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Stephen Sharpe; Gabrielle Young – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2023
This study focuses on the use of Google Classroom as assistive technology in inclusive classrooms. Findings were based on data collected through single-case study methodology in semi-structured formal and informal interviews with eight teachers and a focus group with six students at one junior high school in the province of Newfoundland and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Inclusion, Junior High Schools, Foreign Countries
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Hébert, Cristyne; Jenson, Jennifer; Terzopoulos, Tatyana – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
In this article, we report on a study of 32 teachers and their implementation of a digital game designed to support the human and physical geography curriculum in grades 7 and 8 in the province of Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the paper is to analyze and robustly represent the experiences of teachers who participated in the study, most of whom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Lamond, Bronwyn; Cunningham, Todd – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2020
This research examined Grade 6-10 Ontario Certified Teachers' (n = 24) perceptions of assistive technology (AT) and the factors correlated with perceived usefulness of AT. A mixed methods design that included a survey consisting of open- and closed-ended items elicited information about teachers' AT knowledge and training, their basic computer…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Assistive Technology, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Kirkpatrick, Lori; Brown, Heather M.; Searle, Michelle; Smyth, Rachael E.; Ready, Emily A.; Kennedy, Kathleen – Computers in the Schools, 2018
The goal of this study was to add to the existing literature by examining the effect of 1:1 iPad integration on the achievement of Canadian Grade 7 students. The school board we worked with provided an iPad to each Grade 7 student in the district to keep for the remainder of their time in the district. We examined the impact of the iPads on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Handheld Devices
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Ge, Jenny; Smyth, Rachael E.; Searle, Michelle; Kirkpatrick, Lori; Evans, Rebecca; Elder, Alexa; Brown, Heather – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
Technology continues to form an important part of the educational landscape, although the value of portable devices as learning tools is still being explored and debated. In light of the technology-based teaching methods suddenly brought into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the deliberate use of technology for learning is increasingly…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Schock, Robin E.; Lee, Elizabeth A. – Exceptionality Education International, 2016
Rarely are the views of children with learning disabilities elicited. In this study, we used focus groups involving eight students with learning disabilities to explore their self-perceptions as learners and writers using assistive technology (AT). Three groups of two to three Grade 4-8 students and their parents participated in the qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Self Concept
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Jarvis, Daniel – Teacher Development, 2016
The RE4MUL8 Project involved the creation of an online/mobile resource for Intermediate Division (Grade 7 and 8) teachers of mathematics. This resource showcases video documentaries of seven key mathematics topic lessons (fractions, integers, proportional reasoning, composite shapes and solids, solving equations, and, patterning and algebraic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction
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Searle, Michelle; Elrofaie, Amani; Kirkpatrick, Lori C.; Sauder, Adrienne; Brown, Heather M. – Assessment Matters, 2017
This study involved a group of 61 teachers in Ontario, Canada, who participated in a case study about classroom assessment practices. The participants were part of a district one-to-one technology programme that provided an iPad to each student and teacher in all Grade 7 to 9 classrooms. As part of the programme and its evaluation, teachers who…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Access to Computers, Handheld Devices, Program Effectiveness
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Hughes, Janette; Maas, Melanie – LEARNing Landscapes, 2017
In this article, we share an ethnographic case study of how we worked with a small group of marginalized grades 6, 7, and 8 students to both explore and create augmented reality (AR) to produce a class cookbook. We discuss how using AR helped students develop digital literacies skills and 21st century competencies, while at the same time,…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Potvin, Patrice; Hasni, Abdelkrim; Ayotte-Beaudet, Jean-Philippe; Sy, Ousmane – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
This cross-lagged longitudinal study was conducted with 862 seventh and eighth graders (secondary school) in the province of Québec (Canada) to study the effects of two important perceptual variables (self-concept and individual interest) on achievement, as well as reciprocal relations between all these constructs. Considering the results obtained…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Report Cards, Goodness of Fit, Educational Practices
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Kirkpatrick, Lori C.; Brown, Heather M.; Searle, Michelle J.; Sauder, Adrienne E.; Smiley, Eric – Exceptionality Education International, 2017
This paper examines the impact of a school board's one-to-one iPad initiative on equity and inclusion. Data include: questionnaires from Grade 7-9 students, teachers, and administrators; focus groups with inclusion coaches; and interviews with classroom teachers. The results show that the iPads have supported equity among students in the district;…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Telecommunications
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Kay, Robin; Ruttenberg-Rozen, Robyn – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2020
One of the primary skills required by mathematics teachers is the ability to provide effective explanations to their students. Using Kay's (2014) theory-based framework for creating instructional videos, this study explored the quality and growth of explanations embedded in mathematical instructional videos created by 37 pre-service teachers…
Descriptors: Student Developed Materials, Video Technology, Instructional Films, Demonstrations (Educational)
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Sinclair, Jeanne; Jang, Eunice Eunhee; Stille, Saskia; Park, Gina – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Many students in middle and secondary school face challenges in understanding complex content expressed in disciplinary-specific discourses. Disciplinary literacy (DL) has emerged as a viable approach to these challenges. Yet, to date, the assessment of disciplinary literacy remains relatively underdeveloped. The current paper examines the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Science Teachers
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Searle, Michelle J.; Kirkpatrick, Lori C.; Smyth, Rachael E.; Paolini, Michela – Assessment Matters, 2018
This study examines the summative-assessment practices used for a one-to-one programme where all teachers and students in grades 7 to 9 across an entire district were provided with iPads. Data were gathered from 61 teachers who participated in a blended-learning case study. This article addresses how the presence of one-to-one technology, in the…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Handheld Devices, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Savard, Annie; Freiman, Viktor; Theis, Laurent; Larose, Fançois – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
Mathematics teachers, researchers and specialists in educational technology from Quebec, Canada developed virtual tools that make interactive simulations of games of chance. These tools were presented to a group of teachers from New Brunswick through workshops and they then got to test and validate them with their students. Semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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