Effects of an AI-supported inquiry model on AI literacy and authentic performance: A quasi-experimental study with preservice teachers

As generative AI becomes more common in teacher education, programs need instructional models that help preservice teachers use AI purposefully, critically, and productively in authentic academic work. However, evidence on how structured AI-supported inquiry improves both AI literacy and performance remains limited. Grounded in Deweyan Inquiry and the Practical Inquiry model, this quasi-experimental study examined […]

Electronic Portfolios as Pedagogy: Using bPortfolios for Authentic Assessment of Teacher Knowledge and Skills in the U.S.

Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogging, allow for locally developed, cost-effective, and holistic alternative portfolio assessment systems. By enhancing critical reflection and fostering social interaction, blogging portfolios or bPortfolios become integral formative and summative assessment tools for all teacher education students enrolled in a university program. Blogging platforms such as WordPress.com are free to use […]