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Chattopadhyay, Tanay – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2022
In this article, simple models of optical computing circuits (1 x 4 demultiplexer (DEMUX), 4 x 1 multiplexer (MUX), Boolean logic, and half-adder (HA)) are shown with mechanically controlled plane mirrors. Photographs of the proposed computational circuits are also shown. It is very useful for the school student to understand optical logic and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Optics, Computation, Science Activities
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Jennifer Houchins; Danielle Boulden; James Lester; Bradford Mott; Kristy Elizabeth Boyer; Eric Wiebe – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
This design case chronicles the efforts of an interdisciplinary team of researchers as they collaborated with middle grades science teachers and students to build and refine an epidemic disease curriculum module. The initial five-day design was delivered in five science classrooms at three nearby schools where researcher classroom observations and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Middle School Students, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Lane, W. Brian; Headley, Cortney – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
The communities of practice (COP) framework is useful in understanding the effort to expand physics education into professional preparation. This framework prompts physics educators and physics education researchers to consider "what counts as doing physics" that we want to prepare students for and how we can model professional physics…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Physics, Science Instruction, Educational Researchers
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Arik, Merve; Topçu, Mustafa Sami – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Studies maintain that computational thinking (CT) is associated with science content and scientific processes as well as with many disciplines. It is thought that designing teaching processes in which science and CT processes take place together makes science learning more meaningful. With this in mind, in this study, the researchers integrated…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Science Process Skills, Science Education
Amelia Auchstetter; Eben Witherspoon; Oluchi Ozuzu; Jonathan Margolin; Lawrence B. Friedman – American Institutes for Research, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation and impact of the Pack program. The Pack was developed by the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) and includes a digital game and set of curricular and professional development resources that aim to support computational thinking teaching and learning in middle school science and computer…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Educational Games, Program Implementation
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Hamerski, Paul C.; McPadden, Daryl; Caballero, Marcos D.; Irving, Paul W. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
High school science classrooms across the United States are answering calls to make computation a part of science learning. The problem is that there is little known about the barriers to learning that computation might bring to a science classroom or about how to help students overcome these challenges. This case study explores these challenges…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
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Young, Nicholas T.; Allen, Grant; Aiken, John M.; Henderson, Rachel; Caballero, Marcos D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Computation is a central aspect of 21st century physics practice; it is used to model complicated systems, to simulate impossible experiments, and to analyze mountains of data. Physics departments and their faculty are increasingly recognizing the importance of teaching computation to their students. We recently completed a national survey of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Computation, Teaching Methods
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Amato, Joseph – Physics Teacher, 2018
North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and, more recently, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) has added a grave threat to world order. The threat presented by these weapons depends critically on missile range, i.e., the ability to reach North America or Europe while carrying a nuclear warhead. Using the limited information available…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Weapons, Mathematical Concepts, Scientific Concepts
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Adler, Rachel F.; Kim, Hanna – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
It is now required for teachers to incorporate computational thinking (CT) into their science classes. Our research modifies the existing structure of a science methods course for preservice teachers to include CT via modeling and simulations. In the first study, preservice teachers were introduced to the basics of coding through an Hour of Code…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Science Instruction, Methods Courses
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Bollen, Laurens; van Kampen, Paul; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
Understanding Maxwell's equations in differential form is of great importance when studying the electrodynamic phenomena discussed in advanced electromagnetism courses. It is therefore necessary that students master the use of vector calculus in physical situations. In this light we investigated the difficulties second year students at KU Leuven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Calculus, Electronics, Magnets
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Halpern, Arthur M.; Glendening, Eric D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
A three-part project for students in physical chemistry, computational chemistry, or independent study is described in which they explore applications of valence bond (VB) and molecular orbital-configuration interaction (MO-CI) treatments of H[subscript 2]. Using a scientific spreadsheet, students construct potential-energy (PE) curves for several…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Spreadsheets
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Parcell, William C.; Parcell, Lisa M. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2009
Cognitive and conceptual uncertainties are critical elements in geology from the earliest data collection stage to concluding interpretations. How a geologist conceptually weighs the importance of various data greatly influences final interpretations. In order for the process of data selection and interpretation to be transparent and repeatable,…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Data Interpretation, Computation, Science Instruction
Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
Now entering into its 20th year of data collection, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, (TIMSS) is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades. TIMSS 2015 is the most recent in the TIMSS series, which began with the first assessments in 1995 and has continued every four years--1999,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Grade 4
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Austin, Richard A.; Thompson, Denisse R.; Beckmann, Charlene E. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2006
This article connects three disciplines while exploring how students computed tons of food consumed by both locusts and people. Included with this article are two worksheets "How Much Does a Locust Eat?" and "Can You Eat Those Locusts?". (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Computation, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students