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Edmunds, Julie A.; Dudley, William N.; Hutchins, Bryan C.; Arshavsky, Nina; Lewis, Karla – Grantee Submission, 2019
The STEM Early College Expansion Project is an effort to integrate STEM strategies with the early college model and implement this in comprehensive high schools. This report summarizes findings from two separate quasi-experimental impact studies of the model in Michigan and Connecticut. Results from Michigan showed statistically significant…
Descriptors: High Schools, STEM Education, Program Effectiveness, Higher Education
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Nixon, Sarah B.; Saunders, Georgianna L.; Fishback, John E. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2012
The purpose of this research study was to examine the usage and perceived benefits of the ERR (Evocation, Realization of Meaning, and Reflection; Meredith & Steele, 2011) instructional framework and content literacy strategies with middle and high school science teachers. Former students who had participated in an undergraduate or graduate content…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Methods Courses, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Implementation
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Smith, Catherine J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
Despite being criticised for placing little emphasis on thinking, the majority of laboratory work at school level is taught "via" expository "recipe-style" labs. This has been seen to result in students struggling to be able to apply the practical techniques they have learnt in the classroom outside the narrow environment in which they were…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Chemistry, Independent Study, Skill Development
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Pritchard, Tony; McCollum, Starla – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
Two popular instructional models in middle and high school are the sport education model (SEM) and the tactical games model (TGM). The SEM prepares students to become competent, literate, and enthusiastic sportspersons. The TGM prepares students to be able to play games using a tactical approach. Combining the models to form a sport education…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Middle Schools, High Schools