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George Meadows
University of Mary Washington
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The Internet and the Truth about Science: We Gave a Science War but Nobody Came
Aimee Howley; George Meadows
Education Policy Analysis Archives Vol. 6, No. 19 (1998)
Attempted to examine the process of conceptual-change teaching through an Internet discussion, part of a distance-education teacher-training course, involving approximately 40 teachers. The prior beliefs of these teachers about science and science...
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Identifying and Addressing Students' Alternative Conceptions of the Causes of Global Warming: The Need for Cognitive Conflict
George Meadows; Randall L. Wiesenmayer
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 8, No. 3 (1999) pp. 235–39
Presents some of the misconceptions school-age children have about issues related to global warming/global climatic change. Discusses strategies for mitigation. (Author/CCM)
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A Project-Based Computer Certification Program for K-12 Educators
George Meadows; David Ayersman; Pam Lowery
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 419–422
As enthusiasm for the educational use of the Internet and the WWW in education grows, educators would do well to re-examine the current status of the computer in the classroom. Just as the Internet and the WWW are now seen, computers were often...
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Inspiring Maker Culture through Collaboration, Persistence, and Failure
Mary Kayler; Timothy Owens; George Meadows
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1179–1184
Maker culture is dedicated to people “making their own functional devices, whether it is technological gadgets, open source hardware and software, or nearly any other aspect of physical life” (McCall, 2009). While maker culture is frequently found...
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Addressing Science Teacher's Initial Perceptions of the Classroom Uses of Internet and World Wide Web-Based Resource Materials
Randall L. Wiesenmayer; George R. Meadows
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 6, No. 4 (1997) pp. 329–35
Examines the initial perceptions of the educational value of science resource materials available on the World Wide Web as gathered from a group of science teachers participating in the West Virginia K-12 RuralNet project summer workshop training....