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Technology in Mathematics and Science: An Examination and Comparison of Instructional Use in the United States and Taiwan
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Sparapani, Ervin F.; Calahan, Patricia S. – Education, 2015
Mathematics, science, and technology are three disciplines that are highly discussed in national and international circles, especially as regards their importance to the success of young people after they leave school. With that, the purpose of the study is to examine the integration of technology into mathematics and science instruction in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Instruction
Jordanian Vocational, Secondary Education Teachers and Acquisition of the National Professional Standards
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Al-Dajeh, Hesham I. – Education, 2012
The main purpose of this study was to estimate the level of acquisition of the Jordanian national professional standards by vocational, secondary education teachers. Two hundred teachers participated in the study. The data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 15.0. Questionnaire validity was assessed by content validity,…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Secondary Education
Teacher Attitudes Toward Acceleration
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King, Fred M. – Education, 1969
Descriptors: Acceleration, Evaluation, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers
Teacher Dissatisfaction on the Rise: Higher Level Needs Unfulfilled.
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Sweeney, Jim – Education, 1981
A 1980 teacher satisfaction study involving 1,295 secondary teachers in 23 Iowa high schools of 1,000 or more reveals that: higher level teacher needs are unfulfilled; these needs are not gender related; teachers aged 25 to 34 years are least happy; and those teaching higher level ability students are most satisfied. (NEC)
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Need Gratification, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers
Belizean Secondary Teachers' Judgements of Discipline Problems and Students' Attitudes Toward Education.
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Norales, Francisca O. – Education, 1982
Two questionnaires surveyed Belizean secondary school teachers' (272) attitudes toward the seriousness of discipline problems and students' (974) attitudes toward education. The frequently occurring discipline problems were related to maintaining order in the classroom and those that interfered with the learning atmosphere. Students had positive…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Discipline Problems, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education
Pupil Perceptions of Teachers as a Function of Teacher Concerns.
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Griffin-Jeansonne, Carol; Caliste, Edward R. – Education, 1984
The study sampled 952 students and 76 teachers from eight metropolitan high schools, utilizing Fuller's model of teacher concerns. Findings supported the null hypotheses that there are no statistically significant relationships between teacher concerns and anxieties and between student perceptions of teachers and teacher concerns and anxieties.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Perception, Personality Traits, Secondary Education
Experimentally Introducing Career Education into Secondary School Classrooms.
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Meehan, Merrill L. – Education, 1982
A brief, intensive, competency-based workshop successfully helped 11 secondary school teachers (6 females, 5 males) from West Virginia prepare for and conduct classroom research experiments. These experiments were an effective staff development activity for career education. Career-related instruction appeared to foster positive student attitudes…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Experiments, Experiential Learning, Inservice Teacher Education
Motivating Teachers for Vocational Curriculum Development of the Handicapped.
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Gardner, David C.; Beatty, Grace Joely – Education, 1980
The Teacher Opinion Survey was administered to high school teachers to determine preferred incentives for participation in a curriculum modification project to help teachers deal with the vocational education problems of mainstreamed students. More innovative teachers were found to be more motivated by opportunities to work with university…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Innovation, Inservice Teacher Education