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David Brown
Maine School of Science and Mathematics
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Motivation and Learning Outcomes in Reciprocal SCMC Language-Learning
David Brown
International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching Vol. 6, No. 2 (April 2016) pp. 19–34
In reciprocal learning, learners of different mother tongues are paired so that each can help the other learn their language. Developments in ICT have broadened the possibilities for reciprocal learning, enabling synchronous computer-mediated...
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Technology and Ethics: Teachers playing Catch-up with their Students
David Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3095–3100
The 1999 TIMSS data reveals the United States is ranked third in the world for the percent of students using the internet at schools; first in the world for students using the internet at home. Studies show that in America, the greatest percent of...
Topics: Students, Secondary Education, Internet, Educational Technology, Computers
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Experimental Mathematics for the First Year Student
David Brown
PRIMUS Vol. 24, No. 4 (2014) pp. 281–293
We describe a course that highlights mathematical experimentation as an introductory course for first year mathematics majors. We discuss the benefits of an experimental approach as an alternate pathway into the mathematics major. We also explain...
Topics: Mathematics
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The Relationship Between Gender and Internet Use Among Teenagers
David Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4892–4894
Current middle and high school students spend as many as eight hours/day online. Some researchers have found that males tend to spend more time online in their free time, but others, including this research, have found that teenage girls spend as...
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Kids, Computers, and Constructivism
David L. Brown
Journal of Instructional Psychology Vol. 23, No. 3 (1996) pp. 189–95
This article focuses on research findings concerning the relationship between young children's computer use in the classroom and constructivist education. Three ways of using computers emerged: computers as books or workbooks; computers for word...
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Faculty Development Strategies
David G. Brown
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1229–1230
One of the last, yet most important, stops along the road to utilizing powerful and newly available multimedia technologies is motivating and training the nation's faculty. Now, more than at any time in the last fifty years, the academic disciplines ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Faculty, Learning Objects
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The Personal Web: Emerging and Evolving Uses for Extant and Developing Technology
David Wood; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2902–2904
Abstract: “The Personal Web” is an aggregate, holistic term referring to both a broad collection of new web-based tools and an emerging perspective about the internet and its uses. Many of the individual technologies that make up The Personal Web...
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The Algorithm Designer Project: A visual programming environment for data structure demonstration
David Randall Brown
(1999) pp. 1–84
Previous work on pedagogical tools for teaching students algorithms has focused on high-level animations of the algorithms. This dissertation describes a tool that gives instructors the ability to pictorially demonstrate the implementation of...
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Student Perceived Efficacy of an Adult Initiated Social Networking Intervention
Francis Fish; David Brown
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 2575–2579
ABSTRACT: In an Eastern United States, public, magnet, secondary school, the active parent association expended both time and monetary effort offering a school-wide presentation on the potential backlash of social networking sites (SNS). Through...
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Educational Technology: Teaching and Learning with its Negative Potential
Christopher Kramer; David Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2184–2189
Abstract: In an Eastern United States Charter school, established for science and mathematics, students (grades 9-12) were surveyed (grade 9 only in an introductory Computer Science course) as to their consideration of technologies that they use and ...
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Concluding Comments: Laptop Learning Communities
David G. Brown
New Directions for Teaching and Learning Vol. 101 (2005) pp. 89–94
A pioneering administrator of a campus laptop mandate, the author explains how increasingly sophisticated computer enhancements of the curriculum create more and more learning possibilities and potential, with universal laptop ownership in a...
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A model to predict elementary school teachers' use of computerized educational technology to teach health and safety topics
David M. Brown
A model to predict elementary@school@teachers' use of computerized educational technology to teach health@and@safety topics (2007) pp. 1–146
This study developed three models that were designed to predict and explain elementary school teachers' engagement in three criterion variables. Model I was used to predict and explain engagement in the behavior of teaching health and safety topics. ...
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Individuals with ADHD and the Cognitive Processing of Multimedia
David Lewis; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4645–4649
Abstract: Individuals with attention deficit disorder experience dysfunction within two working memory subsystems: the phonological loop and the visuospatial sketchpad. With phonological memory functioning better than visuospatial memory, the...
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The Wake Forest Strategic Plan for Technology
David G. Brown
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1227–1228
All incoming Wake Forest University freshmen students receive new laptop computers upon entering, exchange them for a more powerful laptop upon returning for their third year, and take their second computer with them upon graduation. In Fall 1999...
Topics: Computers, Software, Standards, Teaching Methods, Students
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Conceptions of Human-Computer Interaction: A Model for Understanding Student Errors
Alex Rath; David E. Brown
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 12, No. 4 (1995) pp. 395–409
Presents a human-computer interaction (HCI) conceptions model designed to help in the understanding of the cognitive processes involved when college students learn to program computers. Examines syntactic and algorithmic HCI operational errors and...
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Cyberethics: Identifying the Moral, Legal and Social Issues of Cybertechnology in K-12 Classrooms
David S. Brown; Tao Wang
College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal Vol. 4, No. 2 (2008) pp. 29–36
Two computer viruses that have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage over the past four years are the Melissa and the Sasser virus. In March of 1999, the Melissa virus first appeared on the Internet and spread rapidly throughout computer...
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Beyond Statistical Methods: Teaching Critical Thinking to First-Year University Students
Irene David; Jennifer Ann Brown
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 43, No. 8 (2012) pp. 1057–1065
We discuss a major change in the way we teach our first-year statistics course. We have redesigned this course with emphasis on teaching critical thinking. We recognized that most of the students take the course for general knowledge and support of...
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A CMS Case Study: Faculty and Student Factors in a School Disaster Occurrence
David Brown; Theodore Armstrong; Christopher Lemay
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 4178–4181
Abstract: In a secondary school in the Northeast United States, disaster struck when unknowingly windows were blown open and pipes burst in the residential school dormitory. Approximately one week was available before school was to be reopened for...
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Young Learners' Reactions to Problem Solving Contrasted by Distinctly Divergent Computer Interfaces
David W. Brown; Shanon D. Schneider
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (1992) pp. 335–47
Investigated elementary school students' responses to two user-computer interfaces while the students solved basic arithmetic problems. Interfaces involved users' direct manipulation of images or interpretation of symbols. Data indicated that...
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Students’ Perception of Quality across Course Development Models
Victoria Brown; David Lewis; Mario Toussaint
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 166–171
: Distance learning courses were taught online and grouped based upon the course development model. Students’ perception of course quality was compared given four course development models: 1) by faculty using a training course, 2) instructional...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education
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A Generalized Learner-Controlled Education System
David L. Jelden; Bill R. Brown
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 11, No. 1 (1982) pp. 3–21
Describes the four basic components of the Learner-Controlled Educational System (LCES), i.e., the student information, instructional analysis, learning activity, and system evaluation modules. A computer-based multimedia instructional system...
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Associations between Online Friendship and Internet Addiction among Adolescents and Emerging Adults
David Smahel; B Bradford Brown; Lukas Blinka
Developmental Psychology Vol. 48, No. 2 (March 2012) pp. 381–388
The past decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of youths using the Internet, especially for communicating with peers. Online activity can widen and strengthen the social networks of adolescents and emerging adults (Subrahmanyam &...
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The Status of Ubiquitous Computing
David G. Brown; Karen R. Petitto
EDUCAUSE Review Vol. 38, No. 3 (2003) pp. 24–33
Explains the prevalence and rationale of ubiquitous computing on college campuses--teaching with the assumption or expectation that all faculty and students have access to the Internet--and offers lessons learned by pioneering institutions. Lessons...
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Playing catch-up: Investigating public and institutional policies for OER practices in Australia
Carina Bossu; Mark Brown; David Bull
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 15, No. 2 (2011) pp. 41–54
This article explores some of the most well-known Open Educational Resource (OER) initiatives worldwide and then reports on OER developments in Australia. It also discusses a current research project funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching...
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Opening up down under: The Role of Open Educational Resources in Promoting Social Inclusion in Australia
Carina Bossu; David Bull; Mark Brown
Distance Education Vol. 33, No. 2 (2012) pp. 151–164
This article discusses the role of open and distance learning to widen participation and promote social inclusion within Australian higher education, as well as the benefits that open educational resources (OER) could bring to that context. It also...
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Resources Needed by Teachers to Promote STEM in Their Classroom
David Brown; Justin McCrackin; Janet Cairns
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1875–1881
This paper explores teachers’ perceptions of the challenges of teaching in relation to the resources teachers need to effectively teach STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in the classroom. Surveys were completed by 121 educators ...
Topics: Science Education, faculty development
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Facebook™: The Electronic Dr. Feel-Good
Victor Tardiff III; Seth Wagner; David Brown
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3529–3533
Abstract: In online social networks, the term “friend” describes someone with access to your profile, and whose profile you can access. This study indicates that online reputations are dependent on the number of online friends, and examines...
