The purpose of this paper is to present the rationale and principles that guided the design and development of a multimedia case-based environment, called PARENTS. Following a development research approach, the tenets of ...

"This is a rich collection of twenty-seven essays to mark the memory of Ioannis Taifacos. For two decades (1993- 2013) Ioannis Taifacos worked hard to establish the Department of Classics and Philosophy as an autonomous ...

The preparation of science teachers to integrate computers in their teaching seems to be a challenging task, and teacher educators need to undertake systematic and coordinated efforts for effectively preparing teachers to ...

The tangent line is a central concept in many mathematics and science courses. In this paper we describe a model of students' thinking - concept images as well as ability in symbolic manipulation - about the tangent line ...

A growing number of studies have reported that teachers face many challenges in conceptualizing and enacting inquiry–based teaching and learning. Even though teacher designed approaches are considered an important pathway ...

Grounded in contemporary perspectives on learning science as inquiry and built upon empirical research evidence pointing to the significant role of technology tools in supporting this kind of learning, we present a framework ...