Lacie Carte

2-7-2018
Technology in Education
Google Scholar Assignment

Part A)

• Janet Penner-Williams, Tom E. C. Smith, Barbara C. Gartin, Written Language Expression -

Assessment Instruments and Teacher Tools, 2009, SAGE Journals, Vol. 34, Issue 3, pages 162
- 169. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1534508408318805

• Jennifer Beasley, Barbara Gartin, Felicia Lincoln, Janet Penner-Williams, Teacher Efficacy
and Practice in Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners: How Do Partnerships Support
Teachers?, 2013, SRATE Journals, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pages 1 - 7.
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1015770

• Janet Penner-Williams, Della Perez, Diana Gonzales Worthen, Socorro Herrera, Kevin Murry,
A CLASSIC Approach to Collaboration - Documenting a Multi-State University and Multi-
School District Partnership, 2010, Collaboration in Education, part 5, chapter 17, pages 161 -
168.
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ZppeBwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Jan
et-
Penner+Williams&ots=hAlRpFF07U&sig=3MUXPxVYTImeckvEQFESkyt4sQs#v=onepage
&q=Janet-Penner%20Williams&f=false

Summary: Teacher Efficacy and Practice in Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners: How Do
Partnerships Support Teachers?

The article focuses on how partnerships amongst teachers can impact and diversify
student learning and development. Out of 139 elementary teachers surveyed, the consensus
showed that teachers felt that having a partnership equated to a wider variety of tools to
differentiate instruction methods. The results also showed that partnerships made teachers
consider student needs more often when planning lessons and made them feel a greater influence
on their student’s learning. The article includes a graphing showing the difference in survey
responses in University of Arkansas graduates versus teachers with degrees from other colleges.
In every categories graduates ranked significantly higher, representing the influence of their
partnerships in their lesson plans. The article also includes the methodology of this project, as
well as, a copy of the survey given to teachers. Some implications for the research done in this
project are providing learning in reference to location and audience, promoting vicarious and
mastery learning experiences and resources, teacher effectiveness and efficiency, and the
assessment of teacher needs.

Link to full article: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1015770.pdf

Part B)
• Sherry L. Markel, Ph.D., Technology and Education Online Discussion Forums: It’s in the
Response, 2001, Journal Of Distance Learning Administration, Vol. 4, Issue 2.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sherry_Markel/publication/255611839_Technology_and
_Education_Online_Discussion_Forums_It's_in_the_Response/links/55140d360cf23203199cd
57d.pdf
(search sorted by most relevant)
• Ashley Teare, Independently Implementing Best Practices In Flexible Guided Reading At The
Elementary School Level, 2017, School of Education Student Projects, Volume 93.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1094&context=hse_cp
(Search sorted by dated)
• ChanMin Kim, et al, Robotics to promote elementary education pre-service teachers’ STEM
engagement, learning, and teaching, 2015, Computers & Education, Vol. 91, pages 14-31.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131515300257
(Search sorted by relevance since 2014)

Summary: Technology and Education Online Discussion Forums: It’s in the Response

This artifice talks about the early stages of discussion boards implemented into online
learning experiences. Positive results were found in the study suggesting that discussion boards
allowed for more, well thought out responses and conversations. It was also found that it was
easier to revisit topics or a conversation through an online board, rather than a face-to-face
lesson. This also helps to reenforce the content of a conversation. Some negative implications of
discussion boards used in an educational setting were listed as student accountability and
motivation. A concern was also expressed towards leaving behind a social class that doesn't have
access to the internet.

Link to full article:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sherry_Markel/publication/255611839_Technology_and_E
ducation_Online_Discussion_Forums_It's_in_the_Response/links/55140d360cf23203199cd57d.
pdf