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Purington, Stephanie; Nieswandt, Martina – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary STEM collaboration in the solution of real-world problems and encourage student independence and interdependence through a student-centered teaching approach that structures all projects as group…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Science Programs
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Stohlmann, Micah; Huang, Xing; DeVaul, lina – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2018
rowth mindset is an important belief for students to be successful in mathematics and in their current and future lives. Solving open-ended problems also has many positive benefits for students. Little research has been conducted though on growth mindset and mathematics at the middle school level and particularly growth mindset with open-ended…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes, Problem Solving
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Brown, I. Foster – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Learning to question is essential for determining pathways of conservation and development in southwestern Amazonia during a time of rapid global environmental change. Teaching such an approach in graduate science programs in regional universities can be done using play-acting and simulation exercises. Multiple working hypotheses help students…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Graduate Students