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Ward, Lauren; Lyden, Sarah; Fitzallen, Noleine – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2016
Context based learning (CBL) is a powerful tool that utilises areas of student interest framed in meaningful contexts to foster development of new skills and understanding. For middle school students, engineering activities that relate to real-world problems provide suitable CBL contexts for acquiring conceptual scientific and mathematical…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
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Marrero, Meghan E.; Lam, Keira – Science Teacher, 2014
Studies show that overall seafood consumption in the United States is rising (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2012). Other research estimates that as much as 40% of the seafood caught worldwide is discarded, while countless sharks, whales, dolphins, birds, sea turtles, and other animals are unintentionally killed or injured by fishing gear…
Descriptors: Ichthyology, Classroom Techniques, Models, High School Students
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Bennie, Fiona; Corbett, Charlotte; Palo, Angela – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2015
This article describes an after-school program at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf (HMS), the oldest public day school for deaf students in the United States, where almost half of the student body imagined and created bridge and robotic machines. The Deaf Robotics Engineering and Math Team, or the DREAM Team club, included HMS students in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Robotics, Deafness, Program Descriptions
Jonassen, David H. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2011
Are there different kinds of design problems? Jonassen (2011) argued that problems vary in terms of structuredness, complexity, and context. On the structuredness and complexity continua, design problems tend to be the most ill-structured and complex. Brown and Chandrasekaran suggest that design problems may vary along a continuum from…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Problem Solving, Instructional Development, Design Requirements
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2013
To keep pace with accelerating technology and workplace expectations, high school and technology center students need access to high-level programs and courses that open the doors to further education and careers. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and nine states have launched a far-reaching program to provide rigorous and relevant…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Career Readiness, College Readiness
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Verma, Alok K.; Dickerson, Daniel; McKinney, Sue – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2011
Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University, in collaboration with the marine industry and local school systems, is improving STEM preparation using innovative experiences for students and teachers in the nation's major shipbuilding and repair areas through MarineTech and SBRCD (Shipbuilding Repair and Maritime Career Day) projects. The…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Maintenance, Active Learning, Physical Sciences