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Examining the Aufbau Principle and Ionization Energies: A Computational Chemistry Exercise for the Introductory Level
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Metz, Irene K.; Bennett, Joseph W.; Mason, Sara E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
While computational chemistry continues to play a growing role in chemical research, issues with access and the timing of when these tools are introduced to chemistry students remain as barriers to wider interest and use. The accessibility of free software for chemical modeling has increased in recent years, promoting the inclusion of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computation, Introductory Courses, Open Source Technology
Analyzing Security Breaches in the U.S.: A Business Analytics Case-Study
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Parks, Rachida F.; Adams, Lascelles – Information Systems Education Journal, 2016
This is a real-world applicable case-study and includes background information, functional organization requirements, and real data. Business analytics has been defined as the technologies, skills, and practices needed to iteratively investigate historical performance to gain insight or spot trends. You are asked to utilize/apply critical thinking…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Information Security, Data Analysis, Critical Thinking
What Lives Where & Why? Understanding Biodiversity through Geospatial Exploration
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Trautmann, Nancy M.; Makinster, James G.; Batek, Michael – American Biology Teacher, 2013
Using an interactive map-based PDF, students learn key concepts related to biodiversity while developing data-analysis and critical-thinking skills. The Bird Island lesson provides students with experience in translating geospatial data into bar graphs, then interpreting these graphs to compare biodiversity across ecoregions on a fictional island.…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Data Analysis
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (14th, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, October 18-20, 2017)
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
These proceedings contain the papers of the 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2017), 18-20 October 2017, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Student Journals, Diaries, Self Management
Ball Bounce Experiment. Grades 3-5.
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Rushton, Erik; Ryan, Emily; Swift, Charles – 2001
Many of today's popular sports are based around the use of a ball yet none are alike. In fact, they are all designed with specific characteristics in mind. In this activity, students investigate different balls' ability to bounce and represent the data they collect graphically. This activity uses a time frame of 100 minutes. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Elementary Education
Basic Skills for Reflective Inquiry in the Social Studies. Bridges to the Future.
Rodabaugh, Mary Jane; And Others – 1979
The document consists of five social studies units for developing basic inquiry skills at the secondary level. Students read and analyze data through the construction of a table and a graph in Unit I, "Reading Graphs and Charts." Topics include a model of consumer demand, census information, and national budgeting. In Unit II, "Community Change,"…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Charts, Civil War (United States), Critical Thinking