Developing Student Generated Computer Portfolios

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 768–770

The development of portfolios by preservice teachers can provide a wonderful opportunity for students to reflect upon their strengths and weaknesses prior to entering the profession. Now, with the advent of new technologies that have become common...

Developing Student Generated Computer Portfolios

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 698–700

The development of portfolios by preservice teachers can provide a wonderful opportunity for students to reflect upon their strengths and weaknesses prior to entering the profession. Now, with the advent of new technologies that have become common...

How Technology is Altering the Construction of Knowledge and its Implication for Teacher Education.

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2263–2264

The advent of several new Internet tools has altered significantly the way in which knowledge is being constructed. No longer is new knowledge being scrutinized by editors and reviewers. Instead, people with access to the Internet are creating their ...

Topics: Internet

Growth Based Student Assessment in Technology Education

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 118–119

With the diverse levels of technology experiences of students entering a beginning teacher education technology class poses some unique challenges in how a teacher both teaches and assesses. This past fall I altered a significant portion of the...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Students

Utilizing a Multi-Dimensional Approach to Concept Mapping

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 27–30

The movement today in education that places a greater emphasis on concept-based learning has students extending their understandings from knowing a large amount of isolated knowledge to organizing this knowledge in a way that has them thinking in...

How Can the Use of Digital Video and Photos Improve Student Reflections on Initial Teaching Experiences

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1904–1905

This paper reports on my initial findings of implementing a new approach to student reflections by having those reflections centered on specific events captured in digital video and photos. The study involved using a Sony CD digital camera, which...

Topics: Students

A software system for grading student computer programs

David Jackson

Computers & Education Vol. 27, No. 3 pp. 171–180

While there is a growing trend towards the exploitation of technology for the delivery of educational material, it must be said that techniques for computer-based assessment of students are still in their infancy. However, increasing numbers of...

Language: English

Utilizing Electronic Portfolios for the Assessment of Teacher Educators: A Case Study Approach

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1070–1073

Clearly one of the most valid approaches to assessing student and teacher performance is through the use of portfolios. As more and more schools move towards the use of portfolios to assess both their students and teachers ability to meet program...

Topics: Portfolios, Students, Teachers, Educational Technology

What Are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Utilizing Collaborative On-line Concept Mapping to Support Student Learning?

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 386–388

During the Fall of 2010, undergraduate education students engaged in constructing concept maps through a collaborative on-line mapping tool as a means to organize their thoughts around their required readings. The on-line mapping tool provided...

Utilizing On-line Student Teacher Evaluation Forms to Improve Program Assessment

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 112–113

During the fall of 2004 our teacher education program implemented the use of on-line submission forms for cooperating teachers in an effort to better serve our cooperating teachers and provide us with a database that we could use for program...

Topics: Students, Databases, Teachers, Evaluation

How Student Constructed Digital Movies of Their Teaching Can Be Used to Demonstrate Their Attainment of the Standards of Effective Practice in Electronic Portfolios

David Jackson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 98–100

The increase use of digital video recording of classroom teachers offers a great opportunity to extend our ability to more accurately assess the meeting of standards of effective practice. Analysis of the standards of effective practice for initial ...

Can Games Help Creative Writing Students to Collaborate on Story-Writing Tasks?

David Jackson

International Journal of Game-Based Learning Vol. 7, No. 3 (July 2017) pp. 38–50

Story writing is a complex semantic and creative task, and the difficulty of managing it is made greater by attempting to write in collaboration with others. This complication can deter students from experimenting with collaboration before mastering ...

Using Software Tools to Automate the Assessment of Student Programs

David Jackson

Computers & Education Vol. 17, No. 2 (1991) pp. 133–43

Argues that advent of computer-aided instruction (CAI) systems for teaching introductory computer programing makes it imperative that software be developed to automate assessment and grading of student programs. Examples of typical student...

