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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Blended Collaborative Writing Approach for Chinese L2 Primary School Students
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Wong, Lung-Hsiang; Chen, Wenli; Chai, Ching-Sing; Chin, Chee-Kuen; Gao, Ping – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This paper outlines an adaptable collaborative writing approach employing a wiki to address the typical weaknesses of young Singaporean Chinese students learning Chinese as second language (L2) in Chinese writing. These students' problems in writing include limited and incorrect use of vocabulary, English-style grammar, badly structured passages,…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Collaborative Writing, Writing Processes, Peer Teaching
Self Reflection and Preservice Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Knowledge: Promoting Earlier Adoption of Student-Centred Pedagogies
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Gao, Ping; Chee, Tan Seng; Wang, Longlong; Wong, Angela; Choy, Doris – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to present the qualitative findings relating to fourteen preservice teachers' development and translation of their technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) into their classroom practices throughout the first year of their teacher preparation program. It was found that all fourteen participants demonstrated a gain in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Developing Leadership Potential for Technology Integration: Perspectives of Three Beginning Teachers
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Gao, Ping; Wong, Angela F. L.; Choy, Doris; Wu, Jing – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
This paper reports one major finding from a large two-year, mixed-methods study that investigated the process of beginning teachers' learning to teach with information and communication technology (ICT). Among the ten participants involved in the qualitative portion of the study, three stood out from the rest in their effort to use ICT in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Constructivism (Learning), Technology Integration
Developing a Better Understanding of Technology Based Pedagogy
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Gao, Ping; Choy, Doris; Wong, Angela F. L.; Wu, Jing – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
The focus of this paper is to present the major qualitative findings from a one year, mixed methods study that explores a cohort of preservice teachers' process of learning to teach with information and communication technology (ICT) across their teacher preparation program in Singapore. This study suggests a variation in the preservice teachers'…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries