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   Henry Jay "Hank" Becker
Professor
Department of Education


Publications

(Papers shown in reverse order of initial publication date or date of most recent major revision. Recent papers and reports are shown separately only if not subsequently published. Journal publications that underwent professional peer review are indicated by "*.")

  • *Becker, H.J. and Lovitts, B.E., "A project-based approach to assessing technology." In G.D. Haertel and B. Means (eds.), Evaluating Educational Technology: Effective Research Designs for Improving Learning. New York: Teachers College Press. 2003.
  • Anderson, R.E. & Becker, H.J. School Investments in Educational Technology. Report 8. Teaching, Learning, and Computing: 1998 National Survey (TLC). Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine. July, 2001. Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/report_8/
  • Becker, H. J. & Riel, M. M. Teacher Professional Engagement and Constructivist-Compatible Computer Use. TLC Report 7. Teaching, Learning, and Computing: 1998 National Survey (TLC). Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine. December, 2000. Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/report_7/
  • *Becker, H.J., "Who's wired and who's not: Children's access to and use of computer technology." The Future of Children (David and Lucile Packard Foundation Journal). 10:2 (Fall/Winter, 2000): 44-75. Excerpts and supplementary tables available on-line at http://www.gse.uci.edu/doehome/DeptInfo/Faculty/Becker/packard/saveall.html
  • *Becker, H.J., "Findings from the Teaching, Learning, and Computing Survey: Is Larry Cuban right?," Educational Policy Analysis Archives. 8:51 (November, 2000). On-line serial. Available: http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n51/. Earlier version appeared in Council of Chief State School Officers, 2000 State Educational Technology Conference Papers. Washington, D.C., May, 2000. Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/ccsso.pdf
  • Becker, H.J. (2000). "The 'exemplary teacher' paper—how it arose and how it changed its author's research program." Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, [Online serial], 1(2:Fall). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol1/iss2/seminal/article2.htm
  • Becker, H.J., "Pedagogical motivations for student computer use that lead to student engagement." Educational Technology. 40:5 (Sept.-Oct., 2000): 5-17.
  • Riel, M.M. and Becker, H.J., "The beliefs, practices, and computer use of teacher leaders." Unpublished paper. Revised, July, 2000. Earlier version presented at April, 2000 meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/findings/aera/
  • Becker, H.J., Wong, Y-T, and Lovitts, B.E., Exploratory Analyses of the Teaching, Learning, and Computing—1998 (TLC) Data Set: Implications for the Design of the Longitudinal Study of High-Intensity Technology Sites Project. Longitudinal Study of High Intensity Technology Sites for the Planning and Evaluation Service, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.: American Institutes for Research. June 15, 2000.
  • Ravitz, J.L., Becker, H.J., and Wong, Y-T, Constructivist compatible beliefs and practices among U.S. teachers. Teaching, Learning & Computing Report 4. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine. (July, 2000). Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/report4/
  • American Institutes for Research, Sketch for a Design for a Longitudinal Study of High-Intensity Technology Settings. Longitudinal Study of High Intensity Technology Sites for the Planning and Evaluation Service, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, D.C.: Author. May 19, 2000.
  • Becker, H.J., "Secondary teachers of mixed academic subjects: 'Out-of-field' problem or constructivist innovators?" Unpublished paper. April, 2000. Paper presented at the 2000 Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/aera/out-of-field.pdf
  • Becker, H.J., "Internet use by teachers," in The Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
  • Becker, H.J., Wong, Y-T, and Ravitz, J.L., "Computer use and pedagogy in Co-NECT schools: a comparative study." Teaching, Learning & Computing. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine. (December, 1999). Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/findings/co-nect/startpage.html
  • Becker, H.J., Ravitz, J.L., and Wong, Y-T. Teacher and teacher-directed student use of computers. Teaching, Learning & Computing Report 3. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine. (November, 1999). Available on-line at http://www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/findings/computeruse/
  • Becker, H.J. and Riel, M.M., "Teacher professionalism and the emergence of constructivist-compatible pedagogies." Unpublished paper. September, 1999. Revised version of paper presented at 1999 meetings of the American Educational Research Association. Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/special_report2/index.htm ]
  • Ravitz, J.L., Wong, Y-T, and Becker, H.J., "Report to Participants." Teaching, Learning & Computing Special Report. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine. (revised September, 1999). Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/special_report/index.htm ]
  • Becker, H.J., "Teacher pedagogical differences by computer platform. Unpublished paper. September, 1999.
  • Becker, H.J. and Ravitz, J.L., "Instructional practices and computer use in schools participating in major reform programs: comparisons with a national probability sample." Unpublished paper. April, 1999. Paper presented at 1999 meetings of the American Educational Research Association.