Case Studies of Microcomputer and Interactive Video Simulations in Middle School Earth Science Teaching

David F. Jackson

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 6, No. 2 (1997) pp. 127–41

Synthesizes the results of three case studies of middle school classrooms in which computer and video materials were used to teach topics in earth and space sciences through interactive simulations. Describes specific instances in which common...

Teaching and Learning about Graphing through Computer-Assisted Problem Solving: Issues in the Design and Interpretation of Graphs, the Design and Use of Educational Software, and Classroom Research Methodology

David F. Jackson

Recent research has demonstrated the promise of graphing software as an aid to teaching graphs in two content areas: line graphs of aspects of motion and graphs of algebraic functions. This study attempted to generalize the idea of computer-assisted ...

Computer Systems for Distributed and Distance Learning

M Anderson; David Jackson

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 16, No. 3 (2000) pp. 213–28

Discussion of network-based learning focuses on a survey of computer systems for distributed and distance learning. Both Web-based systems and non-Web-based systems are reviewed in order to highlight some of the major trends of past projects and to...

Rendering the "Not-So-Simple" Pendulum Experimentally Accessible

David P. Jackson

Physics Teacher Vol. 34, No. 2 (1996) pp. 86–89

Presents three methods for obtaining experimental data related to acceleration of a simple pendulum. Two of the methods involve angular position measurements and the subsequent calculation of the acceleration while the third method involves a direct ...

Implementing "Real Science" through Microcomputers and Telecommunications in Project-Based Elementary Classrooms

David F. Jackson

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 3, No. 1 (1994) pp. 17–26

Describes a study of a collaborative project in which science education faculty and upper elementary school teachers investigated the potential of a project based, technology rich, environmentally oriented approach to science education in an urban...

Internet Resources for Middle School Science: Golden Opportunity or "Silicon Snake Oil"?

David F. Jackson

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 6, No. 1 (1997) pp. 49–57

Reports on a study that examines the experiences of six teachers at three schools in learning about and beginning to implement or enhance project-based learning in their middle school science classrooms using a variety of resources available on the...

Exploratory Problem Solving with a Graphing Application: Semi-automated Analysis of Student Performance Data

David F. Jackson

The ability of the microcomputer to compile voluminous and detailed measures of students' learning activities automatically has seemingly outpaced the ability of commonly-used data analysis methods to make effective utilization of this wealth of...

Computer-Assisted Thinking Tools: Problem Solving in Graphical Data Analysis

David F. Jackson

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 8, No. 1 (1992) pp. 43–67

Describes a study of high school students that investigated the use of microcomputers to teach principles relating to the design and interpretation of graphs. Results related to student achievement, higher order thinking skills, and behavioral...

Oil Economy and Female Prostitution in Port Harcourt

C. Poroma; U.J. David; Onome Robinson Jackson

International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences Vol. 42 (Oct 08, 2014) pp. 121–132

The research directs attention to the relationship between oil economy and increase in female prostitution. Specifically, we x-ray the historical and dialectical origin of prostitution from the colonial to the post colonial era. We contend that,...

Bridging the Digital Divide: A Collaborative Approach

David W. Sink; Karen Luke Jackson

Community College Journal Vol. 71, No. 2 (2000) pp. 38–41

Twelve rural North Carolina colleges facing decisions regarding campus technology investments chose to form a technology alliance to share information, identify critical needs, rethink budget development and funding formulas at local and state...

Measuring and Modeling Cosmic Ray Showers with an MBL System: An Undergraduate Project

David P. Jackson; Matthew T. Welker

American Journal of Physics Vol. 69, No. 8 (2001) pp. 896–900

Describes a novel method for inducing and measuring cosmic ray showers using a low-cost, microcomputer-based laboratory system. Uses low counting-rate radiation monitors in the reproduction of Bruno Rossi's classic experiment. (Contains 16...

