The purpose of this content analysis was to review home school literature regarding homeschooling approaches, parents’ motivations for selecting homeschooling and technology integration. The main aim of this study was to use content analysis of some home school literature as a w…
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Globalization reflects a shift in the workforce development paradigm. This descriptive qualitative case study was conducted at a Midwestern university with 12 student participants and three faculty members from three engineering programs. The purpose of this body of work was to …
Technology has been at the center of heated debates in educational settings driving schools to compete for the best technological equipments. However, in Lebanon there is a lag in technology integration matching twenty first century advances. Several barriers related to teacher …
This descriptive case study explores the implementation of a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) in a Jewish supplemental school setting. The research was conducted to present the recollections and reflections of three constituent populations of a new technology exploring cons…
This action research study was focused on how two middle school science teachers at the American International School in Israel (AIS-1) addressed strategies to develop projects in which their students could learn at a distance but not from a distance. The idea was not to develop…
This qualitative within-case study explored how technology is being integrated in a private school in Lahore. This study also attempted to shed light on the effect of different professional development opportunities on the technology integration practices of teachers in this sch…
The main purpose of this study was to explore the effects of non-programmable scientific calculators on mathematics achievement and attitudes toward mathematics and calculators of Class 1 Senior Secondary (SS I) students in Nigeria, and to offer suggestions, based on research, t…
This field study explores the effects of computer-mediated Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) on a decision-making process within the men and women's division of a sexually segregated private high school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the time of the study, the school is develo…
The use of hypermedia and Web-based materials in Jewish Education is a new and growing phenomenon. This dissertation is the outcome of an action research project conducted on the use of a Web site on the biblical story of Cain and Abel with Israeli high school students. The majo…
The purpose of this study was to examine female faculty members' use of computer technologies, their attitudes toward computers, the factors that best predict their attitudes toward computers, and the barriers that limit their use of computer technologies in girls' colleges in D…
This case study investigated the process of adopting and integrating interactive whiteboards into the daily practice of teachers and compared the findings to relevant theoretical models. Participants were drawn from a small international school in Damascus, Syria, where interact…
This study explored factors that may influence the attitudes towards information and communication technology (ICT) by Jordanian teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL). This study replicated research with extension by Albirini (2004), who explored attitudes ICT among te…
This study examined current level of information technology integration in science education in the Yanbu school district in Saudi Arabia, and barriers to use. Sub-domains investigated included: infrastructure and resources, policy and support, science teachers' personal beliefs…
There are a number of factors that influence technology implementation in the classroom including teachers' concerns; barriers; and intrinsic incentives. These factors give classroom teachers a chance to make a shift in their thinking and practice to help them properly integrate…
This qualitative research explored the issues and challenges in teaching English as Foreign Language (EFL) in Gorontalo, Indonesia, from two main cases. First is the implementation of the Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP) in EFL Instructions; second is the integration o…
Most research regarding information and communication technology implementation has focused on teachers' technology use for personal, administrative, and preparatory purposes. Very little is known about how technology is authentically used to improve active student learning and …
In the past few years, corporate mergers have occurred in industries around the globe. Corporate officials made business decisions to acquire or merge with other corporations for a variety of reasons, from acquiring intellectual property to expanding their market share or merely…
Many researchers including (Hill et al., 2008; McCray & Chen, 2012) have found that teachers' understanding of the mathematics content knowledge and their expertise in teaching methods "pedagogy" are largely responsible for how effective they are as teachers. More recent researc…
Increasing technology intervention in rural schools is still a herculean task, especially with the lack of adequate infrastructures and limited resources. The purpose of this quantitative, causal comparative study was to determine the impact of technology interventions on studen…