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Motivated for STEM: Developing an Understanding of Highly Motivated Students' Self-Concept in STEM Education
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Franks, A. Dean; Capraro, Mary Margaret – Science Educator, 2019
Self-concept, self-efficacy, and interest are inextricably tied together. Researchers collected data from high school students' (n=44) responses to 4 short answer questions taken from a National Institute of Education interest inventory survey. These students were Texas science and engineering fair winners awarded the opportunity to attend a…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Self Concept, Self Efficacy
Student-Centred Learning and Disciplinary Enculturation: An Exploration through Physics
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Sin, Cristina – Educational Studies, 2015
This study argues that student-centred methods in the teaching of physics can be beneficial for students' enculturation into the discipline and into a physicist's profession. Interviews conducted with academics and students from six master degrees in physics in three different European countries suggest that student-driven classroom activities,…
Descriptors: Student Centered Curriculum, Scientists, Interpersonal Competence, Physics
Problem-solvers and Problem-identifiers: The Making of Research Styles.
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Bar-Haim, Gabriel – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Suggests that the overall educational experience of science aspirants has an indirect and latent role in preparing future types of researchers. Discusses arguments concerning the relationship between cognitive inclinations and educational experience, and how problem-solver and problem-identifier type students respond to educational dilemmas. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, College Science
Gifted Education/School-to-Work Models: Best Practices and Unique Approaches. A School within a Workplace (Lincoln Park Academy and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Florida).
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National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship
Gifted Education/School-to-Work Models: Best Practices and Unique Approaches. The Mott Hall School for Advanced Studies in Math, Science and Technology (New York).
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National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, Career Education, Career Exploration