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Valenzuela, Hector – MathAMATYC Educator, 2012
This article describes the development of the contextualized math, the course design, student teaching and daily interaction with the students, and the implementation aspects of the research project designed to develop contextualized mathematics and integrate it into the Auto Technician courses. The applied math curriculum was integrated into…
Descriptors: Engines, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Applications, Integrated Curriculum
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Hance, Dennis – Tech Directions, 2012
During the fall semester of 2010, mechanical engineering students from Edison State Community College and Wright State University shared their skills and knowledge with students from the Upper Valley JVS (UVJVS) pre-engineering technology program in a highly motivating robotics activity. The activity culminated in 47 teams from regional high…
Descriptors: Competition, Engineering Technology, Robotics, College School Cooperation
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Willard, Ted; Pratt, Harold; Workosky, Cindy – Science Teacher, 2012
This is an exciting time to be in science education. New science standards are being developed by a group of science educators from across the country, working with 26 states in a process managed by Achieve, Inc., a non-profit education reform organization. The development of the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) promises to be the most…
Descriptors: Science Education, Feedback (Response), Educational Change, Academic Standards
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Gillman, Joan – Science and Children, 2013
To capture students' excitement and engage their interest in rocketships and visiting planets in the solar system, the author designed lessons that give students the opportunity to experience the joys and challenges of developing straw rockets, and then observing which design can travel the longest distance. The lessons are appropriate for…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Lesson Plans, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Noyes, Andrew; Wake, Geoff; Drake, Pat – Curriculum Journal, 2013
Mathematics education is rarely out of the policy spotlight in England. Over the last 10 years, considerable attention has been given to improving 14-19 mathematics curriculum pathways. In this paper we consider some of the challenges of enacting curriculum change by drawing upon evidence from our evaluation of the Mathematics Pathways Project…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Mathematics Education, Educational Policy, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Griffard, Phyllis Baudoin; Golkowska, Krystyna – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
This paper discusses a novel structure for providing a high-impact, first year experience for science students. ASTER (Access to Science Through Experience in Research) is an extracurricular certification program designed to introduce our students to the research culture via seminar attendance, journal clubs, book clubs, and lab visits.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Science, Student Experience, Extracurricular Activities
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Wegner, Claas; Minnaert, Lea; Strehlke, Friederike – Primary Science, 2013
Since 2006, the Kolumbus-Kids project in Germany has been supporting gifted learners between the ages 9 and 12. Selected children from regional schools are invited to participate in courses dealing with biological problems and phenomena at university. In order to attend these sessions, they first have to pass a special performance test and a test…
Descriptors: Gifted, College School Cooperation, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Activities
Theodoraki, Xarikleia; Plakitsi, Katerina – Online Submission, 2013
In the present study, we analyze activities on the topic of sound, which are performed in the science education laboratory lessons in the third-year students of the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Ioannina. The analysis of the activities is based on one of the most modern learning theories of CHAT (Cultural Historical…
Descriptors: Science Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Learning Theories
Fong, Kelley; Visher, Mary G. – MDRC, 2013
For the past decade, MDRC has evaluated a number of interventions designed to improve the outcomes of community college students, including enhanced counseling, learning communities, and financial incentives. Encouragingly, many of these strategies have produced positive effects, affirming that changes in institutional practices and policies can…
Descriptors: Intervention, Developmental Programs, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Design
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Barry, Dana – Science Education Review, 2005
This article describes how students learn and experience the excitement of science by actively participating in the MarsLink Space Mission, an educational component of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Mars Missions. This Mission has been made possible by Space Explorers, Inc., in collaboration with NASA. In the…
Descriptors: Space Exploration, Space Sciences, Science Projects, Science Activities
Mamlok, Rachel; Dershimer, Charles; Fortus, David; Krajcik, Joe; Marx, Ron – 2001
The purpose of this study was to document the iterative development of a design-based science curriculum called Learning Science by Designing Artifacts (LSDA). The study refers to the enactment of the Safer Cell Phones curriculum in a high school located in the Midwest. The curriculum was a 5- or 9-week unit in an 18-week science elective course.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Design, Educational Change, Experiential Learning
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Carrejo, David J.; Reinhartz, Judy – Middle School Journal, 2014
Engaging students in both hands-on and minds-on experiences is needed for education that is relevant and complete. Many middle school students enter science classrooms with pre-conceived ideas about their world. Some of these ideas are misconceptions that hinder students from developing accepted concepts in science, such as those related to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Education, Middle School Teachers, Concept Teaching
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King, Chris – School Science Review, 2014
The revised National Curriculum for Science for key stages 3 and 4 (ages 11-16) in England provides the opportunity to develop a new coherent approach to teaching about the carbon cycle, the use of carbon as a fuel and the resulting issues. The Earth Science Education Unit (ESEU) intends to develop a new workshop to support the teaching of this…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Education, Professional Development, Teacher Workshops
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Ansaloni, Luca; Catena, Fausto; Coccolini, Frederico; Ceresoli, Marco; Pinna, Antonio Daniele – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Objectives: Inguinal canal anatomy and hernia repair is difficult for medical students and surgical residents to comprehend. Methods: Using low-cost material, a 3-dimensional inexpensive model of the inguinal canal was created to allow students to learn anatomical details and landmarks and to perform their own simulated hernia repair. In order to…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Surgery, Clinical Experience
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Lega, Joceline C.; Buxner, Sanlyn; Blonder, Benjamin; Tama, Florence – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
We describe a third-year undergraduate course that focuses on multiscale modeling and protein folding and has as its primary goal the encouragement of students to integrate thinking across and beyond disciplinary boundaries. The ability to perform innovative and successful research work in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Science Activities, Science Education, Undergraduate Students
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