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Marcus J. Norman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The United States lags behind other countries in science literacy at the 4th, 8th, and 12th grade levels. Subsequently, this is seen at the higher education level, especially with gateway science courses. BIO 103-General Biology I is a gateway course at Lion University. Passing this course is crucial for students to progress in several science…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Biology, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Burgin, Stephen Randall – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Understanding the ways in which scientific knowledge develops, or the epistemology of science, is believed to be a crucial component of scientific literacy. This construct is more formally known as Nature of Science (NOS) within the science education community. The merits of three different approaches to NOS teaching and learning in the context of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Scientific Principles, Epistemology, Scientific Literacy
Subero, Keron – ProQuest LLC, 2010
We designed and implemented curriculum intended to be used by students in an algebra-based introductory physics laboratory course. Our curricular goal was to foster, through observations in the lab, a coherent framework in students' understanding of general principles presented in the introductory mechanics course, while addressing known student…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Pretests Posttests, Mechanics (Physics), Laboratories
Trees, Frances P. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Programming is recognized as being challenging for teachers to teach and difficult for students to learn. For decades, computer science educators have looked at innovative approaches by creating pedagogical software tools that attempt to facilitate both the teaching of and the learning of programming. This dissertation investigates the motivations…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Program Effectiveness, Programming, Resource Materials