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Ramírez-Montoya, María-Soledad, Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
Educational strategies have evolved over the years, due to research breakthroughs and the application of technology. By using the latest learning innovations, curriculum and instructional design can be enhanced and strengthened. The "Handbook of Research on Driving STEM Learning with Educational Technologies" is an authoritative…
Descriptors: Guides, STEM Education, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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Sellers, Gene R. – AMATYC Review, 1989
Discusses a student project requiring a student to sample a population of interest to obtain a set of data, compute the necessary descriptive measures, and make a conclusion based on the data. Described are the introduction phase; formats; handout material; and suggested projects for individual and teams. (YP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Mathematical Enrichment
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Smith, Rosemary J.; Brown, Joel S. – American Biology Teacher, 1991
An indirect procedure that uses the foraging behavior of animals at experimental food patches to address questions in animal behavior is discussed. Suggested projects that include the concepts of predation risk, harvest rates and metabolic costs, missed opportunity costs, and competition are described. (KR)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Biology, Ecology, Evolution
Berk, Ronald A. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
An intensive statistics course, developed as part of the graduate degree program in public administration at the University of Southern California, meets for eight hours on eight consecutive Saturdays. Its salient features include a preparatory period, concentrated class activity, an application period and individual assessment. (JMD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Graduate Study
Sachs, Leroy, Ed. – 1988
This is a series of research projects that can be used for enrichment of the high school mathematics curriculum. It is suggested that the topics are either not found in the standard curriculum or represent a more indepth study of standard topics. The areas considered are: applications of the microcomputer in mathematics; the fourth dimension and…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, High Schools, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Enrichment
Sachs, Leroy, Ed. – 1984
The Student Merit Award Program was designed to motivate, stimulate and reward students for their study and achievement outside the mathematics classroom by providing enrichment material on a variety of mathematical topics. In general, these topics are either not found in the standard curriculum or represent a more in-depth study of standard…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Equations (Mathematics), Fractions, High Schools
Bialaszewski, Dennis – Improving College and University Teaching, 1981
A demonstration of how statistics courses may be enhanced through the incorporation of computer packages is presented. A statistical analysis course given at the State University of New York at Fredonia is described. It is suggested that many other courses would be enhanced by augmenting them with computer packages. (MLW)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs
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Thompson, W. Burt – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Describes the use of a student-designed questionnaire to generate data for teaching statistical procedures and concepts. Maintains that students learn firsthand that data analysis is an integral part of the research process. Concludes that students find real data more interesting. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Sachs, Leroy, Ed. – 1984
The Student Merit Award Program was designed to motivate, stimulate and reward students for their study and achievement outside the mathematics classroom by providing enrichment material on a variety of mathematical topics. In general, these topics are either not found in the standard middle school curriculum or represent a more in-depth study of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities, Home Economics, Intermediate Grades
Russell, Susan Jo; Corwin, Rebecca B. – 1989
A unit of study that introduces collecting, representing, describing, and interpreting data is presented. Suitable for students in grades 4 through 6, it provides a foundation for further work in statistics and data analysis. The investigations may extend from one to four class sessions and are grouped into three parts: "Introduction to Data…
Descriptors: Calculators, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Burrill, Gail; And Others – 1992
The 1989 document, "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" (the "Standards"), provides a vision and a framework for revising and strengthening the K-12 mathematics curriculum in North American schools and for evaluating both the mathematics curriculum and students' progress. When completed, it is expected…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Data Analysis, Enrichment Activities, Evaluation Methods
Russell, Susan Jo; Corwin, Rebecca B. – 1990
A unit of study that introduces sorting and classification as a way of organizing data is presented. Suitable for students in grades 2 and 3, it provides a foundation for further work in statistics and data analysis. The investigations may extend from one to five class sessions and are grouped into three parts: "Introduction to Sorting"; "Sorting…
Descriptors: Calculators, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Corwin, Rebecca B.; Russell, Susan Jo – 1990
A unit of study that introduces measuring as a way of collecting data is presented. Suitable for students in grades 3 and 4, it provides a foundation for further work in statistics and data analysis. The investigations may extend from one to four class sessions and are grouped into three parts: "Introduction to Measurement"; "Using Standard…
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Data Analysis
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Sommers, Jonita – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Proposes using student projects to show students how mathematics can be applied to their lives by using statistics. Students identify a topic of interest to them and their community, collect data, discuss the analyzed data in a written report, and present the reports at the local senior-citizen center. (MDH)
Descriptors: Calculators, Data Analysis, Enrichment Activities, Grade 8