Search results for: Fry Sara Winstead

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Using Distance Technology to Sustain Teacher Education for Student Teachers in Isolated Areas: The Technology Supported Induction Network
Authors: Fry Sara Winstead, Bryant Carol
This qualitative study evaluated the Technology Supported Induction Network’s (TSIN) effect on 15 elementary education student teachers in isolated rural schools. The TSIN provided student teachers with professional development opportunities and virtual connections to their peers and university through distance technology, including an online discussion board and compressed video.
Published: 2007
Updated: Jun. 01, 2008
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Supporting Social Studies Reading Comprehension with an Electronic Pop-up Dictionary
Authors: Fry Sara Winstead, Gosky Ross
This study investigated how middle school students’ comprehension was impacted by reading social studies texts online with a pop-up dictionary function for every word in the text. A quantitative counterbalance design was used to determine how 129 middle school students’ reading comprehension test scores for the pop-up dictionary reading differed from test scores for reading hard-copy texts or an online text without the dictionary.
Published: 2008
Updated: Mar. 09, 2008