  • Becker, H.J., Internet use by teachers: conditions of professional use and teacher-directed student use. Teaching, Learning, and Computing: 1998 National Survey. Report #1. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine. February, 1999. Available: http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/internet-use/
  • *Becker, H.J. and Ravitz, J.L., "The influence of computer and Internet use on teachers' pedagogical practices and perceptions." Journal of Research on Computing in Education. 31:4 (Summer, 1999), 356-384.
  • *Dexter, S., Anderson, R.E., and Becker, H.J., "Teachers' views of computers as catalysts for changes in their teaching practice." Journal of Research on Computing in Education. 31:3 (Spring, 1999), 221-239.
  • *Becker, H.J. and Ravitz, J.L., "The equity threat of promising innovations: Pioneering Internet-connected schools." Journal of Educational Computing Research, 19:1 (1998), 1-26.
  • Becker, H.J., "Validating self-report measures of the 'constructivism' of teachers' beliefs and practices." Unpublished paper. April, 1998. Paper presented at 1998 meetings of the American Educational Research Association.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Running to catch a moving train: Schools and their use of information technologies," Theory into Practice: 36:1 (Winter, 1998): 20-30.
  • *Becker, H.J., Nakagawa, K., and Corwin, R.G., "Parent involvement contracts in California's Charter Schools: Strategy for educational improvement or method of exclusion?" Teachers College Record : 98 (Spring, 1997): 511-536. [prev. version as Eric document # ED 384 120]
  • Becker, H.J., "Business support for American high school education: What national interest demands, telecommunications makes possible," unpublished paper. (Appeared in CRITO Newsletter, Spring/Summer, 1996). Available: www.gse.uci.edu/Doehome/DeptInfo/Faculty/Becker/ReichSCANSColeman.html
  • University Committee on Research Policy, "The deteriorating environment for conducting research at the University of California: An interim report based on a survey of Academic Senate faculty." May, 1996.
  • Becker, H.J., "National School Network Testbed: Baseline survey of testbed-participating schools." Contractor report prepared for the Educational Technologies Department, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. Department of Education, University of California, Irvine. August, 1995.
  • Becker, H.J., "Computers in education," Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia. 1995 edition.
  • Becker, H.J., "Making sense of new technologies," Executive Educator. 16:7 (July, 1994): 12-13.
  • Becker, H.J., "Issues in the use of telecommunications in K-12 schools." Chapter 6 in J. Bissell et al, eds., National Geographic Kids Network and Language Minority Students. Department of Education, University of California, Irvine (July, 1994).
  • *Becker, H.J., "How exemplary computer-using teachers differ from other teachers: implications for realizing the potential of computers in schools." Journal of Research on Computing in Education. 26:3 (Spring, 1994): 291-321. Reprinted in Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, Seminal Articles section. 1:2 (Fall, 2000). [Online serial], 1(2:Fall). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol1/iss2/seminal/article1.htm
  • Hativa, N. and Becker, H.J. (guest editors), "Computer-based integrated learning systems: research and theory," special issue of International Journal of Educational Research. 21:1 (1994).
  • Becker, H.J., “Mindless or mindful use of integrated learning systems,” International Journal of Educational Research. 21:1 (1994): 65-79.
  • Becker, H.J. and Hativa, N., “History, theory, and research concerning integrated learning systems (an introduction to the special issue),” International Journal of Educational Research. 21:1 (1994): 5-12.
  • Hativa, N. and Becker, H.J., “Integrated learning systems: problems and potential benefits.” International Journal of Educational Research. 21:1 (1994): 113-119.
  • Becker, H.J., "Validity of student reports in NELS88: The case of 'high end' computer use in science classes." Paper presented at the 1994 meetings of the American Educational Research Association (April, 1994).
  • Becker, H.J., Analysis And Trends Of School Use Of New Information Technologies. Contractor report prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress. March, 1994.
  • Becker, H.J., “A truly empowering technology-rich education--how much will it cost?" Educational IRM Quarterly. 3 (September, 1993): 31-35. Reprinted in Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices, Kling, Rob (ed.), New York: Academic Press, 1996 (pp. 190-196).
  • *Becker, H.J., "Decision-making about computer acquisition and use in American schools," Computers and Education. 20:4 (1993): 341-352.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Computer experience, patterns of computer use, and effectiveness -- an inevitable sequence or divergent national cultures?" Studies in Educational Evaluation. 19 (Summer,1993): 127-148.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Teaching with and about computers in secondary schools," Communications of the A.C.M. 36:5 (May, 1993): 69-72.
  • Becker, H.J., “Instructional computer use: findings from a national survey of school and teacher practices,” The Computing Teacher. 20 (April, 1993): 6-7.
