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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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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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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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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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Baradaran Rahimi, Farzan; Kim, Beaumie – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2019
Adolescents develop skills and ideas from their interest-driven practices, which shape a type of literacy that may differ from the traditional ideas of literacy. This paper takes a qualitative approach to identify adolescents' activities through interest-driven participatory design. We interacted with grade 9 students at a Western Canadian school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Design, Career Education, Technology Education
Watkins, Ryan; Engel, Laura C.; Hastedt, Dirk – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2015
The rise of digital information and communication technologies (ICT) has made the acquisition of computer and information literacy (CIL) a leading factor in creating an engaged, informed, and employable citizenry. However, are young people, often described as "digital natives" or the "net generation," developing the necessary…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Technology, Influence of Technology, Computer Literacy
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Bastiaens, Theo, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2022
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. The "EdMedia + Innovate Learning" conference took place in New York,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Flipped Classroom, Online Courses, Student Projects
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Chorney, Sean – Frontline Learning Research, 2017
This paper proposes a philosophical approach to the mathematical engagement involving students and a digital tool. This philosophical proposal aligns with other theories of learning that have been implemented in mathematics education but rearticulates some metaphors so as to promote insight and ideas to further support continued investigations…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Mathematics
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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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Hillman, Thomas – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2014
This article examines mathematical activity with digital technology by tracing it from its development through its use in classrooms. Drawing on material-semiotic approaches from the field of Science and Technology Studies, it examines the visions of mathematical activity that developers had for an advanced graphing calculator. It then follows the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Graphing Calculators, Semiotics, Educational Technology
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Mazur, Amber D.; Brown, Barbara; Jacobsen, Michele – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2015
The flipped classroom is an instructional model that leverages technology-enhanced instruction outside of class time in order to maximize student engagement and learning during class time. As part of an action research study, the authors synthesize reflections about how the flipped classroom model can support teaching, learning and assessment…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Kelly P. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2010
The study aims were to examine (i) adolescents' attitudes towards family members who use a wheelchair in relation to other health problems and conditions, and (ii) the association between perceived wheelchair stigma and socio-demographic factors. Data were based on surveys from 2790 seventh to 12th grade students derived from the 2007 cycle of the…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Drug Abuse, Adolescents, Assistive Technology
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Pirbhai-Illich, Fatima – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
This article reports on findings from a school-based action research project with aboriginal adolescent students attending an alternative school in Canada. As a Freirean response to these marginalized students' school failures, the researcher engaged students in a critical multiliteracies approach to language and literacy learning. Based on…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Action Research, Participant Observation, Foreign Countries
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Takeuchi, Miwa – E-Learning, 2008
In this policy research note, the author examines how Ontario curriculum documents for English language learners (ELLs) address information and communication technology (ICT). Upon analysis, three characteristics were identified, as follows: the superiority of standardized English, technology as an ambiguous tool, and under-representation of…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy
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Gomes, Alessandro Damasio Trani; Borges, A. Tarciso; Justi, Rosaria – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This study investigates the relationship between the students' understanding of the aims of an investigative activity and their performance when conducting it. One hundred and eighty-one year nine students from a public middle school in Brazil took part in the study. Students working in pairs were asked to investigate two problems using a…
Descriptors: Investigations, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Personnel Data
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