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Abdulrasheed Olowoselu, Editor; Areej ElSayary, Editor – Routledge Research in Education, 2024
This edited volume sets out the current issues that face educational administrative processes and resources across the globe and provides implication-lead responses for how best to tackle new challenges that arise. Featuring contributions and perspectives from the UAE, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, Portugal, Spain, Iran and the United States, this…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Global Approach, Inquiry, Educational Resources
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Gerstenschlager, Natasha; Barlow, Angela T.; Lischka, Alyson; Watson, Lucy; Strayer, Jeremy; Stephens, D. Christopher; Hartland, Kristin S.; Willingham, James C. – Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2021
Research has shown that the ways in which teachers engage in professional development activities vary widely. identified three levels of teacher appropriation within professional development, with their inquiry stance indicative of teachers engaging in self-sustaining practices. In our project, we modified the demonstration lesson format so that…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Inquiry, Lesson Plans, Mathematics Instruction
Heather N. Schwartz; Ally Skoog-Hoffman; Joe Polman; Olivia Kelly; Josefina Bañales; Rob Jagers – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2023
The SEL Innovations series aims to help the field imagine new, more expansive and equitable approaches to social and emotional learning (SEL) and wellness to ensure that all children, adolescents, and adults feel safe, supported, and seen so that they can thrive. This is the second report in a series exploring innovations in SEL. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Educational Opportunities, Teaching Methods, Educational Environment
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Scott, Daniel; Hilt, Cole – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
A multiweek laboratory experiment is described, which guides students to use data to make decisions through multiple steps, before reaching a final conclusion. The lab focuses on the comparisons of fluorescence and absorbance spectroscopies to determine the concentration of a desired substance in an unknown sample in consideration of a complex…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Inquiry, Active Learning, Critical Thinking
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Frey, Regina F.; Brame, Cynthia J.; Fink, Angela; Lemons, Paula P. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Problem solving plays an essential role in all scientific disciplines, and solving problems can reveal essential concepts that underlie those disciplines. Thus, problem solving serves both as a common tool and desired outcome in many science classes. Research on teaching problem solving offers principles for instruction that are guided by learning…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Intellectual Disciplines, Teaching Methods, Science Education
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Rodriguez, Shelly; Morrison, Alex; Benfield, Patrick – Science and Children, 2019
This article describes a lesson rooted in "tinkering," an approach to learning that encourages the use of authentic, hands-on experience to develop an understanding of content and physical materials. There were several desired outcomes for this lesson. First, the authors felt that tinkering was an appropriate approach to investigating…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Physics
Searle, Margaret; Swartz, Marilyn – ASCD, 2020
How many times have you been stumped by a student's failure to learn? You tried everything in your tool kit, but nothing worked. Now what if there were a process that would help you pinpoint the student's specific need and design an action plan to swiftly remedy the problem? In "Solving Academic and Behavior Problems," Margaret Searle…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Social Emotional Learning, Social Development
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Sumrall, William J.; Sumrall, Kristen M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2018
The NGSS MS-ETS1 Engineering Design (1-4) is the focus of the article. Development of a challenging problem-based activity that is an improvement over the traditional egg drop competition is emphasized. Quantification of data collected and real-world relevance are two activity components that are viewed as improvements over the egg drop. The…
Descriptors: Engineering, Design, Problem Based Learning, Science Activities
Texley, Juliana; Ruud, Ruth M. – Redleaf Press, 2018
"Teaching STEM Literacy" is comprised of ready-made, open-ended lessons reviewed and tested by teachers, which help educators integrate STEM learning into the early childhood classroom. Lessons are linked to the Next Generation Science Standards, and encourage creative ideas for three-dimensional STEM learning that are developmentally…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Skill Development, Inquiry
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Bryce, Samantha; Heath, Kevin N.; Issi, Luca; Ryder, Elizabeth F.; Rao, Reeta – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an urgent need for engaging computational alternatives to traditional laboratory exercises. Here we introduce a customizable and flexible workflow, designed with the SARS CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 in mind, as a means of reinforcing fundamental biology concepts using bioinformatics approaches. This workflow…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Science Instruction
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Dorée, Suzanne Ingrid – PRIMUS, 2017
How can we teach inquiry? In this paper, I offer practical techniques for teaching inquiry effectively using activities built from routine textbook exercises with minimal advanced preparation, including rephrasing exercises as questions, creating activities that inspire students to make conjectures, and asking for counterexamples to reasonable,…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities, Problem Solving
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White, D.; Sullivan, E. – PRIMUS, 2018
Teaching teachers to participate in mathematical inquiry has the potential to both transform belief systems about mathematics and to transform teachers from consumers of mathematics to producers of mathematics. The focus of this paper is to describe the use of a problem, based on a non-traditional binary operation, to encourage and teach…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Preservice Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Problem Solving
Erickson, H. Lynn; Lanning, Lois A.; French, Rachel – Corwin, 2017
Knowing the facts is not enough. If we want students to develop intellectually, creatively problem-solve, and grapple with complexity, the key is in "conceptual understanding." A Concept-Based curriculum recaptures students' innate curiosity about the world and provides the thrilling feeling of engaging one's mind. This updated edition…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Concept Formation, Problem Solving
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Ghosh, Jonaki B. – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
The Tower of Hanoi is an old, popular, and engaging puzzle. It is an exceptional puzzle too considering how effective it can be in engendering multiple valuable outcomes when used as a tool for learning. One of the fundamental goals of mathematics teacher preparation is to enable the prospective teacher to develop mathematical habits of mind and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Puzzles, Preservice Teachers
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Mills, Kelly; Seligman, Eileen; Ketelhut, Diane Jass – Science Teacher, 2017
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. For this article, the authors analyzed 93 educational applications (apps) that have the potential to help students meaningfully engage in the science practices outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards. Some of the ways teachers can use these apps in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Oriented Programs
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