About Our Research Publications

Jim Hewitt, Associate Professor

► Publications

Recent Publications:

Bencze, L., Hewitt, J. & Pedretti, E. (in press). Personalizing and contextualizing multimedia case methods in university-based teacher education: An important modification for promoting technological design in school science. Research in Science Education.

Pedretti, E., Bencze, L., Hewitt, J., Romkey, L, & Jivraj, A. (in press). Promoting issues-based STSE perspectives in science teacher education: Problems of identity and ideology. Science and Education.

Hewitt, J. (2008). Reviewing the Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education 8(4), 355-360.

Hewitt, J., Brett, C. & Peters, V. (2007). Scan Rate: A new metric for the analysis of reading behaviors in asynchronous computer conferencing environments. American Journal of Distance Education, 21(4), 1-17.

Hewitt, J., & Brett, C. (2007). The relationship between class size and online activity patterns in asynchronous computer conferencing environments. Computers & Education, 49, 1258-1271.

Yoon, S., Pedretti, E., Bencze, L, Hewitt, J., Perris, K. & R. van Oostveen (2006). Exploring the use of cases and case methods in influencing elementary pre-service science teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 17(1), 15-35.

Hewitt, J. (2005). Toward an understanding of how threads die in asynchronous computer conferences. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 14(4), 567-589.