Professional development to enhance teachers' practices in using information and communication technologies (ICTs) as cognitive tools: Lessons learned from a design-based research study

Computers and Education

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-115

  Wang, Shiang Kwei ^a   Hsu, Hui Yin ^a   Reeves, Thomas C ^b   Coster, Daniel C ^c  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom practice; Cognitive tools; Design based research (DBR); Information and communication technologies (ICTs); Scientific practice

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; INFORMATION USE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CLASSROOM PRACTICES; COGNITIVE TOOL; HIGHER ORDER COGNITIVE SKILLS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM; SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE; TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84906541313     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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