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Pugnali, Alex; Sullivan, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2017
Aim/Purpose: Over the past few years, new approaches to introducing young children to computational thinking have grown in popularity. This paper examines the role that user interfaces have on children's mastery of computational thinking concepts and positive interpersonal behaviors. Background: There is a growing pressure to begin teaching…
Descriptors: Young Children, Computer Interfaces, Interpersonal Relationship, Concept Teaching
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Triplett, Linda Mesing; Judd, Diane; Pruitt-Mentle, Davina; Bothwick, Arlene; Turner, Laura; Morris, Joyce; Cunningham, Ann – Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
There have been many articles written about the variety of ways faculty and students define eportfolios, collect artifacts, write reflections, and use finished eportfolios. However, little has been written about the dynamic process of adopting electronic portfolios in schools of education. This study employs cross-case analysis to investigate…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Adoption (Ideas), Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Morton, David – Progressive Architecture, 1975
When administrators at Worcester State College decided to build student housing at their formerly all-commuter school, they took pains to involve students and faculty in planning the project. The result was a 500-student village, comprised of 26 different "houses," which has proved very popular with students. (JG)
Descriptors: Architecture, College Housing, Design Preferences, Dormitories
Shaffer, David Williamson – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2003
This ethnographic study explores the underlying structure of the design practices in the Oxford Studio, a design studio course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture. The study describes elements of the practices in the Oxford Studio and then analyzes the connections among these elements at three levels: (a)…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Architecture, Ethnography, Ethics
Creager, John A. – 1972
As the first of two papers delineating the design of Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE), these specific dimensions of MISOE structure and function are considered: (1) the distinction between economic and noneconomic analysis, (2) distinctions among census, sample, and other data, (3) the distinction…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Design Preferences, Economic Research, Educational Planning
Tiedeman, David V. – 1972
Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) arrays data for its dynamic simulation model, which decides educational and instructional policies at the state, school district, and classroom levels, according to this formula: Inputs/Process/Product/Impact. In this monograph linear programed models are…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Design Preferences, Economic Research