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Ghadiri, Maryam Ghadiri – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Recent educational studies have shown increasing lack of interest and participation of youth (ages 10-14 years old) in various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields in the U.S. The decline in the number of youth choosing to study STEM fields in higher education and the resulting lack of STEM professionals in the society…
Descriptors: Ecology, Conservation (Environment), Biology, Environmental Education
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Endler, Lorna C.; Bond, Trevor G. – Research in Science Education, 2008
Inquiry is seen as an integral part of science education in the USA; however, few American science programs explicitly focus on the higher order thinking skills that are the precursors to inquiry. In this paper, Australian researchers report the result of using a version of the Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) program in a…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Thinking Skills, Science Education, Cognitive Development