Evidence of the ISTE Standards for Educators leading to learning gains

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Table 1. Educator section of the ISTE standards.

ISTE standard number	Standard title	Standard
2.1	Learner	Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning.
2.2	Leader	Educators seek out opportunities for leadership to support student empowerment and success and to improve teaching and learning.
2.3	Citizen	Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world.
2.4	Collaborator	Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems.
2.5	Designer	Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability.
2.6	Facilitator	Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students.
2.7	Analyst	Educators understand and use data to drive their instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals.

From ISTE (2017). ISTE standards for educators. International Society for Technology in Education. Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators.

Table 2. Keywords connected with the educator standards.

ISTE standard number	Standard title	Standard	Keywords
2.1	Learner	Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning.	Professional development Teachers using best practices Teacher reflection
2.2	Leader	Educators seek out opportunities for leadership to support student empowerment and success and to improve teaching and learning.	Teacher leadership, advocate, modeling. Student empowerment
2.3	Citizen	Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the digital world.	Digital citizenship Critical evaluation
2.4	Collaborator	Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems.	Teacher collaboration Student-to-teacher collaboration Real-world experts
2.5	Designer	Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and accommodate learner variability.	Authentic learning Student-centered Learner variability
2.6	Facilitator	Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students.	Student ownership of learning Computational/design thinking
2.7	Analyst	Educators understand and use data to drive their instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals.	Alternative assessment Data-driven instruction Authentic learning

Table 3. Inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Inclusion	Exclusion
Include the K-12 context Focused on formal education Peer-reviewed Journal articles Focused on the use of technology for learning Studies published between 2015–2022	Conference proceedings Articles not published in English

Table 4. Research studies identified as evidence of the ISTE standards.

ISTE standard	Authors	Year	Article title	Discipline	Student grade level
2.1 Learner
Professional development	Blanchard et al.	2016	Investigating technology-enhanced teacher professional development in rural, high-poverty middle schools.	Math and Science	Middle
Research best practices	Maruf et al.	2022	Virtual learning apps: Best instructional leadership practices in the digital age efforts to improve student learning outcomes	Various	Varous
Exploring promising practices	Lin et al.	2017	A study of the effects of digital learning on learning motivation and learning outcome.	IT	Middle/ High
2.2 Leader
Teacher leaders	Sebastian et al.	2017	Examining integrated leadership systems in high schools: connecting principal and teacher leadership to organizational processes and student outcomes.	English, mathematics, science, and reading	High
Empowering students	Stojanović et al.	2020	Empowering learning process in secondary education using pervasive technologies.	Economics	Middle/ High
2.3 Citizen
Cognitive factors	Alcantara et al.	2017	Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills in Mathematics of Grade-7 Public Secondary Students.	Math	Middle/ High
Emotional factors	Chapman and Marich	2021	Using Twitter for Civic Education in K-12 Classrooms.	Civic Education	K-12
Behavioral factors	Tapingkae et al.	2020	Effects of a formative assessment-based contextual gaming approach on students’ digital citizenship behaviors, learning motivations, and perceptions.	Digital Citizenship	Middle/ High
2.3 Citizen
Teacher collaboration	Akiba & Liang	2017	Effects of teacher professional characteristics on student achievement.	Math	Middle
Teacher and student collaboration	Ronfeldt et al	2015	Teacher collaboration in instructional teams and student achievement.	Reading and Math	All
Student and expert collaboration	Healey & Walshe	2020	Real-world geographers and geography students using GIS: relevance, everyday applications and the development of geographical knowledge.	Geography	High
2.5 Designer
Authentic learning	Aynas & Aslan	2021	The effects of authentic learning practices on academic success in science courses.	Science	Elementary
Student-centered learning	Huang et al.	2016	Effects of situated mobile learning approach on learning motivation and performance of EFL students.	Language	Elementary
Learner variability	Fernández-Batanero et al.	2022	Assistive technology for the inclusion of students with disabilities: a systematic review.	Various	Various
2.6 Facilitator
Student Ownership	Song & Wen	2017	Integrating various apps on BYOD (bring your own device) into seamless inquiry-based learning to enhance primary students’ science learning.	Science	Elementary
Computational thinking	Aksit & Wiebe	2020	Exploring force and motion concepts in middle grades using computational modeling: A classroom intervention study.	IT	Middle
2.7 Analyst
Analyst standard	Qian & Lehman	2019	A framework for using hypothesis-driven approaches to support data-driven learning analytics in measuring computational thinking in block-based programming environments.	IT	High
Support students with goals	Kiru et al.	2018	A synthesis of technology-mediated mathematics interventions for Students with or at risk for mathematics learning disabilities.	Various	Various

ISTE. (2017). ISTE standards for educators. International Society for Technology in Education. Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators

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