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Gretchen S. Goode; Laurie MacGillivray; Margaret S. Curwen; Amy Lassiter Ardell; Leslee K. Bailey-Tarbett – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2024
In this study, we explore systems thinking maps as a local literacy practice in a systems thinking professional development institute for PreK-8 teachers. Existing literature underscores the necessity of equipping teachers with a robust understanding of systems thinking; this study addresses a call in the research to find ways to do so. Rooted in…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Concept Mapping, Literacy
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So, Wing Mui Winnie; He, Qianwen; Chen, Yu; Chow, Cheuk Fai – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
The motivation for the design of this study was to understand the possibility and impact of the involvement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) professionals on school STEM education. This involved two stages, with the design of a set of authentic STEM inquiry activities firstly and implementation in primary classrooms…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Attitudes, Partnerships in Education, Professional Personnel
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Chen, Ying-Chih; Park, Soonhye; Hand, Brian – Science and Children, 2013
This article reports that as the need for students to be able to construct and critique scientific argumentation as emphasized in "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (National Research Council 2012), teachers are wondering how to support students in this process. Scientific argumentation is defined as the interplay between…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Instruction, Learning Strategies, Concept Mapping
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Suh, Jennifer; Seshaiyer, Padhu; Leong, Kim Morrow; Freeman, Patricia; Corcoran, Mimi; Meints, Kat; Wills, Theresa – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2012
The purpose of the study was to examine how teachers enhance their knowledge of rational numbers focused on modeling problem tasks using multiple representations. The professional development summer institute and the follow-up Lesson Study (Lewis, 2002) throughout the academic year focused on engaging teachers in rational numbers and proportional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Number Concepts, Faculty Development
Pavlekovic, Margita, Ed.; Kolar-Begovic, Zdenka, Ed.; Kolar-Super, Ruzica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
The universities and faculties which educate teachers of mathematics for teaching pupils/students of any age group from pre-school age to higher education carefully monitor and compare valuable results of this research, detect the areas in which the mathematical achievements of pupils should be improved at the national level and propose the ways…
Descriptors: Operations Research, Geometric Concepts, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory