quality. Neither treatment adherence nor implementation quality was found to relate to a general outcome measure of student mathematics achievement; however, both were similarly related to the curricular-aligned measure.  相似文献   

Real quantitativeness: what formal investigations can(not) show     

Lam  Derek 《Metascience》2022,31(1):125-128

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