At-risk children's use of reflection and revision in hands-on experimental activities

Anthony J. Jr. Petrosino

(1998) pp. 1–248

The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of incorporating opportunities for reflection and revision in hands-on science instruction which emphasized experimentation using model rockets. The participants were low achieving sixth grade...

Commentary: A Framework for Supporting Learning and Teaching About Mathematical and Scientific Models

Anthony J. Petrosino

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (April 2003) pp. 288–299

It was with great interest that I recently read Using Technology to Support Prospective Science Teachers in Learning and Teaching About Scientific Models (Cullin & Crawford, 2003). This article presented a convincing argument that the role of models ...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, Middle School Education

Integrating Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Project-Based Instruction: A Case Study of an Experienced Teacher

Anthony J. Petrosino

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 13, No. 4 (December 2004) pp. 447–460

This case study of a teacher who engaged his students in inquiry within a technologically rich classroom was conducted over 5 weeks, including 15 regularly scheduled classes. Data include extensive teacher interviews, e-mail, and artifacts such as...

Integrating Technology With Meaningful Content and Faculty Research: The UTeach Natural Sciences Program

Anthony J. Petrosino; Gail Dickinson

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 1 (2003) pp. 99–119

But there are a few dozen universities like UT-Austin for which research is a mission of equal importance to teaching. I'm not just talking about scientific or engineering research-a research university is a place where you have people producing new ...

Meeting the ISTE Challenge in the Field: An Overview of the First Six Distinguished Achievement Award Winning Programs

Terri Teal Bucci; Anthony J. Petrosino

Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 21, No. 1 (2004) pp. 11–21

The 2002 National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Distinguished Achievement Awards, sponsored by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), were awarded to six teacher education programs across the United States. The...

Elements of Case Design for Hypermedia Environments in Teacher Education

Richard Lehrer; Anthony J. Petrosino; Matthew J. Koehler

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1414–1415

Our interest in the design of cases is motivated by the need to develop tools for elementary teachers that will help them understand how students think about forms of mathematics typically unfamiliar to teachers, like geometry, space or measure. In...

Topics: Teachers, Instructional Design, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Multimedia

Using Virtual Reality to Augment Museum-Based Field Trips in a Preservice Elementary Science Methods Course

Jason R. Harron; Anthony J. Petrosino; Sarah Jenevein

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 4 (December 2019) pp. 687–707

Positioned in the context of experiential learning, this paper reports findings of a virtual reality field trip (VRFT) in conjunction with an in-person field trip involving preservice teachers in an elementary science methods course to a local...

Preservice Teachers' Conceptions and Enactments of Project-Based Instruction

Jill A. Marshall; Anthony J. Petrosino; Taylor Martin

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 19, No. 4 (August 2010) pp. 370–386

We present results of an investigation of preservice secondary mathematics and science teachers' conceptions of project-based instruction (PBI) and their enactments of PBI in apprentice (student) teaching. We evaluated their thinking and...

Beyond Blackboards: Engaging Underserved Middle School Students in Engineering

Sarah Blanchard; Justina Judy; Chandra Muller; Richard H. Crawford; Anthony J. Petrosino; Christina K. White; Fu-An Lin; Kristin L. Wood

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research Vol. 5, No. 1 (2015)

"Beyond Blackboards" is an inquiry-centered, after-school program designed to enhance middle school students' engagement with engineering through design-based experiences focused on the 21st Century Engineering Challenges. Set within a...