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Conrad Borchers; Hendrik Fleischer; David J. Yaron; Bruce M. McLaren; Katharina Scheiter; Vincent Aleven; Sascha Schanze – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
Intelligent tutoring system (ITS) provides learners with step-by-step problem-solving support through scaffolding. Most ITSs have been developed in the USA and incorporate American instructional strategies. How do non-American students perceive and use ITS with different native problem-solving strategies? The present study compares Stoich Tutor,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Learning Strategies, Protocol Analysis
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Hava, Kevser; Koyunlu Ünlü, Zeynep – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
This study investigated the relationship between middle school students' computational thinking skills and their STEM career interest and attitudes toward inquiry. A total of 289 students (146 female, 143 male) enrolled in four different middle schools in one province of Turkey participated in this study. Three different data collection tools were…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Computation, Thinking Skills, STEM Education
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Nanette I. Marcum-Dietrich; Meredith Bruozas; Rachel Becker-Klein; Emily Hoffman; Carolyn Staudt – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
The Precipitating Change Project was a 5-year development, implementation, and research study of an innovative 4-week middle school curricular unit in computational weather forecasting that integrates students' learning and use of meteorology and computational thinking (CT) concepts and practices. The project produced a list of CT skills and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Urban Areas
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Aydan Aytekin; Mustafa Sami Topcu – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
In the digital age in which we live, one of the primary goals of education is to nurture individuals who are capable of thinking creatively, solving problems, and being innovative and productive. Computational thinking is an analytical process that requires defining problems and at the same time solving these problems by proceeding in creative…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Skill Development, Thinking Skills
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Chiang, Feng-Kuang; Zhang, Yicong; Zhu, Dan; Shang, Xiaojing; Jiang, Zhujun – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
As a result of COVID-19, various forms of education and teaching are moving online. However, the notion of an online STEM camp is still in its beginnings, and there is little relevant research and experience in this context. At the beginning of April 2021, the research team launched an online STEM charity camp with the theme of "Shen Nong…
Descriptors: Online Courses, STEM Education, Camps, COVID-19
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Brown, I. Foster – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Learning to question is essential for determining pathways of conservation and development in southwestern Amazonia during a time of rapid global environmental change. Teaching such an approach in graduate science programs in regional universities can be done using play-acting and simulation exercises. Multiple working hypotheses help students…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Graduate Students