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Hao A. Nguyen; Emily Miura-Stempel; Christine M. Morrison; Grant J. Dixon; Micaela K. Homer; Florence Y. Dou; Alyssia Snow; Matthew R. Golder; Brandi M. Cossairt – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Chemistry students at community colleges often experience a lack of hands-on research opportunities, which can be a significant disadvantage when they transition to four-year universities. To address this, the Summer Chemistry Research Opportunities for Community College Students (SCROCCS) was established in 2022 by graduate students at the…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Research Projects, Community College Students, Universities
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Yukhymenko, Mariya A.; Brown, Scott W.; Lawless, Kimberly A.; Brodowinska, Kamila; Mullin, Gregory – Global Education Review, 2014
Problem-based learning (PBL) environment is a student-centered instructional method based on the use of ill-structured problems as a stimulus for collaborative learning. This study tried to gain an understanding of teachers' instructional practices and students' responses to such practices in middle school classrooms with PBL environment through…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Taylor, Dale L.; Booth, Shirley – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Pre-service teachers enter initial teacher education programmes with conceptions of teaching gleaned from their own schooling. These conceptions, which include teachers' beliefs, may be resistant to change, which is a challenge in contexts where teacher educators hope that teachers will teach in ways different from their own schooling. Conceptions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Secondary School Science