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Air Tutors' Online Tutoring: Math Knowledge Impacts and Participant Math Perceptions. Middle Years Math Grantee Report Series
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Fesler, Lily; Gu, Anna; Chojnacki, Greg – Mathematica, 2023
Air Tutors is an online tutoring organization that provides one-on-one and small group tutoring for K-12 students. Air Tutors uses live, online tutoring and an online platform that incorporates video conferencing and interactive whiteboards; recruits high-quality paid tutors with tutoring experience and engaging online personalities; and engages…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Videoconferencing
Effect of Parental Involvement on Perceptions of Physical Education
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Paulson, Anna; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; van der Mars, Hans – Physical Educator, 2022
This study sought to address the large gap in the literature regarding parents' roles and views about physical education programs. Guided by Epstein's model of parental involvement, this study investigated the effect of increased parental involvement in a child's physical education program on parents' perceptions of that program. Participants…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent Attitudes, Physical Education
Experiences and Perceived Benefits of a Digital Pen Pal Experience on Preservice Teachers' Preparation for Working with English Learners
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Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Mahalingappa, Laura – Action in Teacher Education, 2018
This research shares qualitative analysis of the experience and benefits of a digital pen pal (E-Pal) experience on preservice experiences and perceived benefits of English Learners (ELs) and how to teach ELs. For this project, preservice teachers exchanged E-Pal letters with EL and non-EL students in Grades 5 through 7 about a book they read.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers
Authentic Reading, Writing, and Discussion: An Exploratory Study of a Pen Pal Project
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Gambrell, Linda B.; Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Calvert, Leah; Malloy, Jacquelynn A.; Igo, Brent – Elementary School Journal, 2011
In this exploratory study, reading, writing, and discussion were examined within the context of a pen pal intervention focusing on authentic literacy tasks. The study employed a mixed-method design with a triangulation-convergence model to explore the relationship between authentic literacy tasks and the literacy motivation of elementary students…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Letters (Correspondence)
Chat Rooms as "Virtual Hangouts" for Rural Elementary Students.
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McCreary, Faith A.; Ehrich, Roger W.; Lisanti, Melissa – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2001
Describes how fifth-graders with home Internet access used an Internet chat application after school, and discusses changes in the patterns of chat room usage over a 1-year period. Considers gender differences in chat room usage, as well as implications for curriculum design, student-teacher interactions, and the role of chat in teaching and…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education
Analysis of the Effect of Networking on Computer-Assisted Collaborative Writing in a Fifth Grade Classroom.
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Allen, Gayle; Thompson, Ann – 1994
This study examined the effects of a computer-mediated networked learning environment on the writing of fifth grade students who used word processing to write four texts collaboratively during an 8-week period. A telecommunication network was utilized to allow the students in the experimental group to send their work via e-mail to an audience of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning