Funbrain.com) Free games, quizzes, and teaching tools for K. through Grade 8, linked to McREL subject standards; site sponsored by Pearson Education. LearningPage.com (http://www.learningpage.com) Free instructional materials that can be downloaded and printed, including e-books, lesson plans, worksheets, and clip art. Source: Koehler, 2007 at p. 286. There are also a number of activities that can be used in an elementary school classroom that are specifically designed for online use. For example, Lacina (2004) reports

, 2005, 2)." The article asserts that students benefit greatly from the use of calculators at the elementary school level. The research also explains that calculator use should be used in addition to traditional techniques from problem solving. McAuliffe (2004) reiterates the aforementioned belief that the use of calculators at the elementary school level can be quite beneficial. The authors asserts that the majority of research has found that there are not any

According to Bales, 1999, the concept behind SYMLOG is that "every act of behavior takes place in a larger context, that it is a part of an interactive field of influences." Further, "the approach assumes that one needs to understand the larger context -- person, interpersonal, group, and external situation -- in order to understand the patterns of behavior and to influence them successfully." With SYMLOG, measurement procedures are

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Technology to Improve Behavior and Performance in an Elementary Classroom The role of teachers in a child's education has fundamentally changed. Instruction isn't primarily lecturing to students who sit in rows at desks dutifully listening and recording what they hear but offer each and every child a rich, rewarding and unique learning experience." (Lanier, 1997). Because of revolutions in knowledge and information technology and the demand for learning to be

technology on the educational performance and behavior of elementary age students. It analyzes how technology motivates children to learn in general, the effects of technology in the classroom on children's interest in the curricula, and how computer activities might improve students' attention spans. A review of relevant literature on this topic helps establish the context for understanding the main questions. However, since much of the technology used in elementary schools