  • Becker, H.J., "Top down versus grass roots decision making about computer acquisition and use in American schools." Report # 40, Center for Research on Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students, Johns Hopkins University. November, 1992. (Eric # ED 356 769)
  • Becker, H.J., "A model for improving the performance of integrated learning systems: Mixed individualized/group/whole class lessons, cooperative learning, and organizing time for teacher-led remediation of small groups," Educational Technology. 32 (September, 1992): 6-15.
    • Reprinted in Computer-Based Integrated Learning Systems, G.D. Bailey, ed., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1993.
  • Becker, H.J., "Equity and the 'Big Picture,'" Technos: Quarterly for Education and Technology. 1 (Spring, 1992): 16-18.
  • Becker, H.J., "Computer Education." In Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Sixth Edition, Marvin C. Alkin, ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. 1992. Vol. 1, pp. 232-235.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Computer-Based Integrated Learning Systems in the Elementary and Middle Grades: A Critical Review and Synthesis of Evaluation Reports." Journal of Educational Computing Research 8 (February, 1992): 1-41.
  • *Becker, H.J., "How Computers are Used in United States Schools: Basic Data from the 1989 I.E.A. Computers in Education Survey." Journal of Educational Computing Research 7 (November, 1991): 385-406.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Mathematics and Science Uses of Computers in American Schools, 1989," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 10 (Summer, 1991): 19-25.
  • Becker, H.J., "When Powerful Tools Meet Conventional Beliefs and Institutional Constraints," The Computing Teacher. 18 (May, 1991): 6-9.
  • Becker, H.J., "Encyclopedias on CD-ROM," Educational Technology. 31 (February, 1991): 7-20.
  • Becker, H.J., "Effects of Computer Use on Mathematics Achievement: Findings from a Nationwide Field Experiment in Grade Five to Eight Classes. Part I: Rationale, Study Design, and Aggregate Effect Sizes." Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools. Johns Hopkins University. Report No. 51. (Eric # ED 342 684)
  • Becker, H.J., "Curriculum and Instruction in Middle-Grade Schools," Phi Delta Kappan. 71 (February, 1990): 450-457.
  • Becker, H.J., "Computers in Schools: How Are They Used and With What Effects?" Computer Integration in Pre-College Mathematics Education: Current Status and Future Possibilities. Conference Proceedings. Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology. April, 1989.
  • *Becker, H.J., "The Effects of Computer Use on Children's Learning: Limitations of Past Research and a Working Model for New Research," Peabody Journal of Education. 64 (Fall, 1986--published in 1989): 81-110.
  • Becker, H.J., "Computers in Education," Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia. (1989-94).
  • Becker, H.J., "The Impact of Computers on Children's Learning," Principal. 68 (November, 1988): 64-71.
  • *Becker, H.J. and Sterling, C.W., "Equity in School Computer Use: National Data and Neglected Considerations," Journal of Educational Computing Research 3 (1987): pp. 289-311.
  • *Becker, H.J., "The Importance of a Methodology that Maximizes Falsifiability: Its Application to Research about Logo," Educational Researcher 16 (June/July, 1987): pp. 11-16.
  • Becker, H.J., "Instructional Uses of School Computers: Reports from the 1985 National Survey," Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools. Report #4, June, 1987; Report #3, November, 1986; Report #2, August, 1986; and Report #1, June, 1986. (Eric # ED 279 303)
  • Becker, H.J., "Addressing the Needs of Different Groups of Early Adolescents: Effects of Varying School and Classroom Organizational Practices on Students from Different Social Backgrounds and Ability Groups." Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools. Report #16, June, 1987. (Eric # ED 291 506)
  • Becker, H.J., "National Field Studies of School Computers," The Computing Teacher. 14 (March, 1987): p. 28.
  • Becker, H.J., "Using Computers for Instruction," Byte Magazine. 12 (February, 1987): 149-162.
  • Becker, H.J., "Our National Report Card: Preliminary Results from the New Johns Hopkins Survey," Classroom Computer Learning. 6 (January, 1986): 30-33.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Men and Women as Computer-Using Teachers," Sex Roles. Special issue on "Girls, Women, and Computers." 13 (September, 1985): 137-148.
  • Becker, H.J., "How Schools Use Microcomputers: Results From a National Survey." In Children and Microcomputers: Research on the Newest Medium. M. Chen and W. Paisley, eds., Sage Publications (1985).
  • Becker, H.J., "The Computer and the Elementary School," Principal. 64 (May, 1985): 32-35.
  • *Becker, H.J., "The Classroom Context of Microcomputers: How Different Schools Manage the Problems," Journal of Mathematical Behavior. 4 (April, 1985), 69-82.