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Massively Multi-player Online Gaming: Lessons Learned from an MMOG Short Course for High School Students
David Brown; Matthew Richards; Justin Barker
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 404–406
Abstract: Two years of short courses centered on Massively Multi-player Online Gaming (MMOG) have resulted in intense interest and participation from students in grades 10-12 in a residential school in the Northeastern United States. Team building...
Topics: Mathematics
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A Learning Design to Support Multi-Literacy Development in K-12 Contexts
Lori Lockyer; Ian Brown; David Blackall
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1703–1706
The importance of the educational system in providing opportunities for students to develop multiple skill sets has become topic for global debate. It is argued that educational interventions focused on multi-literacy development should involve...
Topics: Educational Technology, Literacy
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Engaging K-12 Students Essential for Reducing Gender Gap in Computer Science Education
Rohith Venkataraman; Eshan Agarwal; David W. Brown
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 18, No. 3 (July 2019) pp. 331–343
A strong gender disparity exists within the computer science (CS) field, and this imbalance stretches from the professional domain down to the educational level. In a 2013 study (Venkataraman et. al 2013), students (n = 127) of a northeastern STEM...
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Do Open Educational Resources represent additional challenges or advantages to the current climate of change in the Australian higher education sector?
Carina Bossu; Mark Brown; David Bull
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
This paper briefly reports on a number of Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives in Australia, including some government programs and funding, then explores several of the challenges and advantages of adopting OER at institutional and...
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Education, Globalisation and the Future of the Knowledge Economy
Phillip Brown; Hugh Lauder; David Ashton
European Educational Research Journal Vol. 7, No. 2 (2008) pp. 131–156
The dominant view today is of a global knowledge-based economy, driven by the application of new technologies, accelerating the shift to high-skilled, high-waged European economies. This view is reflected in the expansion of higher education and the ...
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Traditional High School STEM Curriculum Ineffective in Promoting Female Interest in Computer Science
Rohith Venkataraman; Eshan Agarwal; David Brown
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 2255–2260
Females remain underrepresented in the field of Computer Science (CS) (Hill, Corbett, & St. Rose, 2010; Spertus, 1991). Gender differences in STEM fields have decreased. However, CS still shows diminished increase in female representation (Spertus, ...
Topics: Social & Cultural Issues, Other, research
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Assessment of the Impact of Ubiquitous Computing. AIR 1999 Annual Forum Paper
Ross A. Griffith; Yihong Gu; David G. Brown
Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research 1999 (June 1999)
This paper describes implementation of one private university's strategic plan which includes provision of laptop computers to all entering freshmen and faculty since fall 1996. The background and context of the development of this plan is...
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Subtitles in a Multimedia Learning Environment: The Interplay of Recall, Transfer, and Perceived Mental Effort for Students with Attention-Deficit Symptoms
Victoria Brown; Jillian Powers; Mario Toussaint; David Lewis
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 29, No. 2 (April 2020) pp. 133–150
The use of subtitles within multimedia presentations is a common practice to develop accessible instructional materials for individuals with disabilities. However, due to various deficits in cognitive processing, individuals with symptoms of...
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High School Student Research Success Lies in Mirroring Graduate School Paradigms
David Brown; Justin Barker; Matthew Richards; Jacob Allen; Brian Donlan
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 400–403
Abstract: In the United States, the current educational jargon reiterates the need for a competitive increase in student achievement in Mathematics and Science. Both of these disciplines relate to the increase of critical thinking and analytical...
Topics: Mathematics, Schools
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Considerations for Interviewing MMOG Players Avatar to Avatar: the Experiences and the Data Reviewed
David Brown; William John; Joseph Schlesinger; Victor Tardiff; Daniel Tyler
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 6731–6736
Abstract: This study investigates the process and results of surveying MMOG players in-game, that is avatar to avatar. It is believed that the technique of in-game interviews and surveys will elicit a more robust response than out-of-game surveys....
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Showing "F = BIL" Using Video Analysis
Leon Smith; David Parker; Carl Brown; Gren Ireson
Physics Education Vol. 46, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 19–21
The force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field is a common aspect of post-16 physics courses. Many textbooks approach this topic via a current balance, e.g. Hutchins (1990) through to Duncan (2000), with websites such as "Practical...
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Interactive Whiteboard Technology: Promise and Reality
Benjamin Kuykendall; Michael Janvier; Isaac Kempton; David Brown
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 685–690
In an east coast state, USA, the implementation of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in the classroom in all levels of K-12 education has become prevalent over the last two decades. Despite this phenomenon, there is a lack of research to either support ...
