The Clovis Project: Enhancing Student Learning and Teacher Training with Telecommunications.

Taylor, Harriet G.; Stuhlmann, Janice M.

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ERIC Number: EJ580138

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Publication Date: 1998

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The Clovis Project: Enhancing Student Learning and Teacher Training with Telecommunications.

Taylor, Harriet G.; Stuhlmann, Janice M.

International Journal of Instructional Media, v25 n4 p357-66 1998

Describes a project that used the model of character impersonation to allow students to communicate via e-mail with Clovis Crawfish, a children's literature character. Highlights include teaching interns who provided classroom support; a collaborative model of instruction; effects on learning and student behavior; a constructivist approach; authentic tasks; and criteria for telecommunications projects. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Criteria, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Models, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Behavior, Telecommunications

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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