  • Becker, H.J., "School Uses of Microcomputers: Report #6 from a National Survey," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 4 (Winter, 1984-85): 42-49.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Computers in Schools Today: Some Basic Considerations," American Journal of Education. 93 (November, 1984): 22-39. Reprinted in Literacy in American Schools: Learning to Read and Write, N.L. Stein, ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
  • Becker, H.J., "School Uses of Microcomputers: Report #5 from a National Survey," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 4 (Fall, 1984): 38-42. (Eric # EJ 310 554)
  • Becker, H.J., "School Uses of Microcomputers: Report #4 from a National Survey," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 3 (Summer, 1984): 24-33. (Eric # EJ 307 321)
  • Becker, H.J., "School Uses of Microcomputers: Not a Fad, But...," Educational Technology. 24 (March, 1984): 33-34. Reprinted in Standard Education Almanac, 18th edition, Marquis Professional Publications, September, 1985.
  • Becker, H.J., "School Uses of Microcomputers: Report #3 from a National Survey," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 3 (Spring, 1984): 26-32. (Eric # EJ 301 910)
  • Becker, H.J., "School Uses of Microcomputers: Report #2 from a National Survey," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 3 (Winter, 1983-84): 16-21.
  • Becker, H.J., "School Uses of Microcomputers: Report #1 from a National Survey," Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 3 (Fall, 1983): 29-33.
  • Becker, H.J., "How Schools Use Microcomputers," Classroom Computer Learning. 4 (September, 1983): 40-44.
    • Reprinted in Computer Literacy for Teachers, J.H. Tashner, ed., Oryx Press, 1984; and in RUN: Computer Education, Dennis Harper, ed., Brooks/Cole Publishers, 1985.
  • Becker, H.J., Microcomputers in the Classroom -- Dreams and Realities. Eugene, OR: International Council for Computers in Education, 1983.
  • *Becker, H.J. and Epstein, J.L., "Parent Involvement: A Survey of Teacher Practices," Elementary School Journal. 83 (November, 1982): 85-102. Reprinted in School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools, J. L. Epstein, ed. Westview Press, 2001.
  • *Epstein, J.L. and Becker, H.J., "Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement: Problems and Possibilities," Elementary School Journal. 83 (November, 1982): 103-113. Reprinted in School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools, J. L. Epstein, ed. Westview Press, 2001.
  • Becker, H.J., "Microcomputers--Dreams and Realities," Curriculum Review 21 (October, 1982): 381-385.
  • Becker, H.J., "Cost vs. Effectiveness: Roles for Microcomputers in the 1980s," NASSP Bulletin. 66 (September, 1982): 47-52.
  • Becker, H.J. and Epstein, J.L., "Influences on Teachers' Use of Parent Involvement at Home." Johns Hopkins University, Center for Social Organization of Schools. Report No. 324, April, 1982. (Eric # ED 219 364)
  • *Gottfredson, L.S. and Becker, H.J., "A Challenge to Vocational Psychology: How Important are Aspirations in Determining Career Development," Journal of Vocational Behavior. 18 (1981): 121-137.
  • *Becker, H.J., "Racial Segregation among Places of Employment," Social Forces. 58 (March, 1980): 761-776.
  • Becker, H.J., "Racially Integrated Neighborhoods: Do White Families Move In? Which Ones?" Johns Hopkins University, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Report No. 287. August, 1979. (Eric # ED 183 702)
  • Becker, H.J., "Personal Networks of Opportunity in Obtaining Jobs: Racial Differences and Effects of Segregation." Johns Hopkins University, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Report No. 281. August, 1979. (Eric # ED 170 554)
  • Becker, H.J., "The Measurement of Segregation: The Dissimilarity Index and Coleman's Segregation Index Compared." Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, Washington, D.C., 1978.
  • *Becker, H.J., "The Curriculum of Mental Health/Human Services Training Programs at the Associate Degree Level," Community Mental Health Journal. 14 (Summer, 1978): 133-146.
  • Becker, H.J., "The Impact of Racial Composition and Public School Desegregation on Changes in Non-Public School Enrollment by White Pupils." Johns Hopkins University, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Report No. 252. June, 1978. (Eric # ED 160 715)
  • *Alexander, C.S. and Becker, H.J., "The Use of Vignettes in Survey Research," Public Opinion Quarterly. 42 (Spring, 1978): 93-104.
  • Becker, H.J., "Productivity Issues in Research: The Personal Perspective of One Researcher," in Proceedings of a National Conference on Productivity and Effectiveness in Educational Research and Development. Council for Educational Development and Research, Washington, D.C., December, 1977.
  • Becker, H.J., "How Young People Find Career-Entry Jobs: A Review of the Literature." Johns Hopkins University, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Report No. 241. November, 1977. (Eric # ED 160 821)
  • Becker, H.J., "Consequences of Non-random Measurement Error in Percentage Difference Tables," Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, Washington, D.C., 1976.
  • Becker, H.J., "The Social Structure of School Board Recruitment, Ph.D. dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1974.



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