Active and Collaborative Learning in an Introductory Electrical and Computer Engineering Course

Sushma Kotru; Susan L. Burkett; David Jeff Jackson

Journal of General Education Vol. 59, No. 4 (2010) pp. 264–272

Active and collaborative learning instruments were introduced into an introductory electrical and computer engineering course. These instruments were designed to assess specific learning objectives and program outcomes. Results show that students...

Conditions for Creating an Innovation Friendly Environment in K-12 Schools

Daniel Surry; Barry Porter; Katherine Jackson; David Hall

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1418–1425

The purpose of this paper is to describe the eight conditions that facilitate the implementation of an innovation. The eight conditions are: Dissatisfaction with the status quo, Adequate Time, Resources, Knowledge and Skills, Rewards and Incentives,...

Topics: Leadership

Providing New Access to the General Curriculum: Universal Design for Learning

Chuck Hitchcock; Anne Meyer; David Rose; Richard Jackson

TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 35, No. 2 (2002) pp. 8–17

This article examines what is meant by access, participation, and progress in the regular education curriculum and suggests a new framework for curriculum reform that holds promise for all students, particularly students with disabilities. The...

The Western North Carolina Technology Consortium: A Collaborative Approach to Bridging the Digital Divide

David W. Sink; Karen Luke Jackson; Kenneth A. Boham; David Shockley

Community College Journal of Research and Practice Vol. 28, No. 4 (2004) pp. 321–329

Community college presidents face an uphill struggle in preparing their institutions for the rapidly changing technological learning environment. Visionary presidents in rural community colleges are presented with yet another challenge: that of...

Introducing Gross Pathology to Undergraduate Medical Students in the Dissecting Room

Andrew Wood; Kate Struthers; Susan Whiten; David Jackson; C Simon Herrington

Anatomical Sciences Education Vol. 3, No. 2 (2010) pp. 97–100

Pathology and anatomy are both sciences that contribute to the foundations of a successful medical career. In the past decade, medical education has undergone profound changes with the development of a core curriculum combined with student selected...

An Evaluation of Interactive Tabletops in Elementary Mathematics Education

Alexander T. Jackson; Bradley J. Brummel; Cody L. Pollet; David D. Greer

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 61, No. 2 (April 2013) pp. 311–332

This research examined the effect that a relatively new Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) device, specifically an interactive tabletop, has on elementary students' attitudes toward collaborative technologies, mathematical achievement, ...

Reflective Practice in an Online Literacy Course: Lessons Learned from Attempts to Fuse Reading and Science Instruction

Donna E. Alvermann; Achariya T. Rezak; Christine A. Mallozzi; Michael D. Boatright; David F. Jackson

Teachers College Record Vol. 113, No. 1 (2011) pp. 27–56

Background/Context: One of several challenges to fusing reading and science instruction through the use of reflective practice arises from recent claims that it is questionable whether anyone can "make" preservice teachers into reflective...

Principles for the Design and Use of Simulations in Science Learning as Exemplified by a Prototype Microworld

DAVID F. JACKSON; TAE-KOON KIM; Douglas N. Yarger; Peter J. Boysen

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 19, No. 3 (2000) pp. 237–252

This article attempts to contribute to the clarification of princi-ples for the design and use of simulation software in science learning by combining a reflective process of identification of im-portant questions with empirical evidence from...

Topics: Computer Sciences, Instructional Design, Teachers, Software, Science

Using Research-Based Interactive Video Vignettes to Enhance Out-of-Class Learning in Introductory Physics

Priscilla W. Laws; Maxine C. Willis; David P. Jackson; Kathleen Koenig; Robert Teese

Physics Teacher Vol. 53, No. 2 (February 2015) pp. 114–117

Ever since the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system (PLATO) was introduced over 50 years ago, educators have been adding computer-based materials to their classes. Today many textbooks have complete online versions that include...

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2013

(2013) pp. 1–186

Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education is now in its fifth year of publication, and has become one of the most important journals for the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). This journal represents the...