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Cho, Eunji; Lee, Kyunghwa; Cherniak, Shara; Jung, Sung Eun – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2017
Drawing on Latour's (Reassembling the social: an introduction to actor--network-theory, Oxford University Press, New York, 2005), this manuscript discusses a study of a robotics class in a public, Title I elementary school. Compared with theoretical frameworks (e.g., constructivism and constructionism) dominant in the field of early childhood…
Descriptors: Robotics, Man Machine Systems, Instructional Materials, Science Activities
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Elmore, Jeff; Koons, Heather; Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Bowen, Kimberly; Sanford-Moore, Eleanor E.; Stenner, A. Jackson – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
The Common Core set a standard for all children to read increasingly complex texts throughout schooling. The purpose of the present study was to explore text characteristics specifically in relation to early-grades text complexity. Three hundred fifty primary-grades texts were selected and digitized. Twenty-two text characteristics were identified…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Difficulty Level, Instructional Material Evaluation, Primary Education
Wappler, Reinhold D. – 1983
Two LOGO dialects are compared for appropriateness for use with second, third, and fourth grade students on the basis of 18 months of experience with teaching LOGO programing language at this level in a four-machine laboratory setting. Benefits and drawbacks of the dialects are evaluated in the areas of editing. screen modes, debugging,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 2
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational and Technical Education. – 1974
The basic purpose of the teacher's guide is to acquaint students at the primary level with the variety of jobs in the field of technology. The field of technology encompasses all work which uses machines to supply the needs of people. The topics covered include: simple machines, technological jobs in the community, using measurement accurately,…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Grade 2, Grade 3