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Gonczi, Amanda L.; Maeng, Jennifer L. – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2020
Problem-based learning (PBL) instruction tasks students with solving a real-world, relevant problem and provides a motivating context for learning science content. It also affords a natural opportunity for students to intentionally engage in a variety of engineering practices and components of engineering design if the problem scenario…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education, Physical Sciences, Scientific Concepts
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Kathy Dowell; Catherine Snyder; Stephanie Marshall – Grantee Submission, 2025
METRICS was a 5-year grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education designed to immerse elementary school students in computer science. METRICS components included 1) creation and implementation of rigorous computer science curriculum units and assessments to support STEM coursework connected across all subjects through problem-based…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary School Curriculum, STEM Education, Problem Based Learning
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Lewis, Stephanie N.; Velez, Anne-Lise K.; Ozkan, Desen S.; Thomas, Raymond C.; Carlson, Kimberly A. – Honors in Practice, 2021
This article describes one program's thoughtful and strategic transition to a college and subsequent innovations to its curricular framework. Acknowledging that such a change affords honors practitioners the opportunity to implement best practices established within the honors community, authors describe the unique evolution of the honors college…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Inquiry
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Edmondson, Elizabeth; Navy, Shannon; Maeng, Jennifer; Gonczi, Amanda; Mannarino, Anne – Science and Children, 2019
Problem-based learning (PBL) involves students solving a problem with multiple solutions over time, like scientists in real-world contexts. This fourth-grade PBL unit had students become part of an endeavor to help their state of Virginia become energy independent. It conceptualized energy independence as becoming self-sufficient for energy…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Elementary School Science, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
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Dexter, Sara; Clement, Davis; Moraguez, Daniel; Watson, Ginger S. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2020
This article presents three types of (inter)active learning pedagogical tools to better prepare future administrators for complex, real-world tasks. We propose a framework of narrative linearity and responsiveness to examine digital cases, digital simulations, and clinical simulations as bridging pedagogies from abstract class-based methods to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Education, Leadership Training, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Ferguson, Sarah – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2019
Building sets, video games, and scatterplots may seem unrelated, but when they are combined into a problem-based learning (PBL) lesson, these elements join to create a unique learning experience. PBL lessons drive instruction by focusing learning and activities around a central challenge or question while providing a relevant, captivating, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving
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Whitworth, Brooke A.; Bell, Randy L.; Maeng, Jennifer L.; Gonczi, Amanda L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
We investigated changes in district science coordinators' understandings and practices following their participation in a statewide professional development (PD). Participants included 13 male and 34 female science coordinators from 42 different school districts in Virginia. Data included presurvey, postsurvey, and delayed postsurvey responses;…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Teachers, Coordinators, School Districts
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Wagner, Teri; Baum, Liesl; Newbill, Phyllis – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
Ill-structured problems abound that require sophisticated problem-solving skills, knowledge across multiple domains and the abilities to think critically and communicate effectively. Despite the abundance of rhetoric supporting the need to build these skills in our students, the acquisition of domain-specific knowledge is still the primary focus…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Mastery Learning
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Sutcher, Leib; Podolsky, Anne; Espinoza, Danny – Learning Policy Institute, 2017
Developing excellent principals who can set direction, develop people, redesign organizations, and lead instruction requires a system of high-quality preparation and professional development. This paper summarizes the elements of high-quality principal preparation and professional development programs that have been associated with positive school…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, Program Effectiveness, Partnerships in Education
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Hutchison, Micol – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2016
Empathy and interdisciplinarity are both concepts that are current and relevant--across professions, in research, and in academia. This paper describes a large, interdisciplinary, project-based assignment, the Empathy Project, which allows students to delve into and increase comfort and skill with interdisciplinary thinking and collaborative…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Empathy, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
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Barrett, Brian D. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
This paper draws on the theory of Basil Bernstein and on more recent applications of it by Rob Moore, John Beck and Michael Young to respond to recent calls for the replacement of discipline-based university faculties and departments with "problem-based" curricula and programmes of study. It considers, particularly, the potential…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Universities, Problem Based Learning
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Walsh, Vonda K.; Bush, H. Francis – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
Problem-based learning has been proven to be successful in both medical colleges and physics classes, but not uniformly across all disciplines. A college course in probability and statistics was used as a setting to test the effectiveness of problem-based learning when applied to homework. This paper compares the performances of the students from…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, College Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Homework
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Hughey-Commers, Erin – Inquiry, 2011
Hands-on learning with business professionals is at the heart of the educators' approach with the Piedmont Futures program at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Too often educators provide the answers before students have asked the questions; they create career pathways without providing students with sufficient opportunities to explore which…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Experiential Learning, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Newbill, Phyllis Leary; Drape, Tiffany A.; Schnittka, Christine; Baum, Liesl; Evans, Michael A. – Afterschool Matters, 2015
Both employer expectations and education standards, including the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards, are shifting the focus of learning from knowledge and discrete skills to the ability to think critically and creatively. This paper describes the process of translating an existing teacher-led STEM curriculum to fit…
Descriptors: After School Programs, After School Education, STEM Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Resler, Lynn M.; Kolivras, Korine N. – Journal of Geography, 2009
This article presents a field technique that exposes students to the indirect effects of habitat fragmentation on plant distributions through studying edge effects. This assignment, suited for students in an introductory biogeography or resource geography class, increases students' knowledge of basic biogeographic concepts such as environmental…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Geography, Natural Resources, Biodiversity
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