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Sevgi Aydin Gunbatar; Betul Ekiz Kiran; Yezdan Boz; Gillian H. Roehrig – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: Based on the literature review, shared characteristics of integrated STEM (I-STEM) curriculum includes an engaging and motivating context, student participation in engineering design activities, opportunity to redesign, engaging in mathematics or science content, having student-centred pedagogies, and teamwork and communication. These…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, STEM Education, Class Activities, Experiential Learning
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McDonald, Paul Argyle; Smith, Julie M. – Curriculum Journal, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of problem posing in learning mathematics at the compulsory education level. Despite acknowledging that children have a natural disposition to pose questions, no curricular provision currently exists for the conceptualisation and operationalisation of mathematical problem posing within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Educational Improvement, National Curriculum
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Walton, Janet – Issues in Teacher Education, 2014
The label of "teacher" is something of a misnomer for the problem-based learning (PBL) practitioner. Rather than acting as a source of content knowledge, PBL educators are lead learners who demonstrate learning to students through their own authentic inquiry (Hmelo-Silver, 2004). PBL educators and students travel a road together that…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Problem Based Learning, Teacher Role, Elementary Secondary Education
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Belland, Brian R.; Walker, Andrew E.; Kim, Nam Ju; Lefler, Mason – Review of Educational Research, 2017
Computer-based scaffolding assists students as they generate solutions to complex problems, goals, or tasks, helping increase and integrate their higher order skills in the process. However, despite decades of research on scaffolding in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, no existing comprehensive meta-analysis has…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), STEM Education, Meta Analysis
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Potvin, Patrice; Hasni, Abdelkrim – Studies in Science Education, 2014
The relationship that exists between students and science and technology (S&T) is a complex and important one. If it is positive, then social, economic and environmental consequences are to be expected. Yet, many problems of interest/motivation/attitude (I/M/A) towards S&T have been recorded. A lot of research has been conducted on this…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Research
Knickman, Kevin; Schulte, Lindsay; Schwemmer, Gabrielle; Young, Henrietta – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This document is a Problem Based Learning project addressing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the achievement gap issue that lingers in public education. It centers on the ideas of cultural sensitivity as a means of educating all students in an era of accountability. The goal of the project was to address the problem of minority student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, School Culture, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
Falkenberg, Karen; McClure, Patricia; McComb, Errin M. – SERVE Center for Continuous Improvement at UNCG, 2006
In considering science in afterschool, research was reviewed and is presented in this document on how students learn science; how science is assessed, particularly inquiry science; recommended practices for afterschool science; and current afterschool science programs. Databases such as ERIC, Wilson Web, and PsychINFO were searched using…
Descriptors: Student Projects, After School Programs, Active Learning, Skill Development