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Teenage Gender Considerations in Online Social Networking
David Brown; Seth Wagner; Victor Tardiff; Alden Blease
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3402–3406
Abstract: In the history of computing, the computer as a tool, and the equitable use of computers, gender has been of major interest and concern. Gender is also considered a primary variable relative to many aspects of educational and sociological...
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From Treasure Maps to GIS: Geospatial Education
David S. Brown; Justin M. McCrackin; Melissa Stirling; Janet Cairns
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2280–2287
Recent research on STEM education shows the smallest percentage of minority students who are enrolled in engineering fields are Native Americans, and by far, male students are enrolled in science and engineering fields in greater numbers than their...
Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Using GIS as a Cross-Curricular Vehicle for Student Learning
David S. Brown; Justin McCrackin; Janet Cairns; Melissa Stirling
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 636–641
With the introduction of hand-held digital devices in the classroom, project-based learning (PBL) has evolved into more than just a teaching method. In a PBL classroom, students engage in real-world scenarios, challenges, and problems that require a ...
Topics: Learner-centered, and self-directed learning, Creativity and Problem Solving, Case, Scenario, Problem, Project-Based Learning
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Instructional Uses of Podcasting in Online Learning Environments: A Cooperative Inquiry Study
Abbie Brown; Carol Brown; Bethann Fine; Kenneth Luterbach; William Sugar; David C. Vinciguerra
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 37, No. 4 (2009) pp. 351–371
A report on the results of a year-long cooperative inquiry study in which 11 faculty members at a southeastern university examined their various uses of podcasting for instruction. Through participation in the study, members developed insights into...
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Secondary School Entrepreneurs Employ Electronic Tools in Building, Managing, and Growing their Business
Douglas McCadden; Sean Lynch; Corey Russell; David Brown; Sharon Gerrish
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 1049–1051
Abstract: Three teenage, high school entrepreneurs from a residential, magnet, high school in the Northeastern United States bring to the table their experiences with electronic communications, brainstorming, accounting, and online ordering. The...
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Formulating a Serious-Games Design Project for Adult Offenders with the Probation Service
Matthew Bates; David Brown; Wayne Cranton; James Lewis
International Journal of Game-Based Learning Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 1–10
This paper documents an investigation evaluating if adult offenders can benefit from a facilitated serious-games design project as part of their probation program. Research has observed a participatory design group of adult offenders working with...
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Transitional Experiences of Post-16 Sports Education: Jack's Story
David C. R. Aldous; Andrew C. Sparkes; David H. K. Brown
British Journal of Sociology of Education Vol. 35, No. 2 (2014) pp. 185–203
This paper explores the layered transitional experiences of a semi-professional athlete named Jack (a pseudonym) between the fields of professional sport and further and higher education. Our analysis is framed by the quadripartite framework of...
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Designing location-based learning experiences for people with intellectual disabilities and additional sensory impairments
David J. Brown; David McHugh; Penny Standen; Lindsay Evett; Nick Shopland; Steven Battersby
Computers & Education Vol. 56, No. 1 (January 2011) pp. 11–20
The research reported here is part of a larger project which seeks to combine serious games (or games-based learning) with location-based services to help people with intellectual disabilities and additional sensory impairments to develop work based ...
Language: English
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Implementing a Multidimensional Poverty Measure Using Mixed Methods and a Participatory Framework
Sophie Mitra; Kris Jones; Brandon Vick; David Brown; Eileen McGinn; Mary Jane Alexander
Social Indicators Research Vol. 110, No. 3 (February 2013) pp. 1061–1081
Recently, there have been advances in the development of multidimensional poverty measures. Work is needed however on how to implement such measures. This paper deals with the process of selecting dimensions and setting weights in multidimensional...
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Monogamy on the Street: A Mixed Methods Study of Homeless Men
Ryan A. Brown; David P. Kennedy; Joan S. Tucker; Daniela Golinelli; Suzanne L. Wenzel
Journal of Mixed Methods Research Vol. 7, No. 4 (October 2013) pp. 328–346
In this study, we used a mixed methods approach to explore the determinants of relationship patterns and risky sex among homeless men living in downtown Los Angeles. This involved analysis of qualitative interviews focused on gender ideology and...
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Multiplayer Online Gaming and Its Increasing Impact on High School Age Students
David Brown; Rebecca Barter; Ryan Buck; Caitrin Eaton; Brian Mason; Michael Pratt
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2294–2299
ABSTRACT: Male and female students in a chartered secondary school, Northeast United States, indicate shifting definitions and paradigms of computer mediated communication (CMC). The residential school provides internet hook-ups in dormitory rooms...