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Kopcha, Theodore J.; Ocak, Ceren; Qian, Yingxiao – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
The purpose of this paper is twofold. We first present a methodological framework for the analysis of embodied interaction with technology captured through video recording. The framework brings together a social semiotic approach to multimodality with the philosophical and theoretical roots of embodied cognition. We then demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Children, Grade 5, Thinking Skills, Robotics
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Kopcha, Theodore J.; Neumann, Kalianne L.; Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Anne; Pitman, Elizabeth – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the next evolution of our quest for technology integration, one that moves away from the "product" of teacher decision making (i.e., the type of use) towards their "process" of decision making. After presenting a brief history of our field's quest, we bring together three ideas about…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Decision Making
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Kopcha, Theodore J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
The purpose of this article is to present a systems-based mentoring model of technology integration that follows a research-based path. The model moves teachers through four specific stages of technology adoption toward using technology to support learning in more student-centered ways. The model describes how a mentor can negotiate the interplay…
Descriptors: Mentors, Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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Kopcha, Theodore J.; Sullivan, Howard – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2008
This study examined the effects of prior knowledge, learner preference for control, and type of control (learner or program) on the achievement of middle-school students in a computer-based instructional program on adding and subtracting integers. Students were blocked by preference-for-control scores and randomly assigned to either a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Prior Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
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Kopcha, Theodore J.; Sullivan, Howard – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This study investigated self-presentation bias in the self-reports of teachers about their practices in six topic areas in educational technology (Instructional Design, Assessment, Learner-Centered Instruction, Curriculum Alignment, Attitudes about Computers, and Use of Computers with Students). Subjects were 50 middle-school teachers. Data were…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Likert Scales, Response Style (Tests), Teacher Attitudes