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Giovanni Gonzalez Araujo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation presents the results and outcomes of an effort to design educational tools and curriculum to improve student learning in introductory programming courses. The work was conducted at the University of California, Merced (UC Merced), situated in the Central Valley of California, and home to a diverse student population. The findings…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Computer Science, Introductory Courses, Case Studies
Alissa Bianculli – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand the lived experiences of teachers in kindergarten through first grade utilizing digital technologies to engage elementary students during mathematics instruction. This phenomenological study was guided by the following research questions. (1) How do elementary…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
Alex Geoffrey Fegely – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this action research was to evaluate the effect educational robotics have on the programming comprehension and motivation of preservice teachers. Computer science is increasingly being integrated into K-8 curricula across the country. However, there are few teachers trained to teach basic computer science concepts. Core subject…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Robotics, Educational Technology
Deanna Eble Mayers – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Innovative technologies are being created, and individuals and companies are embracing and using emerging technology to customize all aspects of their lives and businesses, including learning spaces. Today's learners demand authentic, meaningful learning experiences in real-world settings (Cook & Artino, 2016; Garcia-Cabrero et al., 2018;…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Individualized Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Learner Engagement
Kathy L. S. Garneau – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A theoretical framework grounded in constructionism and pragmatism theories supported research on learning by doing. This framework underpinned the purpose of this qualitative case study to explore how K-8 STEM teachers facilitated projects utilizing innovative technologies to solve community-based problems. The problem was a lack of connection…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Andreasen, Katherine J.; Medina, E.; Newell, M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This project describes a problem-based learning project focusing on the discovery of the level of professional development secondary school administrators receive before and after one-on-one technology implementation. Recent research findings indicate the importance of adequate professional development for school administrators and the correlation…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Administrator Attitudes, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Myers, Terri – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the types of online tools and strategies used with problem-based learning. The target population for this study consisted of instructional designers who were currently working in the field and have four or more years of experience in designing problem-based curriculum using synchronous and asynchronous…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Schneider, Brett – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Sociological and cultural analysts have noted the reticence of public secondary schooling to recognize and build academic activities around the participatory culture in which adolescents are so readily involved (Jenkins, Purushotma, Weigel, Clinton & Robison, 2009). Despite the Common Core State Standards having required students to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Social Studies, Problem Based Learning, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Walter, Kim R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
We live on a finite ecological system, yet consume as though resources are unlimited. Current environmental data suggests many in the developed world are living beyond what the earth is able to sustain. The paradigms in which we operate continue to support a path of constant consumption that continues to exacerbate this problem. Technology…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Design, Middle School Students, Concept Formation
Chang, Ju-Yu – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Cognitive load theorists claim that problem-centered instruction is not an effective instruction because it is not compatible with human cognitive structure. They argue that the nature of problem-centered instruction tends to over-load learner working memory capacity. That is why many problem-centered practices fail. To better support students and…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Teaching Methods
Segerman, Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Medical education helps ensure doctors acquire skills and knowledge needed to care for patients. However, resident duty hour restrictions have impacted time residents have for medical education, leaving resident educators searching for innovative options for effective medical education. Classroom situated e-learning, a blended learning delivery…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Medical Students, Medical Education, Educational Technology
Fells, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The design of online or distributed problem-based learning (dPBL) is a nascent, complex design problem. Instructional designers are challenged to effectively unite the constructivist principles of problem-based learning (PBL) with appropriate media in order to create quality dPBL environments. While computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Media Selection, Problem Based Learning, Constructivism (Learning)
Larson, Mark E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Human Resource Departments (HRD), especially instructors, are challenged to keep pace with rapidly changing computer software applications and technology. The problem under investigation revealed after instruction of a software application if a particular method of instruction was a predictor of transfer of learning, when other risk factors were…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Transfer of Training, Problem Based Learning
Richard, Lynne F. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Computer technology is used as a mediational tool to support collaborative instructional methods. Computer support offers a platform for collaboration with the goal of scaffolding students' understanding, providing increased agency to the student for their own learning, and motivating students, as participants in a PBL process. In online PBL,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Educational Psychology, Computer Mediated Communication
Liuzzo, Anna M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to gather information to identify the obstacles and the impact an implementation of technology had in a middle school science classroom. This study explored a teaching environment where the teacher planned on using a variety of technology tools including laptops, probeware, hardware and software to promote scientific…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Evidence, Primary Sources, Program Effectiveness
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