| Description |
xxvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The effect of an online museum -- Assumption, limitations, and benefits of the study -- Definition of terms -- Background -- Historical background of museums in education -- With museums -- University museum / School partnerships -- Learning engagement -- Computer technology and learning engagement -- Computer technology in the science classroom and scientific inquiry -- Predictors of computer usage by teachers -- The learning cycle -- Summary -- Methods, context, and procedures -- Purpose and research questions -- Methodology and research design -- Quantitative versus qualitative research design -- Mixed method research design -- Mixed method data collection instruments -- Research setting -- Background : site selection -- Units of analysis -- Participants -- The science teacher -- The students -- The participant observer -- The school context 4 -- Edgeview middle school and meridian -- Elementary school -- The science classroom -- The computer lab -- Intervention -- The museum explorer website -- The learning approach of museum explorer -- Oregon state standards -- Detailed description of museum explorer -- Mammal overview web page -- Mammal skeleton web page -- Mammal habitat web page -- Mammal behavior web page -- Mammal maps web page -- Museum / school Partnerships -- Study procedures -- Schedule of events -- Sampling strategies and data collection -- Measurement instruments -- Knowledge test -- Student computer attitude questionnaires -- Follow-up questionnaires -- Student notebooks -- Email correspondence -- Teacher and student questionnaires -- Teacher rating forms -- Data analysis -- Research question one -- Research question two -- Research question three -- Ethical issues -- Summary -- Research findings -- Research implementation -- Results : research question one -- Pre-test and post-test -- Administration -- Frequency distributions -- Gender differences -- Differences between classes I and II -- Teacher open-ended questionnaire -- Notebook assignment -- Summary of results for research question one -- Results : research question two -- Computer attitude questionnaire (CAQ) -- Administration -- Results from computer attitude questionnaire -- Gender differences -- Classes I and II differences -- Summary of computer attitude questionnaire -- Teacher rating forms -- Results for modes of engagement -- Summary of teacher rating forms -- Student notebooks -- Analysis of notebook entries -- Summary of student notebooks -- Description of open-ended questionnaires -- Student open-ended questionnaires -- Summary of student open-ended questionnaire -- Teacher open-ended questionnaire -- Summary of teacher open-ended questionnaire -- Computer attitudes : email users and student and teacher open-ended -- Summary of results for research -- Summary of results for research question two -- Results : research question three -- Email correspondence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-251) and index |
| Subject |
Biology -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
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Biology -- Computer-assisted instruction.
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| LC no. |
2006039340 |
| ISBN |
9781934043271 alkaline paper |
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