Professional Learning in Informal Online Environments: Examining Elementary Teachers’ Cognitive Processes and Learning Experiences as They Navigate a Professional Development Website
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis is comprised of two studies. The first is a mixed methods study comparing three types of think aloud methods for examining elementary teachers’ cognitive processes as they use a multimedia professional development website. Forty-five elementary teachers were assigned to one of three think aloud conditions—concurrent, retrospective, and virtual revisit. Participants in the concurrent condition verbalized their thoughts while simultaneously navigating the website for 20 minutes; participants in the retrospective condition verbalized their thoughts immediately following their 20-mintue navigation without any aids; and participants in the virtual revisit condition verbalized their thoughts while viewing a screen recording of their 20-minute navigation. Results revealed differences (p
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Pamela-Jane Kathleen Beach
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2617234303