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Ardito, Gerald; Czerkawski, Betül; Scollins, Lauren – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Problem-solving and critical thinking are considered important skills to be developed by students, and are supported by the development of Computational Thinking (CT) skills. This study investigated the collaborative development of CT skills in sixth grade students via a six week LEGO robotics program. This robotics program focused on the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Thinking Skills, Middle School Students, Robotics
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Wheeler, Kathryn A.; Hall, Georgia – Afterschool Matters, 2021
More and more jobs involve STEM, yet women are still underrepresented in many STEM fields, particularly engineering and computer science (National Science Foundation, 2019). Rural students in particular have historically faced numerous obstacles to entering STEM fields, including low educational aspirations, lack of STEM role models, and lack of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, After School Programs, Advanced Courses, Access to Education
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Cox, Jo – Education in Science, 2014
Redmoor Academy is a Key Stage 3 (age 11-14) school in Leicestershire, UK, with a student cohort just over 500 pupils. The Academy has a long history of encouraging pupils to consider how STEM subjects relate to each other and to their future careers, and has made great inroads into ensuring that all teachers of STEM subjects are delivering the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Activities, Student Projects, Problem Based Learning
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McMahon, Debbie – Childhood Education, 2020
For many educators, the inspiration to teach comes from a desire to make a positive difference in students' lives. As they seek to guide students toward their big goals through trying times, teachers need resources that strengthen social and emotional skills. Facing this very challenge, Allison Silverman, a teacher at Port Chester Middle School in…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Program Descriptions, Social Change, Competition
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Glatz, Terese; Lippold, Melissa; Jensen, Todd M.; Fosco, Gregory M.; Feinberg, Mark E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
In line with family systems theory, we examined patterns of hostile interactions within families and their associations with externalizing problems among early-adolescent children. Using hostility scores based on observational data of six dyadic interactions during a triadic interaction (n = 462; i.e., child-to-mother, mother-to-child,…
Descriptors: Conflict, Behavior Problems, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers
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Suters, Leslie; Suters, Henry; Anderson, Adam – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2021
This paper describes a 54-hour summer institute for grades 6-12 mathematics and science teachers (N = 19) with a comprehensive approach to preparing teachers to use computational thinking (CT) in their classrooms, including training in Python computer programming with Lego® Mindstorms® robotics, mathematics content sessions, and opportunities to…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Programming
Huson, Tammy Fisher – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Teacher-student relationships (TSR) have long been demonstrated to have significant impact on student outcomes. There has been far less research, however, focused on identifying the specific mindsets that educators' hold which influence their actions toward students. As relationships are situated and contextual and qualitative in nature, this case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Student Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Neth, Erin L.; Caldarella, Paul; Richardson, Michael J.; Heath, Melissa A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2020
Adolescence can be a particularly difficult time for youth as they experience the physical, social, and academic changes that accompany maturation. One of the most critical challenges for schools is teaching adolescent students positive social and emotional skills, which are crucial for them to succeed academically and emotionally. "Strong…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Middle School Teachers, Behavior Problems
Grizzle-Martin, Tamieka – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Children who struggle in mathematics may also lack cognitive awareness in mathematical problem solving. The cognitively-driven program IMPROVE, a multidimensional method for teaching mathematics, has been shown to be helpful for students with mathematical learning difficulties (MLD). Guided by cognitive theory, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement
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Bennie, Fiona; Corbett, Charlotte; Palo, Angela – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2015
This article describes an after-school program at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf (HMS), the oldest public day school for deaf students in the United States, where almost half of the student body imagined and created bridge and robotic machines. The Deaf Robotics Engineering and Math Team, or the DREAM Team club, included HMS students in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Robotics, Deafness, Program Descriptions
Deutsch, Nancy L.; Reitz-Krueger, Cristina L.; Henneberger, Angela K.; Futch Ehrlich, Valerie A.; Lawrence, Edith C. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2017
Group mentoring is an increasingly popular intervention, but is still under-studied. This article reports findings from a qualitative study of the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP), a combined group and one-on-one mentoring program for early adolescent girls. Protégés (n = 113) were interviewed post-program about changes they made as a result of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mentors, Study Habits, Females
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de Melo Bezerra, Juliana; Martins, Cristiane Aparecida; Teles, Lara Kühl; de Oliveira, Neusa Maria Franco; da Silva, Maria Margareth; dos Santos, Leila Ribeiro; Piani, Raquel Caratti – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The development of transversal competences is essential for the success of engineers, who need to have the ability to adapt to the new and changing demands posed by modern society and scientific advances. It is a challenge for professors to teach and evaluate transversal competences, since such competences are related to attitudes and values. We…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Competence, STEM Education, Student Motivation
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King, Alessandra – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
"Mathematics is one of the greatest cultural and intellectual achievements of humankind, and citizens should develop an appreciation and understanding of that achievement, including its aesthetic and even recreational aspects" (NCTM 2000, p. 4). In addition to NCTM, many professional organizations such as the National Research Council…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Behavioral Objectives, Science Education History, Science Activities
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Lohr, Justin; Lindenman, Heather – Community Literacy Journal, 2018
Young people have the potential to transform public perspectives about pressing social issues--if their audiences listen deeply to what they have to say. This article examines the ways that high school student participants in a community-university writing partnership employ self-disclosure, or emotion sharing, to encourage audiences to listen…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Social Change, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Public Opinion
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Laut, Jeffrey; Bartolini, Tiziana; Porfiri, Maurizio – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
Attracting K-12 students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is viewed as a critical element for benefiting both the economy and society. This paper describes an outreach program, conducted in a Brooklyn, New York, USA, public middle school, aimed at educating students in mechatronics, biology, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, STEM Education, Student Interests, Science Interests
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