Research on technology use in multicultural settings

• Other Authors: Ganesh, Tirupalavanam G. (Editor), Boriack, Anna W. (Editor), Stillisano, Jacqueline R. (Editor), Davis, Trina J. (Editor), Waxman, Hersh C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2015.
• Series: Research in educational diversity and excellence.
• Subjects: Multicultural education > United States.; Minorities > Education > United States.; Educational technology > Social aspects > United States.; Education > Multicultural Education.; Educational strategies and policy: inclusion.; Educational strategies and policy.; Ethnic groups and multicultural studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806612055
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-827-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 243 pages)

This book is the third volume in the series on Research in Educational Diversity and Excellence. The goal of this series is to bring issues of diversity and educational risk to the forefront of national attention in order to assist the nation's diverse students at risk of failure to achieve aca...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction and overview / Anna W. Boriack and Hersh C. Waxman
• Chapter 1. Interactive and traditional books: Literacy beliefs and practices in latino families / Deanne R. Pérez-Granados and Lynne C. Huffman
• Chapter 2. Integrating and adapting an inquiry technology-rich curriculum in the context of a Latin American science methods course / M. Elizabeth Gonzalez and Barbara Hug
• Chapter 3. Integrating flexible language supports within online science learning environments / Douglas Clark, Brian Nelson, Robert Atkinson, Frank Ramirez-Marin, and William Medina-Jerez
• Chapter 4. Case studies of online testing in multicultural school districts / Brooke Kandel-Cisco, Jacqueline R. Stillisano, Trina J. Davis, and Hersh C. Waxman
• Chapter 5. Deconstructing the digital divide in research: Moving from a view of the poor as other to the poor as us / Cecelia Merkel
• Chapter 6. Supporting reading-to-learn in science: The application of summarization technology in multicultural urban high school classrooms / Kimberley Gomez, Samuel Kwon, Louis Gomez, and Jennifer Sherer
• Chapter 7. Building capacity in community context: Studying the impact of technology on low-income immigrant Spanish-speaking families / Hector H. Rivera and David J. Francis
• Chapter 8. Strategies to engage female and hispanic youth in robotics in the southwestern United States / Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh
• Chapter 9. Understanding the shape of learning in the context of technological innovation / Finbarr Sloane, Jennifer Oloff-Lewis, and Anthony E. Kelly
• Chapter 10. Alternative models for evaluating technology use in schools / Jacqueline R. Stillisano, Danielle B. Brown, and Hersh C. Waxman
• Chapter 11. Future directions for improving technology use in multicultural settings / Anna W. Boriack, Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, and Hersh C. Waxman
• Editor and author biographies.