Abstract.Reading from devices such as Kindles, Nooks, and tablets ("ereaders") is an increasingly common practice. A primary reason users purchase e-readers is to read for pleasure, as opposed to reading for work or school purposes. With paper, people sometimes read together from a single book (e.g., reading a bedtime story with a child) -a practice we call partnered reading. This practice, and the goals of e-reading for pleasure more generally, remain underexplored in the HCI literature. This paper contributes findings from a deployment study wherein participants used an e-reader application to read with a partner. These findings (a) provide descriptive accounts of how people use ereaders to read together, and (b) identify opportunities to improve the design of e-readers to support partnered e-reading for pleasure.
In this study, the authors researched, designed, and implemented maker education opportunities into teacher candidate training, specifically in elementary mathematics and science methods courses. To investigate the impacts of active learning and maker education models in the teacher education program, the researchers observed, interacted with, and asked teacher candidates (1) which instructional design practices were helpful, (2) what they learned (i.e., knowledge gained, effective pedagogies, and teaching methods) and (3) what were the impacts of these learning opportunities in the context of learning to teach mathematics and other STEM subjects? The Maker Ed workshops involved creating opportunities for teacher candidates to gain experience of how to make, exploring ways to incorporate making in a variety of contexts and then extending this learning to their own pedagogy. To better prepare students for the workforce and everyday living, life skills, transferable skills, and workforce competencies need to be taught through student-centered and activating instructional practices.
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