Online discourse from a class of 22 students (11 boys and 11 girls) was analysed to assess advances in conceptual understanding and literacy. The students worked over a two-year period (Grades 3-4), during which they contributed notes to an online Knowledge Building environment—Knowledge Forum®. Contributions revealed that both boys and girls produced a substantial amount of text and graphics, and that their written texts incorporated an increasing proportion of less-frequent, advanced words, including academic vocabulary and domain-specific words from grade levels higher than their own. Brief accounts of classroom discourse indicate how deep understanding and vocabulary growth mutually support each other in online and offline exchanges. Th...
This paper focuses on the literacy gender gap between students who happen to be boys, and their lowe...
The technology has greatly benefited our lives in many ways. In education, computer mediated communi...
Digital practices are ever more present in our daily lives, and in particular young peoples’ lives a...
Online discourse for a class of 22 students (11 boys and 11 girls) was used to assess advances in co...
In a large online course, students were divided into 18 asynchronous online discussion groups with d...
Women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, a pro...
Statistical data from the last 15 years of literacy research tells the story of adolescent boys stru...
grantor: University of TorontoOne relatively recent educational paradigm which has great p...
The study of gender differences in academic achievement has been one of the core topics in education...
Advocates of computer-mediated instruction have pointed to the potential of online teaching for faci...
In 2013-2016 we designed and implemented Wikid Grrls, a 10-week after-school workshop series to teac...
A four month qualitative study was conducted to investigate gender and grade similarities and differ...
Over the past several decades, there has been a decline in boys’ achievement, along with documentati...
This study examined how the use of Knowledge Forum (KF)®, a networked, internet-based learning envir...
This open access book presents a systematic investigation into internationally comparable data gathe...
This paper focuses on the literacy gender gap between students who happen to be boys, and their lowe...
The technology has greatly benefited our lives in many ways. In education, computer mediated communi...
Digital practices are ever more present in our daily lives, and in particular young peoples’ lives a...
Online discourse for a class of 22 students (11 boys and 11 girls) was used to assess advances in co...
In a large online course, students were divided into 18 asynchronous online discussion groups with d...
Women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, a pro...
Statistical data from the last 15 years of literacy research tells the story of adolescent boys stru...
grantor: University of TorontoOne relatively recent educational paradigm which has great p...
The study of gender differences in academic achievement has been one of the core topics in education...
Advocates of computer-mediated instruction have pointed to the potential of online teaching for faci...
In 2013-2016 we designed and implemented Wikid Grrls, a 10-week after-school workshop series to teac...
A four month qualitative study was conducted to investigate gender and grade similarities and differ...
Over the past several decades, there has been a decline in boys’ achievement, along with documentati...
This study examined how the use of Knowledge Forum (KF)®, a networked, internet-based learning envir...
This open access book presents a systematic investigation into internationally comparable data gathe...
This paper focuses on the literacy gender gap between students who happen to be boys, and their lowe...
The technology has greatly benefited our lives in many ways. In education, computer mediated communi...
Digital practices are ever more present in our daily lives, and in particular young peoples’ lives a...