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Secondary Teachers' Concerns in Adopting Learning Management Systems: A U.S. Perspective
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Lochner, Bianca; Conrad, Rita-Marie; Graham, Edward – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This study examined the concerns of U.S. secondary teachers regarding the adoption of learning management systems (LMSs) utilizing the concerns-based adoption model (CBAM). The stages of concern questionnaire used enabled the strength of teacher concerns to be measured for seven distinct stages of concerns: awareness, informational, personal,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Database Management Systems, Adoption (Ideas), Models
Students' Educational Use of Facebook Groups
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Dalsgaard, Christian – Educational Media International, 2016
The aim of the article is to explore educational use of student-managed Facebook groups in upper secondary education (in Denmark). Much research on educational potentials of Facebook has studied groups managed by teachers. However, there is a lack of in-depth research on Facebook groups managed by students and without participation from teachers.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Social Media, Mass Media Use, Secondary School Students
iPad Deployment in a Diverse Urban High School: A Formative Experiment
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Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Douglas; Lapp, Diane – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2015
We explore the use of iPads in a diverse urban high school and the ways in which teachers and students were supported to integrate these tools into their instruction. We provided 4 English teachers with 20 iPads with little or no professional development about how to integrate them into their instruction. Using a formative experiment design, we…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Urban Schools, High School Students, Formative Evaluation
Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs: What It Is, How It's Implemented, and How It's Working. Brief
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Steele, Jennifer L.; Lewis, Matthew W.; Santibanez, Lucrecia; Faxon-Mills, Susannah; Rudnick, Mollie; Stecher, Brian M.; Hamilton, Laura S. – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation extended grants to three educational organizations working to develop or enhance competency-based approaches in large, urbanized school systems. The grant initiative, called Project Mastery, funded the development of technology-enhanced tools, including curriculum materials and online learning…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Program Descriptions
Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs: Examining Implementation and Outcomes
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Steele, Jennifer L.; Lewis, Matthew W.; Santibanez, Lucrecia; Faxon-Mills, Susannah; Rudnick, Mollie; Stecher, Brian M.; Hamilton, Laura S. – RAND Corporation, 2014
In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created the Project Mastery grant program to support competency-based education initiatives in large school systems that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged youth. Competency-based education meets students where they are academically, provides students with opportunities for choice, and awards…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Program Descriptions
Use of Knowledge Bases in Education of Database Management
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Radványi, Tibor; Kovács, Emod – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2008
In this article we present a segment of Sulinet Digital Knowledgebase curriculum system in which you can find the sections of subject-matter which aid educating the database management. You can follow the order of the course from the beginning when some topics appearance and raise in elementary school, through the topics accomplish in secondary…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Elementary School Curriculum, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Concepts