This paper reports on the initial testing and use of an innovative curriculum delivery tool called RoboBooks. RoboBooks is an interactive, digital workbook environment that integrates robotics-programming environments with reporting and analysis tools. The team developed an innovative middle school curriculum designed to introduce students to the engineering design process by asking them to cre...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the integration of a cognitive apprenticeship model in a Web-based course. The subject of this study is an educational technology course for pre-service P-12 teacher education students. Specifically, this study presents student reports of how cognitive apprenticeship methods impacted student learning processes of (a) technology skills and (b) technolo...

The study aims to investigate the implementation of WhatsApp assisted language learning in rural area. This research involves descriptive qualitative by using interview and observation that focuses on use Whatsapp teaching vocabulary involve sociocultural theory as framework analyze this MALL application. Some reasons related preference involving WhatsApp-assisted lies technical pedagogical rea...

Many variables affect the outcome of classroom teaching. Planning is needed to consistently achieve success. This includes creation a lesson plan, with teacher and learner activity focused on achieving intended learning outcomes. Key issues be considered are class size; creating physical psychological environment for learning; supporting ‘scaffolding’ formative assessment.

Our study addresses the relationship between teacher talk and children’s conceptual learning in early science instruction. We examined role of N = 32 kindergarten classes. The teachers were video-recorded at beginning a four-week instruction phase while assisting group children who dealing with unit on floating sinking. coding included expressions that pertinent to content (content-specific voc...

In the early 1990s, Johnson (1992a) stated that technology educators had shown little interest in cognitive science-based research which he observed was unfortunate because of the close alignment between many concepts in cognitive science and technology education. That may be less true today, but the disconnect between being aware of these concepts and/or terms and teaching students to be able ...