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Bowling Green State University

2013

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Leveraging Apple Remote Desktop To Facilitate Classroom Critiques Of Digital Projects, Jerry C. Schnepp Nov 2013

Leveraging Apple Remote Desktop To Facilitate Classroom Critiques Of Digital Projects, Jerry C. Schnepp

Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications

Classroom critiquing of visual projects is an essential exercise to help students refine their work. Usually, instructors display student work on a large screen so that the class can offer comments and suggestions. However, problems arise because critiques are often mired by ambiguous or misunderstood language. Sometimes students are better shown than told. This presentation demonstrates how Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) can be used to project the display of any lab computer while the instructor and student share control. The student’s work can be interactively modified during a critique session, resulting in an engaging experience for the entire class.

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“I Had Never Really Made Sense Of That Before”: Constructing Mathematical Content Knowledge And Teaching Through Story Telling, Sara Mccormick Davis, Gabriel T. Matney Oct 2013

“I Had Never Really Made Sense Of That Before”: Constructing Mathematical Content Knowledge And Teaching Through Story Telling, Sara Mccormick Davis, Gabriel T. Matney

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

How do teacher educators in two different fields help pre-service teachers bridge content and pedagogical knowledge? This paper explores the experience of using story-telling over two courses that are required in an early childhood teacher education program. The authors, from two different colleges, used reflection prompted by story-telling to collaboratively support the construction of content knowledge in both a math content class and in a math methods class. Students were able to reflect on their own math content knowledge by telling and retelling their understanding of math knowledge construction and that of children they worked with over the semester.

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Surfing Injuries Requiring First Aid In New Zealand, 2007-2012, Kevin Moran, Jonathon Webber Aug 2013

Surfing Injuries Requiring First Aid In New Zealand, 2007-2012, Kevin Moran, Jonathon Webber

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

In an island nation such as New Zealand with easy access to surf beaches, surfing activities are very popular and, while generally perceived as a healthy form of outdoor recreation, they do have attendant risks. This study reports on nondrowning, surfing-related incidents that required medical first aid on beaches during five summer seasons from 2007-2012. Retrospective descriptive analysis of data from lifeguard first aid reports found that 16% (n = 1,327) of injuries were the consequence of surfing activity. More males than females were treated for surfing injuries (68% male, 31% female). Lacerations (59%) and bruising (15%) accounted for most …

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Designing Asynchronous Online Discussion Environments: Recent Progress And Possible Future Directions, Fei Gao, Tianyi Zhang, Teresa Franklin May 2013

Designing Asynchronous Online Discussion Environments: Recent Progress And Possible Future Directions, Fei Gao, Tianyi Zhang, Teresa Franklin

Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications

Asynchronous online discussion environments are important platforms to support learning. Research suggests, however, threaded forums, one of the most popular asynchronous discussion environments, do not often foster productive online discussions naturally. This paper explores how certain properties of threaded forums have affected or constrained the quality of discussions, and argues that developing alternative discussion environments is highly needed to offer better support for asynchronous online communication. Using the Productive Discussion Model developed by Gao, Wang & Sun (2009), we analyzed current work on four types of asynchronous discussion environments that have been developed and researched: constrained environments, visualized environments, anchored …

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Case Study Of Using A Social Annotation Tool To Support Collaboratively Learning, Fei Gao Apr 2013

Case Study Of Using A Social Annotation Tool To Support Collaboratively Learning, Fei Gao

Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications

The purpose of the study was to understand student interaction and learning supported by a collaboratively social annotation tool — Diigo. The researcher examined through a case study how students participated and interacted when learning an online text with the social annotation tool — Diigo, and how they perceived their experience. The findings suggested that students participated actively in the collaborative learning activity and were engaged in a variety of behaviors including self-reflection, elaboration, internalization, and showing support. Although students generally had a moderately positive attitude toward using the social annotation tool for collaborative learning, a few problems were identified. …

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Overcoming A Common Storm: Designing Professional Development For Teachers Implementing The Common Core, Jonathan Bostic, Gabriel T. Matney Apr 2013

Overcoming A Common Storm: Designing Professional Development For Teachers Implementing The Common Core, Jonathan Bostic, Gabriel T. Matney

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

Classroom implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) requires significant professional development that develops teachers’ understanding of the mathematics content and practice standards. This professional development must begin with the content and pedagogical needs of the teachers it serves. This study examined elementary and middle school teachers’ perceived mathematics content needs related to the CCSSM mathematics content domains, their perceived pedagogical needs, and the connection between these perceptions and statewide assessment data. K-5 teachers indicated a great need in Operations and Algebraic Thinking and Numbers and Operations on Fractions. Middle school teachers expressed a major need in …

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Leaping Without Bridges: Implementing The Common Core With Students Not Previously Instructed Within Its Expectations, Gabriel T. Matney, Tami Matney Apr 2013

Leaping Without Bridges: Implementing The Common Core With Students Not Previously Instructed Within Its Expectations, Gabriel T. Matney, Tami Matney

