TY - JOUR
T1 - Issues of quality on Teachers Pay Teachers
T2 - an exploration of best-selling U.S. history resources
AU - Harris, Lauren Mc Arthur
AU - Archambault, Leanna
AU - Shelton, Catharyn C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ISTE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Online educational marketplaces have seen remarkable growth, but have had little empirical investigation of the quality of materials, particularly in social studies. This exploratory study examined characteristics and quality of secondary U.S. history resources on TeachersPayTeachers.com. Findings show that activities were esthetically well-designed, but 70% were of moderate or low overall quality according to our rubric that assessed areas such as higher order thinking, connections to student experiences, and representations of multiple perspectives. Thirty percent of the activities were found to be potentially harmful to students. We discuss implications for teachers and online marketplace accountability.
AB - Online educational marketplaces have seen remarkable growth, but have had little empirical investigation of the quality of materials, particularly in social studies. This exploratory study examined characteristics and quality of secondary U.S. history resources on TeachersPayTeachers.com. Findings show that activities were esthetically well-designed, but 70% were of moderate or low overall quality according to our rubric that assessed areas such as higher order thinking, connections to student experiences, and representations of multiple perspectives. Thirty percent of the activities were found to be potentially harmful to students. We discuss implications for teachers and online marketplace accountability.
KW - Online educational marketplace
KW - curriculum
KW - history
KW - social studies education
KW - technology
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U2 - 10.1080/15391523.2021.2014373
DO - 10.1080/15391523.2021.2014373
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121664309
SN - 1539-1523
VL - 55
SP - 608
EP - 627
JO - Journal of Research on Technology in Education
JF - Journal of Research on Technology in Education
IS - 4
ER -