Jody S. Britten
Jerrel C. Cassady
The Technology Integration
Assessment Instrument:
Understanding Planned Use
of Technology by Classroom Teachers
SUMMARY. Cognizant of the difficulty teachers face in attempting to
integrate computers into instructional settings, the authors propose a
new technology integration assessment strategy that can guide individ-
ual development or be used to track programmatic change. The Technol-
ogy Integration Assessment Instrument (TIAI) explores seven dimensions
of planning with specific attention to levels of technology integration. Re-
peated use of the TIAI is anticipated to promote individuals’ abilities to
track their own growth, as well as provide a standard method for docu-
menting the application of Type II uses of educational computing. This
paper presents the TIAI, identifying the method of analyzing lesson plans
employed in this system, as well as addressing likely uses of the instru-
ment by teachers, administrators, and program evaluators. [Article copies
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JODY S. BRITTEN is Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Ball
State University, Muncie, IN 47306 (E-mail: jsbritten@bsu.edu).
JERREL C. CASSADY is Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology,
Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306 (E-mail: jccassady@bsu.edu).
[Haworth co-indexing entry note]: “The Technology Integration Assessment Instrument: Understanding Planned
Use of Technology by Classroom Teachers.” Britten, Jody S., and Jerrel C. Cassady. Co-published simultaneously in
Computers in the Schools (The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol. 22, No. 3/4, 2005, pp. 49-61; and: Classroom Integration of Type
II Uses of Technology in Education (ed: Cleborne D. Maddux, and D. LaMont Johnson) The Haworth Press, Inc., 2005,
pp. 49-61. Single or multiple copies of this article are available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service
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