Volume 38 Number 4 Summer 2006 The Influence of Teachers’ Technology Use on Instructional PracticesGlenda C. Rakes AbstractThis study investigated the relationship between technology use and skills and the use of constructivist instructional practices among teachers in rural schools. Teachers in this study responded to Moersch’s instrument, the Levels of Technology Implementation (LoTi). The LoTi was administered to the fourth and eighth grade teachers in 11 school districts to determine if levels of classroom technology use and personal computer use predicted the use of constructivist instructional practices. Results indicate that there is a significant, positive relationship between both levels of classroom technology use and personal computer use and the use of constructivist instructional practices, with personal computer use being the strongest predictor.
ContributorsDr. Rakes is a professor of instructional technology at the University of Tennessee—Martin. Dr. Fields is Executive Director of Louisiana Campus Compact. Ms. Cox is a teaching assistant and PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology and Research at the University of Memphis. ContactGlenda C. Rakes, The University of Tennessee—
Martin Valerie S. Fields Karee E. Cox Copyright © 2006, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). All rights reserved. | ||||
