Terry’s overarching conception of teaching
chemistry and physics included technology as an
important component for student learning. He
described his conception as ‘‘gathering data with
the technology and processed by their content and
subject matter’’. Certainly his experiences in
learning his content with technology had shaped
his ideas. But the focus in the program about
considering student misconceptions developed in
some of their learning experiences, directed his
examination of various instructional strategies and
representations. He found, as a result of his
teaching, that an integration of technology in the
strategies motivated students as well as enhanced
their learning. He did admit to being more nervous
when he taught with technology, resulting from a
fear of whether the students would get good
results. This nervousness caused him to ‘‘roam
around the room almost neurotically looking for