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Project-Based Learning: Improving Scientific Writing Skills with the Integration of Ecological Literacy among Students
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Hera Septriana; Sarwiji Suwandi; Sumarwati – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: This study examines the influence of project-based learning on the writing of scientific papers that have ecological literacy. This research is important because ecological literacy is a key competency in facing the environmental challenges of the 21st century. Materials/methods: This study uses an experimental method. The main…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Writing Skills, Writing Improvement
Empowering Practicing Engineers and Planners to Advance Environmental Justice
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Darshan M. A. Karwat; James R. Blakley; Elizabeth A. Castillo; Amy Squitieri; Alisa Oyler; Madison M. Macias – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2025
Engineers and planners are central players in creating the built environments and shaping natural ones that make up our communities. They can be a force for creating environments that are just and equitable, and by doing so advance the ideals of environmental justice. But, too often, these professionals are not empowered to create or seize…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Physical Environment, Environmental Education, Justice
Making Time to Grow: An Instructional Design Case from Eight In-School and Six Out-of-School Computer-Supported Plant-Growing Projects
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David W. Jackson; Helen Zhang; Fahd Abdus-Sabur – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
During young adolescence, many youth develop strong identities in relation to science, technology, engineering and mathematics with computing (STEM + C). One way to design for student engagement in STEM + C is to create project-based units that leverage students' interests. We created one such unit, called the "smart greenhouse project".…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Computer Uses in Education, STEM Education, Student Projects
The Business of Science: A Cross-Disciplinary, Project-Based Teamwork Approach to Workforce Development
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Helen Boylan; Alison L. DuBois; Brian Petrus – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
In recent years, employers have expressed concerns that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates, though proficient in their academic disciplines, lack the critical skills necessary for success in the workplace (Karimi & Pina, 2021). Additionally, many non-STEM majors do not develop the basic STEM competencies that…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teamwork, Undergraduate Students
The Nature of Science: An Honors Seminar for All Majors
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Wesley A. Stroud – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
This paper highlights the design process and implementation for an "all majors" undergraduate course that allows students a chance to reconnect with the natural world. During this course students explore a wide range of biological and physical science based topics that seek to highlight human intervention and our impacts on the planet.…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Honors Curriculum, Majors (Students)
Fostering the Development of Earth Data Science Skills in a Diverse Community of Online Learners: A Case Study of the Earth Data Science Corps
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Nathan A. Quarderer; Leah Wasser; Anne U. Gold; Patricia Montaño; Lauren Herwehe; Katherine Halama; Emily Biggane; Jessica Logan; David Parr; Sylvia Brady; James Sanovia; Charles Jason Tinant; Elisha Yellow Thunder; Justina White Eyes; LaShell Poor Bear/Bagola; Madison Phelps; Trey Orion Phelps; Brett Alberts; Michela Johnson; Nathan Korinek; William Travis; Naomi Jacquez; Kaiea Rohlehr; Emily Ward; Elsa Culler; R. Chelsea Nagy; Jennifer Balch – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
Today's data-driven world requires earth and environmental scientists to have skills at the intersection of domain and data science. These skills are imperative to harness information contained in a growing volume of complex data to solve the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Despite the importance of these skills, Earth and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Science Education