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ERIC Number: ED548057
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 120
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-2673-7680-0
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A Quantitative Study of an Interactive Whiteboard Implementation in a Suburban School District: Years of Teaching Experience and Grade Level Taught Compared to Peak Stage of Concern
Kotch, Jason M.
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Neumann University
Integrating technology into the classroom is thought to motivate students, keep them engaged, increase available resources, and improve student achievement. Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) are currently being implemented in many classrooms. The purpose of this causal-comparative quantitative study was to identify if years of teaching experience or grade level taught were demographic factors that have an effect on the intensity of teachers' concerns when using an IWB in the classroom. This study set out to aid school administrators in planning future professional development opportunities for teachers who use IWBs in their classrooms in order reap the instructional benefits of technology. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire (George, Hall, & Stiegelbauer, 2006) was used to identify the peak stage for teachers who attended a suburban Philadelphia school district's technology academy and received an IWB. Each teacher's peak stage was compared to their years of teaching experience and the grade level taught using nonparametric tests. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to check the research hypotheses that all of the groups within the independent variables were the same when compared to the peak stages. The Jonckheere-Terpstra test was used to check for trends in the results. There were no significant differences found in the peak stages of teachers when grouped by years of teaching experience or by grade level taught. Additionally, the median peak stages for the groups based on years of teaching experience and grade level taught were all in the bottom half of the Stages of Concern, indicating that additional interventions are needed to increase the use of IWBs in the classrooms. However, in this case, administrators will not be able to plan future professional development opportunities for the participants in this study based on their years of teaching experience or their grade level taught as a significant correlation was not found. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stages of Concern Questionnaire
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