Section archive - ICT & Teaching

In this case study, a pilot field experience centered on the topic of Virtual School (VS) was created and offered virtually. The central purpose of this case study was to understand what impact this virtual early field experience had on the teacher candidates’ understanding of VS. Overall, the results showed that this pilot study had positive impact on the teacher candidates.

This article examines a few of the emergent cases that have used technology in educational assessment from the perspective of innovation and support for teaching and learning. The assessment cases were drawn from contexts that include large-scale testing programs as well as classroom-based programs. Assessment programs should be designed to produce results that allow educators and policy makers to address a variety of questions about how a nation, state, district, school, program, group, or individual is performing. The article concludes that extensive technology-based systems that link curriculum, instruction, and assessment at the classroom level might enable a shift from today’s assessment systems to a balanced design.

This study examined a range of specific features that presumably influence the effectiveness of computer-assisted statistics instruction, such as the level of learner engagement, learner control, and the nature of feedback. The authors’ analyses revealed three statistically significant findings: larger effects were reported in studies in which treatment groups received more instructional time than control groups, in studies that recruited graduate students as participants, and in studies employing an embedded assessment.

The current article describes the experiences of elementary education majors during their social studies methods course. The authors used digital primary sources to teach historical perspective and to model historical inquiry teaching strategies for use in elementary classrooms. The students indicated that their experiences were positive and that digital resources had great potential for elementary classroom use.