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

Teachers in most states across the nation are now engaged in transitioning their instruction and content focus to the domains of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM). They are working very hard to make adaptive decisions about their practice and they are serious about understanding the ways in which the CCSSM “are not intended to be new names for old ways of doing business” (CCSSI, 2010, p. 5). As the states transition to the CCSSM many teachers will be working with students whose mathematics instruction took place under a different set of mathematics learning expectations. In our work …

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Development Of The 5t Model For The Enjoyment Of Learning Together, Yupadee Panarach, Gabriel T. Matney Mar 2013

Development Of The 5t Model For The Enjoyment Of Learning Together, Yupadee Panarach, Gabriel T. Matney

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to develop and improve a teaching model for Learning and Enjoying. The focus of this teaching model is to increase mathematics achievement, attitude towards mathematics, and mathematical communication skills. There were two groups of participants consisting of five pre-service teachers who constructed and improved the model from the Mathematics program with Faculty of Education at Kampheang Phet Rajabhat University and eleven grade 6 students from Wat Prabromathat primary school in Kamphaengphet Province. Data were collected by test, questionnaires, observation, and focus group interviews. Tests and questionnaire were analyzed by Percentage, Mean, and Standard Deviation. …

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Translating Mathematics Efficacy, Gabriel T. Matney, Yupadee Panarach, Jack Jackson Mar 2013

Translating Mathematics Efficacy, Gabriel T. Matney, Yupadee Panarach, Jack Jackson

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

This paper presents our work in translating the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument (MTEBI) from English to Thai and our resulting initial investigation with 262 Thai pre-service teachers. The MTEBI underwent confirmatory factor analysis indicating two independent scales of Personal Mathematics Teaching Efficacy and Mathematics Teaching Outcome Expectancy (Enochs, Smith, Huinker, 2000). The translation process occurred over several meetings between two US educators and one Thai educator. To check for reliability the instrument was translated into Thai and back translated into English.

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Preparing K-10 Teachers Through Common Core For Reasoning And Sense Making, Jonathan Bostic, Gabriel T. Matney Feb 2013

Preparing K-10 Teachers Through Common Core For Reasoning And Sense Making, Jonathan Bostic, Gabriel T. Matney

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

There looms an uncertainty about the Common Core State Standards for mathematics for many teachers. Teachers have indicated that they want professional development (PD) focused on learning about the new standards (Bostic & Matney, in press). This manuscript describes PD programs for K-10 mathematics teachers and offers results from one activity aimed to help teachers unpack the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SFMP). Four major themes arose from interpretive analysis of teachers’ perceptions of the SFMP. These findings suggest (1) the PD supported teachers to make sense of the SFMP and (2) teachers may have misperceptions about the SFMP that require …

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Too Much Puff, Not Enough Push? Surf Lifeguard Simulated Cpr Performance, Kevin Moran, Jonathon Webber Feb 2013

Too Much Puff, Not Enough Push? Surf Lifeguard Simulated Cpr Performance, Kevin Moran, Jonathon Webber

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The purpose of this paper is to report on the technical competency of volunteer surf lifeguards to perform CPR on a manikin in light of their lifeguard experience, age, and gender. The CPR skills of surf lifeguards on patrol at the beginning of the 2010-11 summer season were tested on manikins by observation of CPR procedures and electronic recording of compression and ventilation skills. Almost all lifeguards (n=252) made the appropriate initial checks for responsiveness (98%). Compression skills were generally performed accurately with few technical errors (such as incomplete release). Most lifeguards (87%) over-ventilated the lungs (> 600ml) on each …

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Examining Student Participation In Three Learning Activities Supported By Social Annotation Tools, Tian Luo, Fei Gao, Kathryn S. Hoff Jan 2013

Examining Student Participation In Three Learning Activities Supported By Social Annotation Tools, Tian Luo, Fei Gao, Kathryn S. Hoff

Visual Communications and Technology Education Faculty Publications

Social annotation (SA) allows learners to highlight and comment on Web pages and share annotations with each other online. Despite its potential in promoting collaborative learning, examining how to integrate it into educational settings has not been fully studied. The purpose of the study is to examine student participation in three different SA-based online activities: (1) peer review, (2) annotated discussion, and (3) collaborative reading. Students participated in all three SA-based activities and took a survey at the end reporting the effectiveness of these activities. The analysis of students’ annotations and their survey responses suggested that although participants perceived the …

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Middle Grades Preservice Teachers' Experiences With Proof And Reasoning Focused Instruction, Jonathan Bostic Jan 2013

Middle Grades Preservice Teachers' Experiences With Proof And Reasoning Focused Instruction, Jonathan Bostic

School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

The purpose of this session is to explore middle grades mathematics teachers’ perceptions of and experiences using manipulatives to prove mathematics topics. Participants will reason with manipulatives and collaboratively reflect on ways to promote reasoning and proof during preservice coursework.

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