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Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

Description: This article presents a second year analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project concerning contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda & Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling

Description: Article reports on a trace-based assessment of approaches to learning used by middle school aged children who interacted with NASA Mars Mission science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) games in Whyville, an online game environment with 8 million registered young learners. Differences in approach to learning were found illustrating the potential value of the methodology to curriculum and game-based learning designers as well as other creators of online STEM content for pre-college… more
Date: September 5, 2022
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Gibson, David; Christensen, Rhonda; Trevisan, Ottavia & Carter, Morgan
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Examining Scientific Literacy through New Media

Description: Article evaluates the impact of new media on scientific literacy. Content analysis with a coding scheme was performed on 42 filtered websites and 20 microblogs to analyze the role of new media in disseminating scientific knowledge. The results showed that the quality of science-oriented websites was higher than that of microblogs. Suggestions about how to improve the quality of science-oriented new media and how to develop students’ scientific literacy through new media are also discussed.
Date: July 10, 2019
Creator: Gu, Xiaoqing; Wang, Chunli & Lin, Lin
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Gender Differences in 7th Grade Students' Interest in STEM after Participating in a Solenoid Instructional Unit

Description: Paper presented at the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. The research presented studies achievement scores and affinity towards STEM scores of male and female students after participating in a unit focused on understanding a solenoid.
Date: 2019-06-15/2019-06-19
Creator: Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.; Smith, Daniella & Johnson, Karen R.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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A Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education from 2010 to 2020

Description: This article provides a content analysis of studies from 2010 to 2020 aiming to disclose how artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to the education sector and explore the potential research trends and challenges of AI in education. The content analysis shows that the research questions can be classified into development layer (classification, matching, recommendation, and deep learning), application layer (feedback, reasoning, and adaptive learning), and integration layer (affection com… more
Date: April 20, 2021
Creator: Zhai, Xuesong; Chu, Xiaoyan; Chai, Ching Sing; Jong, Morris Siu Yung; Istenic, Andreja; Spector, Michael et al.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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The Effect of Multi-mode Stimuli of Feedforward and Eye Tracking on Metacognition— An Exploratory Study Using Digital Dictionaries

Description: Article presents a study employing multi-mode stimuli of learners’ eye movements and feedforward that aims to develop the effect of Stimulated Recall (SR) on activating learners’ metacognition in remote settings.
Date: January 2022
Creator: Zhai, Xuesong; Chu, Xiaoyan; Wang, Minjuan; Spector, J. Michael; Tsai, Chin-Chung & Liu, Hui
Partner: University of North Texas
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Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment for 21st Century Learning

Description: This article is based on the deliberations of the Assessment Working Group at EDUsummIT 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. All of the members of Thematic Working Group 5 (TWG5) have contributed to this synthesis of potentials, concerns and issues with regard to the role of technology in assessment as, for and of learning in the 21st century.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Spector, J. Michael; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Sampson, Demetrios; Yang, Lan (Joy); Mukama, Evode; Warusavitarana, Amali et al.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Tools to support interpreting multiple regression in the face of multicollilnearity

Description: This article argues that rather than using one technique to investigate regression results, researchers should consider multiple indices to understand the contributions that predictors make not only to a regression model, but to each other as well.
Date: March 14, 2012
Creator: Kraha, Amanda; Turner, Heather; Nimon, Kim F.; Zientek, Linda Reichwein & Henson, Robin K.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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ICT in Higher Education: An Exploration of Practices in Malaysian Universities

Description: Article investigating the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education. To investigate this issue, the technology adoption and gratification (TAG) model was validated and used to examine Malaysian university teachers' adoption and gratification of ICT for teaching and research purposes and then used to investigate the moderating effect of universities in different regions. This paper confirms the utility of the TAG model for comparing teachers' adoption and gratificatio… more
Date: January 29, 2019
Creator: Spector, J. Michael; Islam, A. Y. M. Atiquil; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching; Gui, Xiaoqing & Hai-Leng, Chin
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Leadership in Career and Technical Education: Beginning the 21st Century

Description: Leadership in Career and Technical Education: Beginning the 21st Century is the third edited book published by the University Council of Workforce and Human Resource Education (UCWHRE), formerly the University Council of Vocational Education (UCVE). The previous books, Beyond Tradition: Preparing the Teachers of Tomorrow's Workforce (Hartley & Wentling, 1996) and Beyond Tradition: Preparing Human Resource Development Educators for Tomorrow's Workforce (Stewart & Hall, 1998) reported trends in t… more
Date: 2005
Creator: Gregson, James A. & Allen, Jeff M.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Assessment of ICT in Tertiary Education Applying Structural Equation Modeling and Rasch Model

Description: Article studies information and communication technology (ICT) in tertiary education. This article is part of the special collection: Educational Psychology & Counseling, Educational Psychology.
Date: December 21, 2020
Creator: Spector, J. Michael; Islam, A. Y. M. Atiquil; Gu, Xiaoqing & Crook, Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Statistical assumptions of substantive analyses across the general linear model: a mini-review

Description: This article seeks to support researchers by concisely reviewing key statistical assumptions associated with substantive statistical tests across the general linear model. Additionally, the article reviews techniques to check for statistical assumptions and identifies remedies and problems if data do not meet the necessary assumptions.
Date: August 28, 2012
Creator: Nimon, Kim F.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Value and Pricing of MOOCs

Description: This article reviews the potential for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to transform higher education delivery, accessibility, and costs.
Date: May 27, 2016
Creator: Baker, Rose M. & Passmore, David L.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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A systematic literature review of personalized learning terms

Description: Article providing a review of the recent research literature on personalized learning as technology is changing how learning can be effectively personalized. The emphasis is on the terms used to characterize learning as those can suggest a framework for personalized and will eventually be used in meta-analyses of research on personalized learning.
Date: October 23, 2020
Creator: Shemshack, Atikah & Spector, J. Michael
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Soft Skills for Entry-Level Engineers: What Employers Want

Description: This article is a review of literature for skills comprised within the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) criteria determined 26 topics necessary for the entry-level and continued success of engineers. The findings suggest that although entry-level engineers have proficiency in all of these ABET required skills, the entry-level engineers were not meeting the level of importance expressed by the organization for 24 of these 26 skills.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Hirudayaraj, Malar; Baker, Rose M.; Baker, Francie & Eastman, Mike
Partner: UNT College of Information
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