Gerald Knezek

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Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling

Gerald Knezek, David Gibson, Rhonda Christensen, Ottavia Trevisan, more

British Journal of Educational Technology > 54 > 1 > 126 - 141

This 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. The learning objectives of two games included awareness and knowledge of NASA missions, developing knowledge...

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Indicators of middle school students' mathematics enjoyment and confidence

Rhonda Christensen, Gerald Knezek

School Science and Mathematics > 120 > 8 > 491 - 503

A study involving 916 students spanning grades 5–8 was conducted to investigate indicators that may contribute to enjoyment and confidence in mathematics. For this group of middle school students, mathematics enjoyment, mathematics confidence, and attitudes toward school were found to generally decline across grade levels. Mathematics enjoyment and confidence were also found to differ significantly...

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Supporting Learning Leaders for the Effective Integration of Technology into Schools

Rhonda Christensen, Koos Eichhorn, Sarah Prestridge, Dominik Petko, more

Technology, Knowledge and Learning > 2018 > 23 > 3 > 457-472

Learning leaders have important roles in facilitating and supporting the effective and innovative integration of technology in schools. Many leaders who are charged with the task of technology integration have not received professional development to support a leadership role. Many teachers who assume the role of technology leaders develop into this role organically over time based on their recognized...

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Rethinking Learning in a Digital Age: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2017

Joke Voogt, Gerald Knezek

Technology, Knowledge and Learning > 2018 > 23 > 3 > 369-375

“Rethinking learning in the digital age” was the theme of EDUsummIT 2017, which was held in Borovets, Bulgaria in September, 2017. Approximately 100 policy makers, practitioners and researchers met to discuss key topics in nine Thematic Working Groups. These topics were: (1) education systems in the digital age: the need for alignment; (2) informal learning with technology; (3) professional development...

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Impact of Middle School Student Energy Monitoring Activities on Climate Change Beliefs and Intentions

Rhonda Christensen, Gerald Knezek

School Science and Mathematics > 118 > 1-2 > 43 - 52

The Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World project aims to direct middle school students' enthusiasm for hands‐on activities toward interest in science and other STEM areas while guiding them to solve real‐world problems. Students in this project are taught by their teachers to use energy monitoring equipment to audit standby power consumed by electronic devices in their homes and communities...

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Reprint of Readiness for integrating mobile learning in the classroom: Challenges, preferences and possibilities

Rhonda Christensen, Gerald Knezek

Computers in Human Behavior > 2018 > 78 > C > 379-388

Mobile learning readiness is a new aspect of technology integration for classroom teachers. Determining the best strategies for successfully implementing mobile devices in order to improve learning is an important topic needing systematic research, because targeted professional development can help ensure effective integration of mobile learning into classroom environments. Teachers must have supportive...

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Readiness for integrating mobile learning in the classroom: Challenges, preferences and possibilities

Rhonda Christensen, Gerald Knezek

Computers in Human Behavior > 2017 > 76 > C > 112-121

Mobile learning readiness is a new aspect of technology integration for classroom teachers. Determining the best strategies for successfully implementing mobile devices in order to improve learning is an important topic needing systematic research, because targeted professional development can help ensure effective integration of mobile learning into classroom environments. Teachers must have supportive...

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Erratum to: Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: a Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire

Karen Peterman, Ruth Kermish-Allen, Gerald Knezek, Rhonda Christensen, more

Journal of Science Education and Technology > 2016 > 25 > 6 > 846-846

The online version of the original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10956-016-9617-5

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Extending the will, skill, tool model of technology integration: adding pedagogy as a new model construct

Gerald Knezek, Rhonda Christensen

Journal of Computing in Higher Education > 2016 > 28 > 3 > 307-325

An expansion of the Will, Skill, Tool Model of Technology Integration to include teacher’s pedagogical style is proposed by the authors as a means of advancing the predictive power of the model for level of classroom technology integration to beyond 90 %. Suggested advantages to this expansion include more precise identification of areas to be targeted for teacher professional development, and the...

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Effect of Energy Monitoring Activities on Climate Change Beliefs and Intentions: Replication of Findings at Multiple Project Locations

Rhonda Christensen, Gerald Knezek

2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) > 265 - 269

2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)

Analysis of data gathered from 234 middle school students attending four schools in three US states indicated that students participating in Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World (MSOSW) energy monitoring activities acquired stronger beliefs about the existence of climate change and generally became more positive in their intentions to take action to slow the pace of climate change....

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Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: A Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire

Karen Peterman, Ruth Kermish-Allen, Gerald Knezek, Rhonda Christensen, more

Journal of Science Education and Technology > 2016 > 25 > 6 > 833-845

This article describes Energy for ME and Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World, two Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs with the common goal of improving students’ attitudes about scientific careers. The authors represent two project teams, each with funding from the National Science Foundation’s ITEST program. Using different approaches and technology,...

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A model driven framework to address challenges in a mobile learning environment

Ferial Khaddage, Rhonda Christensen, Wing Lai, Gerald Knezek, more

Education and Information Technologies > 2015 > 20 > 4 > 625-640

In this paper a review of the pedagogical, technological, policy and research challenges and concepts underlying mobile learning is presented, followed by a brief description of categories of implementations. A model Mobile learning framework and dynamic criteria for mobile learning implementations are proposed, along with a case study of one site that is used to illustrate how the proposed model...

