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Gaudiello, Ilaria; Zibetti, Elisabetta – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2013
The educational potential of robotics kits as a form of control technology will remain undervalued until meaningful observation parameters are identified to enable a better understanding of children?s control strategies. For this reason, this paper aims primarily to identify and classify the heuristics spontaneously applied by 6-10 year old…
Descriptors: Robotics, Learning Modules, Educational Opportunities, Heuristics
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Leeder, Poppy – Education in Science, 2014
One of the things that this author enjoys most about working at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the science that she finds out about and the researchers she meets. Having loved science throughout school and then on into university, the author is always keen to learn more. The increase in citizen science projects over the last…
Descriptors: Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Activities, Science Interests, Classroom Techniques
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Torras-Melenchon, Nuria; Grau, M. Dolors; Font-Soldevila, Josep; Freixas, Josep – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2015
This paper presents the experience of an initiative, the EXPLORE courses, designed to bring science and technology closer to secondary school. The EXPLORE courses, organised by "EXPLORATORI: Natural Resources" project, are particularly addressed to secondary school teachers and are conducted at Catalonia (North East of Spain). The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science, STEM Education