Share Paper: Design Quality and Technology Use in the Top 100 U.S. History Activities on Teachers Pay Teachers
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Abstract: This study examines the design quality of and technology use of history instructional resources sold on TeachersPayTeachers.com (TpT), one of the most prominent online educational marketplaces (Gomes, 2015). We conducted a content analysis of the 100 top selling TpT U.S. history activities for 11th grade. Overall, we found that the best-selling 11th grade U.S. history activities on TpT contained high marketing appeal and strong graphic design elements, but were uneven in terms of instructional support. Additionally, we found that 80% of activities contained no student technology use and 64% violated copyright terms established by TpT. With the growth of educational ...