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Research-informed strategies to address educational challenges in a digitally networked world

Joke Voogt, Gerald Knezek, Natalie Pareja Roblin

Education and Information Technologies > 2015 > 20 > 4 > 619-623

This special issue represents the scholarly work that emerged from the EDUsummIT 2013. EDUsummIT is a growing and active community of researchers, policy makers and practitioners that is committed to promote research-informed strategies to effectively integrate ICT in educational policy and practice. First the background and aim of EDUsummIT is presented, followed by an overview of the contributions...

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Alignment of Hands-on STEM Engagement Activities with Positive STEM Dispositions in Secondary School Students

Rhonda Christensen, Gerald Knezek, Tandra Tyler-Wood

Journal of Science Education and Technology > 2015 > 24 > 6 > 898-909

This study examines positive dispositions reported by middle school and high school students participating in programs that feature STEM-related activities. Middle school students participating in school-to-home hands-on energy monitoring activities are compared to middle school and high school students in a different project taking part in activities such as an after-school robotics program. Both...

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Student perceptions of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) content and careers

Rhonda Christensen, Gerald Knezek, Tandra Tyler-Wood

Computers in Human Behavior > 2014 > 34 > Complete > 173-186

Attitudinal data were gathered from 364 high school students participating in a residential science and mathematics program on a university campus in which participating students finish their last 2years of high school in conjunction with their first 2years in college. Instruments employed assessed dispositions toward Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content and careers. Dispositions...

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Information Seeking, Information Sharing, and going mobile: Three bridges to informal learning

Leila A. Mills, Gerald Knezek, Ferial Khaddage

Computers in Human Behavior > 2014 > 32 > Complete > 324-334

This paper introduces a new perspective on information behavior in Web 2.0 environments, including the role of mobile access in bridging formal to informal learning. Kuhlthau’s (1991, 2007) Information Search Process (ISP) model is identified as a theoretical basis for exploring Information Seeking attitudes and behaviors, while social learning and literacy concepts of Vygotsky (1962, 1978), Bruner...

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Transforming the doctorate from residential to online: A Distributed PhD Learning Technologies

Greg Jones, Scott J. Warren, Demetria Ennis-Cole, Gerald Knezek, more

TechTrends > 2014 > 58 > 4 > 19-26

This article discusses a systemic change that expanded the doctorate in Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas to include a distributed option, delivered primarily online. It provides an overview of the development process from concept to initial implementation. The article examines the specific differences that make the online version different from its residential counterpart. We...

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Blending student technology experiences in formal and informal learning

K.‐W. Lai, F. Khaddage, Gerald Knezek

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning > 29 > 5 > 414 - 425

In this article, we discuss the importance of recognizing students' technology‐enhanced informal learning experiences and develop pedagogies to connect students' formal and informal learning experiences, in order to meet the demands of the knowledge society. The Mobile‐Blended Collaborative Learning model is proposed as a framework to bridge the gap between formal and informal learning and blend them...

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iLearn Via Mobile Technology: A Comparison of Mobile Learning Attitudes among University Students in Two Nations

Ferial Khaddage, Gerald Knezek

2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies > 256 - 258

2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)

University students from two nations, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States of America (USA), completed Likert-type mobile learning attitude surveys during 2011-12. Analyses based on country of residence, gender and ownership of a smartphone led to the conclusion that all three forms of disaggregation of the data resulted in identifiable differences not likely to have occurred by chance,...

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Formal and informal learning: Bridging the gap via Mobile App Technology (MAT)

Ferial Khaddage, Gerald Knezek, Rowland Baker

2012 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL) > 1 - 3

2012 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL)

The group discussion will actively involve participants in an exploration of innovative Mobile App Technology (MAT) as a tool to support teaching and learning, and as a method to bridge the gap between formal and informal learning in the 21st century. Participants will discuss MAT and its ability to empower informal learning. Unresolved questions emerging from the scholarly and practitioner communities...

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Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling

Indicators of middle school students' mathematics enjoyment and confidence

Supporting Learning Leaders for the Effective Integration of Technology into Schools

Rethinking Learning in a Digital Age: Outcomes from EDUsummIT 2017

Impact of Middle School Student Energy Monitoring Activities on Climate Change Beliefs and Intentions

Reprint of Readiness for integrating mobile learning in the classroom: Challenges, preferences and possibilities

Readiness for integrating mobile learning in the classroom: Challenges, preferences and possibilities

Erratum to: Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: a Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire

Extending the will, skill, tool model of technology integration: adding pedagogy as a new model construct

Effect of Energy Monitoring Activities on Climate Change Beliefs and Intentions: Replication of Findings at Multiple Project Locations

Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: A Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire

A model driven framework to address challenges in a mobile learning environment

Research-informed strategies to address educational challenges in a digitally networked world

Alignment of Hands-on STEM Engagement Activities with Positive STEM Dispositions in Secondary School Students

Student perceptions of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) content and careers

Information Seeking, Information Sharing, and going mobile: Three bridges to informal learning

Transforming the doctorate from residential to online: A Distributed PhD Learning Technologies

Blending student technology experiences in formal and informal learning

iLearn Via Mobile Technology: A Comparison of Mobile Learning Attitudes among University Students in Two Nations

Formal and informal learning: Bridging the gap via Mobile App Technology (MAT)

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