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Crawford, Lindy; Huscroft-D'Angelo, Jacqueline – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2015
Informal science education (ISE) programs serve as a method for developing, encouraging, and increasing both participation in, and enthusiasm for, STEM learning. One type of ISE program is provided by Challenger Centers through their space education curricula. Unfortunately, published evaluations related to space education programs are rare. The…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Space Sciences, STEM Education, Program Effectiveness
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Repenning, Alexander; Ioannidou, Andri; Luhn, Lisa; Daetwyler, Christof; Repenning, Nadia – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2010
Growing science apathy at the K-12 education level represents an alarming development with potentially devastating consequences at individual, societal and economic levels. Technology has been incorporated in science education without fundamentally improving test scores or student attitudes. We claim the core of the problem is how technology is…
Descriptors: Socialization, Student Attitudes, High School Students, Physiology
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Finkelstein, N. D.; Adams, W. K.; Keller, C. J.; Kohl, P. B.; Perkins, K. K.; Podolefsky, N. S.; Reid, S.; LeMaster, R. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2005
This paper examines the effects of substituting a computer simulation for real laboratory equipment in the second semester of a large-scale introductory physics course. The direct current circuit laboratory was modified to compare the effects of using computer simulations with the effects of using real light bulbs, meters, and wires. Two groups of…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Physics, Laboratory Equipment, Undergraduate Students