The integration of digital technology confronts teachers, educators and researchers with many questions. What is the potential of ICT for learning and teaching, and which factors are decisive in making it work in the mathematics classroom? To investigate these questions, six cases from leading studies in the field are described, and decisive success factors are identified. This leads to the con...

the concept of teacher efficacy has received significant attention in educational contexts in the recent years and has been empirically probed at 2 levels: individual teacher efficacy and collective teacher efficacy. having their origins in the social cognitive theory, teacher and collective efficacy perceptions are quite distinct constructs, each affecting educational decisions and student ach...

Of concern to teachers are students displaying classroom behaviors which are disruptive in attaining pupil success in learning and teacher success in teaching. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of parental rejection on negative attention-seeking classroom behaviors. It was also conducted to find out what particular parent might be more rejecting toward the respondents, and...

School has to qualify students to use mathematical knowledge and competences in a flexible way in different situations. For that they have to understand fundamental concepts and techniques of mathematics. They have to be able to use standard-procedures to solve problems in well-known situations as well as to use flexible different strategies to solve non-routine problems. Learning the basics li...

I welcome the inquiry into teacher training. I am an IT professional of 20 years standing, with the appropriate academic and professional qualifications. I have no involvement with or vested interest in the academic establishment, although I have had some exposure to this through the attainment of a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, my current candidature for a Master of Computing Studies, some year...

Circle dance, which derives from the tradition of folk dances, is practised worldwide. This article explores the meanings participants attribute to it. In-depth interviews with 39 participants, teachers and coordinators of teacher training programmes from the circle dance network in the United Kingdom were undertaken. Applying a constructivist grounded theory approach, major categories, represe...

The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate how well initial teacher training in ICT prepare pre-service teachers to teaching profession. Eight pre-service teachers attending to the “School Experience” course from the Computer Education and Instructional Technology Department at the Middle East Technical University took part in this case study. Observation and interview methods were...

Understanding the nature of information quality in the context of consumer information search on a website is vital for Information Systems as well as for marketing managers who want to use their websites for strategic purposes. This study brings together the Information Systems (IS) Success Model and consumer information search literature to propose and test a comprehensive model investigating...

Self-service technologies (SSTs) enable individuals to be independent and act at their own pace in their own time in consuming services that would ordinarily require delivery through a human resource. One emerging trend in SSTs is the implementation of such technologies to support individual training and learning, thus adapting to individuals' needs and pace. We leverage the DeLone and McLean I...