NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jackson, Julie – Science Teacher, 2018
Word walls visually display important vocabulary covered during class. Although teachers have often been encouraged to post word walls in their classrooms, little information is available to guide them. This article describes steps science teachers can follow to transform traditional word walls into interactive teaching tools. It also describes a…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development, Word Lists, Visual Aids
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McElhone, Dot; Tenore, F. Blake; Davis, Dennis S. – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2017
This research examines the specialized knowledge of reading comprehension articulated by 12 middle school English language arts teachers sampled from three different regions of the United States and representing various levels of teaching experience. Using detailed interviews, concept mapping, and think aloud methods, we identified salient…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jain, G. Panka; Gurupur, Varadraj P.; Schroeder, Jennifer L.; Faulkenberry, Eileen D. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2014
In this paper, we describe a tool coined as artificial intelligence-based student learning evaluation tool (AISLE). The main purpose of this tool is to improve the use of artificial intelligence techniques in evaluating a student's understanding of a particular topic of study using concept maps. Here, we calculate the probability distribution of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Concept Mapping, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jackson, Julie; Durham, Annie – Science and Children, 2016
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue discusses planning and using interactive word walls to support science and reading instruction. Many classrooms have word walls displaying vocabulary that students have learned in class. Word walls serve as visual scaffolds to support instruction. To…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kwon, So Young; Cifuentes, Lauren – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Five eighth grade science classes of students in at a middle school were assigned to three treatment groups: those who individually concept mapped, those who collaboratively concept mapped, and those who independently used their study time. The findings revealed that individually generating concept maps on computers during study time positively…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Concept Mapping, Grade 8, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2006
For the twenty-ninth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Professional Associations, Educational Technology, Teacher Educators