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Teague, Kelly Lynne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Building on the research of National Board Certification and its effect on teacher quality, student achievement, and professional development, this dissertation seeks to explore the factors that influence teachers when it is time to renew their National Board Certification. Using a qualitative methodology, this study seeks to describe the process…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Decision Making, Faculty Development, Influences
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Fagan, Bryan J.; Payne, Bryson R. – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2017
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts over 8 million job openings in IT and computing, including 1 million cybersecurity postings, over the current five-year period. This paper presents lessons learned in preparing middle-school students in rural Georgia for future careers in computer science/ IT by teaching computer programming in the free,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Teaching Methods, Computer Science Education, Open Source Technology
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Cross, Dionne; Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Hendricks, Sean; Hickey, Daniel T. – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
In this paper we explore the relationship between learning gains, measured through pre-assessment and post-assessment, and engagement in scientific argumentation. In order to do so, this paper examines group discourse and individual learning during the implementation of NASA Classroom of the Future's BioBLAST![R] (BB) software program in a high…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Coding, Biology, Science Instruction