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Peter Wright
University of Alberta
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“There is no dog in QuickTime®” - Teaching Pre-service Teachers How to Use a Learning Management System
Peter Wright
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3420–3426
With the evolving interest in online learning, the use of learning management systems has become commonplace - increasingly, we might expect them to become prevalent in grade schools. In view of this, it is important that prospective teachers are...
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A Best Practices Approach to the Use of Information Technology in Education
Peter Wright
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2143–2150
Based on a presentation at the International Conference on Computer Based Learning in Science (Wright,1999), this paper discusses some high profile areas of interest and concern in the educational use of information and communication technology (ICT)...
Topics: Educational Technology, Information Communication Technologies, Computer Sciences, Information Sciences
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Exploiting Technology in the Mathematics Classroom
Peter W. Wright
Computers in the Schools Vol. 13, No. 1 (1997) pp. 155–69
Illustrates the diverse ways in which the computer spreadsheet can be used by both teachers and students as a problem-solving tool in high school mathematics, and provides detailed examples of spreadsheet use in word problems. Discusses the...
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Should Math Teachers Bring Their Problems Into the Classroom?
Peter W. Wright
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 261–266
Whether they should or they shouldn’t they certainly do. We are talking about story problems of course. Story problems often reflect real-life situations and thus they are among the ones we most want to teach students to solve. Since at least the...
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Programming Literacy Needs to be a Core Content Standard: A Case Study of Teaching 7th and 8th Grade Students Computer Programming
Geoff Wright; Peter Rich
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 386–390
In an attempt to address shortcomings revealed in international assessments and lamented in legislation, many schools are reducing or eliminating elective courses, applying the rationale that replacing "non-essential" subjects with core subjects,...
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How Can Programming Improve Mathematical Self-Efficacy: A Case Study of Teaching 7th and 8th Grade Students Computer Programming
Geoff Wright; Peter Rich
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2965–2969
In an attempt to address shortcomings revealed in international assessments and lamented in legislation, many schools are reducing or eliminating elective courses, applying the rationale that replacing "non-essential" subjects with core subjects,...
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Integrating a Multimedia Approach Into the Teaching of High School Physics
Peter W. Wright
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 313–317
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FOUNDATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPTS: A study of the transfer of foundational technological concepts between STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Geoff Wright; Peter Rich
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4607–4611
To keep pace and stay ahead of the rapid development and implementation of new science and technology in the 21st century, students and teachers need to have an ability to transfer core principles between the primary technological STEM domains. In...
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Teaching Programming to Junior High and High School Students to Improve Mathematical Ability and Self-Efficacy
Geoff Wright; Peter Rich; Keith Leatham
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 782–788
As a result of low scores on recent international assessments, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation and other globalization and economic factors, many schools are eliminating or reducing elective type courses. The rationale is that replacing...
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Convergent Cognition: Improving Mathematical Self-Efficacy and Understanding by Teaching Programming
Geoff Wright; Peter Rich; Keith Leatham
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3625–3628
Mathematics is a core element of a student’s education. The Cold-War era “space race” pushed engineering awareness, mathematical, and scientific ability to the fore of our educational system. And yet, the United States exited the 20th century in a...
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Lateral Transfer: Using Programming to Improve Student Mathematical Comprehension and Ability
Geoff Wright; Peter Rich; Keith Leatham
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3529–3532
In an attempt to address shortcomings revealed in international assessments and lamented in legislation, many schools are reducing or eliminating elective courses, applying the rationale that replacing "non-essential" subjects with core subjects,...
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The Influence of Teaching Programming on Learning Mathematics
Geoff Wright; Peter Rich; Robert Lee
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4612–4615
There are several correlations between mathematics and programming, logistical thinking, problem solving, functions, variables, coordinates, and so forth. Many have argued the benefit of learning one having a positive influence on learning the other....
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There's a lot to learn about being a drama teacher: Pre-service drama teachers' experience of stress and vulnerability during an extended practicum
Christina Gray; Peter Wright; Robin Pascoe
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 67, No. 1 (October 2017) pp. 270–277
The practicum is widely considered an integral component of pre-service training and an influential induction into the teaching profession. Yet, the practicum is fraught with challenges and literature identifies it to be overwhelming and stressful...
Language: English
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How Programming Fits with Technology Education Curriculum
Geoffrey A. Wright; Peter Rich; Keith R. Leatham
Technology and Engineering Teacher Vol. 71, No. 7 (April 2012) pp. 3–9
Programming is a fundamental component of modern society. Programming and its applications influence much of how people work and interact. Because of people's reliance on programming in one or many of its applications, there is a need to teach...
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Computer Anxiety and Measurement of Mood Change
Hsu-Min Tseng; Hamish A. Macleod; Peter Wright
Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 13, No. 3 (1997) pp. 305–16
Describes a study of undergraduates in the United Kingdom that investigated the relationship between computer anxiety and self-ratings of mood change. Mood was measured either by a computerized form of visual analog mood scales (VAMS) or by a paper...
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WINHEC: Advancing IT of A New Sort - Indigenous Technology
Turoa Royal; Rongo Wetere; Verlie-Ann Malina-Wright; Peter Hanohano
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) p. 3359
This session introduces WINHEC - the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium - to the world. WINHEC's vision is to unite the Indigenous Peoples of the World in the collective spirit and synergy of self and cultural determination through ...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Convergent Cognition
Peter J. Rich; Keith R. Leatham; Geoffrey A. Wright
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 41, No. 2 (March 2013) pp. 431–453
In an attempt to address shortcomings revealed in international assessments and lamented in legislation, many schools are reducing or eliminating elective courses, applying the rationale that replacing "non-essential" subjects with core subjects,...
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An Analysis of the Influence on Students’ Mathematics Skills Participating in the Bootstrap Programming Course
Geoff Wright; Robert Lee; Peter Rich; Keith Leatham
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 986–991
Programming instruction and curriculum has the potential to positively influence student mathematic understanding and ability (NCTM, 2008, p. 52). This study outlines an innovative programming software and course, Bootstrap, and analyzes its...
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The Three-humped Camel --- MIT's Transition to an Online Subject Evaluation System
Amitava Mitra; Norm Wright; Mary Enterline; Peter Wilkins; Rosanne Santucci; David Orr
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 771–778
Moving from a paper-based subject evaluation system to an on-line system is fraught with peril. The findings at MIT are that the business and cultural issues outweigh the technical and that the key requirement is the need to balance policy,...
Topics: Evaluation
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A whole-school approach to technological literacy: Mobile learning and the iPhone
Jan Herrington; Susan McKenzie; Robin Pascoe; Amanda Woods-McConney; Judith MacCallum; Peter Wright
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 181–186
Mobile learning is not pervasive in higher education and yet its potential is enormous. This paper describes a project to instigate mobile learning in a School of Education using a whole-of-school approach to technological literacy and professional...