NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Teachers1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Eysenck Personality Inventory1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 12 results Save | Export
Melissa L. Herder – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Teacher perceptions offer a perspective and point of view from a teacher's lens about a given topic. Professional behavior is often influenced by teacher perceptions. In this study, the researcher conducts interviews and surveys the teaching staff at a project-based learning high school after blending the curriculum with a computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Active Learning, Student Projects
Sarah Maestrales – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation focuses on three manuscripts all related to bolstering science achievement through recommendations from the National Research Council (NRC) regarding the teaching and learning of science. The manuscripts address meeting the NRC's call to incorporate curriculum and assessment that lead to more in-depth knowledge that can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Education, Chemistry
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rugh, Michael S.; Beyette, Donald J.; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Capraro, Robert M. – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine a week-long science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) activity that integrates a new educational technology and the engineering design process to teach middle and high school students the concepts involved in rotational physics. The technology and teaching…
Descriptors: Physics, Student Projects, Active Learning, STEM Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
El Bedewy, Shereen; Lavicza, Zsolt; Haas, Ben; Lieban, Diego – Education Sciences, 2022
In this paper we propose STEAM practices that would foster mathematics learning through modelling architecture while connecting to culture and history. The architectural modelling process is applied by the teachers as participants of these practices from different countries allowing a broad cultural and historical connection to mathematics…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Architectural Education, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hellmich, Emily; Castek, Jill; Smith, Blaine E.; Floyd, Rachel; Wen, Wen – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2021
Purpose: Multimodal composing is often romanticized as a flexible approach suitable for all learners. There is a lack of research that critically examines students' perspectives and the constraints of multimodal composing across academic contexts. This study aims to address this need by exploring high school learners' perspectives and experiences…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Multiple Literacies, High School Students, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chao, Jie; Xie, Charles; Massicotte, Joyce; Schimpf, Corey; Lockwood, Jeff; Huang, Xudong; Beaulieu, Craig – Science Teacher, 2018
As solar energy becomes increasingly affordable, many schools are considering installing new solar power systems. In this article, the authors present Solarize Your School, an engineering project that gives students the opportunity to design and evaluate solar power solutions for their own schools. This STEM project requires students to learn and…
Descriptors: Energy, Natural Resources, STEM Education, Student Projects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Purzer, Senay; Goldstein, Molly Hathaway; Adams, Robin S; Xie, Charles; Nourian, Saeid – International Journal of STEM Education, 2015
Background: Design and science inquiry are intertwined during engineering practice. In this study, we examined the relationship between design behaviors and scientific explanations. Data on student design processes were collected as students engaged in a project on designing energy-efficient buildings on a blank square city block surrounded by…
Descriptors: Design, Inquiry, Scientific Concepts, Student Projects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Musa, Sajid; Ziatdinov, Rushan; Sozcu, Omer Faruk; Griffiths, Carol – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2015
Computer animation in the past decade has become one of the most noticeable features of technology-based learning environments. By its definition, it refers to simulated motion pictures showing movement of drawn objects, and is often defined as the art in movement. Its educational application known as educational computer animation is considered…
Descriptors: Animation, Personality Traits, Computer Graphics, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Osman, Kamisah – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Teaching and learning based on web or web-based learning is a concept which integrates information and technology in education. Teachers and instructors have to assist their learners to learn to function in this information environment. However, teacher trainers and instructors have limited experience in the integration of ICT by using web in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Slack, Amy – Science Teacher, 2010
To make the concept of biomes fresh for high school students and help them achieve more conceptual depth, the author Amy Slack created the "Who's in the Zoo?" project. Working in groups, students design a zoo that represents five of Earth's biomes and the climate found in their respective habitats. These groups prepare a proposal and a poster of…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, High School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
Kiliçkaya, Ferit, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
The 5th International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture has been hosted by Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Burdur, Turkey), in cooperation with Çankaya University (Ankara, Turkey) and Süleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey). Our main aim has been to provide a forum for discussion, to facilitate integration in these fields, and to…
Descriptors: Literature, Conferences (Gatherings), Figurative Language, Speeches
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Siegel, Lauren M.; Dickinson, Gail; Hooper, Eric J.; Daniels, Mark – Mathematics Teacher, 2008
This article describes preparation and delivery of high school mathematics lessons that integrate mathematics and astronomy through The Geometer's Sketchpad models, traditional proof, and inquiry-based activities. The lessons were created by a University of Texas UTeach preservice teacher as part of a project-based field experience in which high…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, High Schools, Optics, Algebra