Browsing School of Computer Science and Statistics by Author "Tangney, Brendan"
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21 Century Learning -Teachers' and Students' Experiences and Views of the Bridge21 Approach within Mainstream Education
Johnston, Keith; Murchan, Damian; Tangney, Brendan (AACE., 2013)Bridge21 is an innovative approach to learning for secondary education that is team and project based and that takes place in a technology mediated environment. Bridge21 was conceptualised and structured initially as an ... -
Barbie Bungee Jumping, Technology and Contextual Learning of Mathematics.
Tangney, Brendan; Bray, Aibhin (2014)There is ongoing debate about the quality of mathematics education at post-primary level. Research suggests that, while the capacity to use mathematics constructively is fundamental to the economies of the future, many ... -
Constructionism and microworlds as part of a 21st century learning activity to impact student engagement and confidence in physics
Tangney, Brendan (Suksapattana Foundation, 2016)The affordances of microworld simulations to promote student engagement and motivation are well documented in the literature. These technologies which can be highly have the potential to enhance a student’s learning ... -
An event based object model for distributed programming
Tangney, Brendan (Springer-Verlag, 1995)This paper describes the rationale and design of a new distributed systems programming model based on events, constraints, and objects 1 . The paper describes the inter-object communication or invocation mechanism, and the ... -
Extending experiential learning in teacher professional development
Tangney, Brendan; Girvan, Carina; Conneely, Claire (2016)This paper introduces the use of experiential learning during the early stages of teacher professional development. Teachers observe student outcomes from the very beginning of the process and experience new pedagogical ... -
Technology, Teamwork and 21st Century Skills in the Irish Classroom
Tangney, Brendan (Liffey Press, 2013) -
Technology-Mediated Realistic Mathematics Education and the Bridge21 Model: A teaching experiment
Oldham, Elizabeth; Tangney, Brendan; Bray, Aibhín (Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and ERME, 2015)Many recent curriculum reforms aim to address shortfalls with regard to student engagement with mathematics by harnessing the affordances of technology, social constructivist pedagogies, contextual scenarios, and/ or ... -
Trinity Access - Project Overview
Ni Chorcora, Eilis; Tangney, Brendan; Banks, Joanne; Bray, Aibhin; Devitt, Ann; Smith, Ronan; Girvan, Carina (Trinity Access, Trinity College Dublin, 2021)