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Predictors of Students' Interest in a Citizen Science Programme
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Dohn, Niels B. – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
This study investigates upper secondary students' situational interest in a collaborative citizen science programme that involves genetic monitoring of freshwater fauna by analysing environmental DNA (eDNA) extracted from local pond water. The programme was attended by a sample that comprised 1879 students (M[subscript age] = 18.15, SD = 1.94)…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Secondary School Students, Data Collection, Water
Integrating Technology in STEM Education
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Chacko, Priya; Appelbaum, Sarah; Kim, Heejoo; Zhao, Jinhui; Montclare, Jin Kim – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2015
Students have access to the Internet at their fingertips via e-tablets and smart phones. However, the STEM fields are struggling to remain relevant in students' lives outside the classroom. In an effort to improve high school science curricula and to keep students engaged in the classroom, we developed a technology-rich bioengineering summer…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, STEM Education, Secondary School Science, Summer Programs
The Clubbers' Guide: A Treasure Trove of Science Activities/A Treasure Hunt through Time and Space
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Howarth, Sue; Scott, Linda; Carter, Liz – School Science Review, 2013
This issue of Clubbers' Guide contains an article written by Liz Carter, Senior Science Technician at the Warwick School, Redhill, Surrey (UK), describing some of the wide variety of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) based activities that her school puts on during an eight-day summer school in the holidays for prospective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Science Activities, Summer Science Programs
Increase in Science Research Commitment in a Didactic and Laboratory-Based Program Targeted to Gifted Minority High-School Students
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Fraleigh-Lohrfink, Kimberly J.; Schneider, M. Victoria; Whittington, Dawayne; Feinberg, Andrew P. – Roeper Review, 2013
Underrepresentation of ethnic minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields has been a growing concern. Efforts to ameliorate this have often been directed at college-level enrichment. However, mentoring in the sciences at a high-school age level may have a greater impact on career choices. The Center Scholars…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Minority Group Students, Academically Gifted, High School Students
For the Health-Care Work Force, a Critical Prognosis
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Rahn, Daniel W.; Wartman, Steven A. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The United States faces a looming shortage of many types of health-care professionals, including nurses, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and allied-health and public-health workers. There may also be a shortage of faculty members in the health sciences. The results will be felt acutely within the next 10 years. Colleges and health-science…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Physicians, Nurses, Chronic Illness
Findings from an Independent Evaluation of the AMNH's Online Seminars on Science Course: "Genetics, Genomics, Genethics"
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Inverness Research, 2008
Inverness Research studied the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Seminars on Science program for eight years, from its inception in 1998 to 2006. This paper presents teacher survey ratings for "Genetics, Genomics, Genethics", along with profiles of three teachers who took the course. Course takers report on the annual follow-up…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Museums, Seminars, Online Courses