Area under Constructivism: A Pilot Study Using a World Wide Web Home Page To Assess Professional Development.

The purpose of this studx was to evaluate the potential of World Wide Web Home Page construction as a way for teachers to demonstrate their professional development as they construct new professional knowledge and networks. The focus of this pilot study was to begin looking at the connections to learning that a Home Page can demonstrate without having to train the teacher as a computer programmer. The teacher subjects (n=7) participated in a constructivist-based summer institute to promote excellence in science teaching. The u:e of and publishing on the Internet were stressed as essential skills of the 20th century science teacher with teacher participants contributing to a collaborative Home Page. Teachers with no Internet experience prior to the institute were able to begin contributing to the collaborative Home Page with less than 4 hours of Internet "surfing" and 30 minutes of HTML code (the code of the Web) programming instructioli. Contains 19 references. (Author) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTIVISM: A PILOT STUDY USING A WORLD WIDE WEB ROME PAGE TO ASSESS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) by Scott W. Slough and Robin McGrew-Zoubi Sam Houston State University U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office 04 EduCalaanal Raman' Ch and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document hit been reproduced s vioci from dm person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve relModuction Quality Points of yrs* or opinions stateo in this dcc mint do not necessarily represent official OERI positron or policy 1996 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting March 31 April 3, 1996 St. Louis, MO This study was funded in part by the Eisenhower Program for the Staff Development of Science and Mathematics Teachers through the Texas Education Agency, Huntsville I. S. D., and Sam Houston State University.

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