The Effects of a Constructivist Intervention on Pre-Service Teachers

dc.creator	Kathryn DiPietro
dc.date	2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:35:17Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:35:17Z
dc.identifier	1436-4522
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/aa2b7a688e174b84bb2bd43b662e766b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/22876
dc.description	The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pre-service teachers participation in a constructivist intervention supported by technology on their confidence in their own ability to plan and create six technology-supported, constructivist, learning activities, as well as to understand their perceptions of the experience. Participants were 23 pre-service teachers accepted into the College of Educations Masters program at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and enrolled in an introduction to instructional computing course during the summer of 2001. A survey was used to assess pre-intervention confidence levels and experience with six technology-supported, constructivist, learning activities. Students were then situated in a class that employed constructivist methodology to facilitate their own exploration of constructivist pedagogy supported by technology. Once students completed the class, they were asked to re-take the survey. A paired samples t-test was used to compare pre-intervention confidence levels with post-intervention confidence levels. The results revealed a significant difference, p < .001, in each of the six areas. Journals, focus groups, and interviews were used to gain insight into the participants perceptions of the experience and suggested a reflective process.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IEEE Computer Society
dc.relation	http://www.ifets.info/abstract.php?art_id=31
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1436-4522
dc.source	Educational Technology & Society, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 63-77 (2004)
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	Teacher education
dc.subject	Educational technology
dc.subject	Constructivism
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The Effects of a Constructivist Intervention on Pre-Service Teachers
dc.type	article