The recognition of conceptual knowledge as a critical element in effective content-area instruction has been advanced by the development of concept mapping applications to instruction. This paper broadens awareness of how concept mapping can serve as a basis for linking instructional strategies that when combined with concept mapping form an instructional system teachers are able to use to impr...

0 Introduction The relevance of teachers' domain-specific knowledge for high-quality instruction has been emphasised repeatedly, particularly in the context of mathematics teaching (e.g., Ball, Lubien-ski, & Mewborn, 2001). However, despite the eminent role that is attributed to teachers' professional knowledge for creating powerful learning environments, very few instruments are yet available ...

Using the Game-based-learning Teaching Belief Scale (GTBS) and the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge—Games questionnaire (TPACK-G), this study investigated 316 Taiwanese in-service teachers’ teaching beliefs about game-based learning and their perceptions of game-based pedagogical content knowledge (GPCK). Both t-tests and ANOVA analyses were used to examine the differences due to the...

Knowledge linked to programming has recently been extensively strengthened in curricula and syllabi in the Swedish compulsory school. The introduction of this new content requires that teachers have to be trained in programming and programming teaching. The aim of this study is to investigate what content and values that emerge as important in a professional development course and in the partic...

This study examines the development of technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge (TPACK) in four in-service secondary science teachers as they participated in a professional development program focusing on technology integration into K-12 classrooms to support science as inquiry teaching. In the program, probeware, mind-mapping tools (CMaps), and Internet applications ― computer simulations, ...

This research surveyed three hundred and ninety pre-service and three hundred and ninety four in-service teachers with regards to the seven factors of technological pedagogical content knowledge, their beliefs about constructivist oriented teaching (CB) and design disposition (DD). Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses showed that the survey based on the nine-factor model had high r...

The use of the Internet as a supportive tool for learning process made easier the transposition of geographical barriers in education, bringing some challenges to Distance Learning, such as the development of web-based learning material, whose content will be explored by learners from different places and cultures. Therefore, it is interesting to think of providing tools which support teachers ...

Researchers are increasingly exploring the development and expression of experienced teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). While the majority of extant studies focus on evidence and growth of TPACK holistically, some have begun to distinguish teacher knowledge in TPACK’s subdomains, including technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) and technological content knowledge ...