 |
Edited by Dr. Lynne Schrum, University of Utah
|
| formerly Journal of Research on Computing in
Education |
Volume 37 Number 1 Fall
2004
The Effect of Electronic
Scaffolding
for Technology Integration on Perceived Task Effort and Confidence of
Primary
Student Teachers
Charoula Angeli and Nicos Valanides
University of Cyprus
Abstract
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.
Contributors
Dr. Charoula Angeli is a lecturer in Instructional Technology at the
University
of Cyprus. She has undergraduate and graduate studies at Indiana
University-Bloomington
(BS in Computer Science, 1991, MS in Computer Science, 1993, and PhD
in Instructional
Systems Technology, 1999). Her research interests include the
utilization of
educational technologies in K12, the design of computer-enhanced
curricula,
educational software design, teacher training, teaching methodology,
online
learning, and the design of learning environments for the development
of critical
and scientific thinking skills.
Dr. Nicos Valanides is an associate professor in Science Education at
the University
of Cyprus. He has undergraduate studies at the Aristotelian University
of Thessaloniki
(BA in Physics, 1969, and BA in Law, 1985). He has graduate studies at
the American
University of Beirut (Teaching Diploma, 1980, and MA in Education:
Teaching
Sciences, 1981) and at the University of Albany, State University of
New York,
SUNY—Albany (MSc in Instructional Supervision 1986, and PhD in
Curriculum and
Instruction and Educational Research, 1990). His research interests
include
teacher training, methodology of teaching and curricula for science
education,
development of logical and scientific thinking, science-and-technology
literacy,
the utilization of ICT in science education, blended learning, and the
design
of educational interventions and learning environments.
Download
the full article (PDF, 630 KB, PDF Instructions)
Contact
Charoula Angeli
Department of Educational Sciences
University of Cyprus
P. O. Box 20537
CY-1678
Nicosia, Cyprus
cangeli@ucy.ac.cy
Nicos Valanides
Department of Educational Sciences
University of Cyprus
P. O. Box 20537
CY-1678
Nicosia, Cyprus
nichri@ucy.ac.cy
Copyright © 2004, ISTE (International Society for Technology
in Education).
All rights reserved.
| ICT integration, teacher education, scaffolding, perceived task effort, confidence |
|
