ERIC Number: EJ690942
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 15
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 28
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
The Effect of Electronic Scaffolding for Technology Integration on Perceived Task Effort and Confidence of Primary Student Teachers
Angeli, Charoula; Valanides, Nicos
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v37 n1 p29-43 Fall 2004
Forty-one primary student teachers were divided into two groups and were instructed how to integrate certain Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in learning activities. Only one group was guided to use Filamentality, a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site, and to organize Internet information in a Hotlist and a Scrapbook. Questionnaires were administered to collect data related to students' perceived task effort (PTE) as a result of integrating ICT in the learning environment, and their confidence levels in using ICT tools, while their initial attitudes toward ICT and its integration in the classroom were taken into consideration. The results indicated that Filamentality effectively scaffolded particular aspects of ICT integration in learning and instruction, and significantly reduced learners' amount of PTE, but there was not always a significant effect on learners' self-reported confidence levels.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Primary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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