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Looney, Bridget – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Although there has been an abundance of empirical inquiry into making in recent years, interestingly, and despite growing interest in the integration of making into N-12 education, little seems to be known empirically about the ways in which teachers are implementing making and creating makerspaces in their own classrooms. Very little direct…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Shared Resources and Services, Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning
Weiler, Michelle Gong – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative explanatory bounded single case study was to seek to understand how the use of curriculum that is influenced by experiential learning theory and based in scenario-based learning as an instructional methodology in a law enforcement academy influences the self-efficacy and job readiness of peace officers with less…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Vignettes, Law Enforcement, Police
Williams-McLauchlin, Delores – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry study was to explore how African American male STEM graduates perceived instructional practices used in STEM classrooms in colleges in the eastern United States. Critical race theory and active learning theory formed the conceptual framework for this study. It was not known how African American…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, African Americans, Males, STEM Education
Isom, Dena K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This report describes a problem-based learning project focused on the information available to superintendents related to improving student attendance. This information has the potential to assist school districts in improving the attendance of each student as is required by attendance standards such as those of the fifth version of the Missouri…
Descriptors: Attendance, Problem Based Learning, Educational Improvement, Truancy
Hertzog, Chad A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This report describes a problem-based learning project focused on the information available to superintendents related to improving student attendance. This information has the potential to assist school districts in improving the attendance of each student as is required by attendance standards such as those of the fifth version of the Missouri…
Descriptors: Attendance, Problem Based Learning, Educational Improvement, Truancy
Twillegar, Kari Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This report describes a problem-based learning project focused on the information available to superintendents related to improving student attendance. This information has the potential to assist school districts in improving the attendance of each student as is required by attendance standards such as those of the fifth version of the Missouri…
Descriptors: Attendance, Problem Based Learning, Educational Improvement, Truancy
Nicole Hunter, Deirdre-Annaliese – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Increasing pressure to transform teaching and learning of engineering is supported by mounting research evidence for the value of learner-centered pedagogies. Despite this evidence, engineering faculty are often unsuccessful in applying such teaching approaches often because they lack the necessary knowledge to customize these pedagogies for their…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Introductory Courses, Engineering Education, Qualitative Research
Lasky, Dorothea Shawn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As the US continues to strive toward building capacity for a workforce in STEM fields (NSF, 2006), educational organizations and researchers have constructed frameworks that focus on increasing competencies in creativity in order to achieve this goal (ISTE, 2007; Karoly & Panis, 2004; Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007). Despite these…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Case Studies, Creativity, Teaching Methods
Lendis, Evagkelia Irene – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate how one secondary school, known for its high quality educational program, is infusing the pedagogical elements that are conducive for a 21st century education. The administration's vision along with teacher interviews and classroom observations were used to understand if the school was…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Alignment (Education)
Knickman, Kevin; Schulte, Lindsay; Schwemmer, Gabrielle; Young, Henrietta – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This document is a Problem Based Learning project addressing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the achievement gap issue that lingers in public education. It centers on the ideas of cultural sensitivity as a means of educating all students in an era of accountability. The goal of the project was to address the problem of minority student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, School Culture, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement