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Rozek, Christopher S.; Hyde, Janet S.; Svoboda, Ryan C.; Hulleman, Chris S.; Harackiewicz, Judith M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
A foundation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is critical for students' college and career advancement, but many U.S. students fail to take advanced mathematics and science classes in high school. Research has neglected the potential role of parents in enhancing students' motivation for pursuing STEM courses.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Science Education, Mathematics Education, Parent Child Relationship
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Falcao, Douglas; Colinvaux, Dominique; Krapas, Sonia; Querioz, Gloria; Alves, Fatima; Cazelli, Sibele; Valente, Maria Esther, Gouvea, Guaracira – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
A models and modelling approach was adopted to investigate the educational potential of a science museum exhibition. It focused on patterns of relationship between the teaching models proposed by designers and students models in regard to four exhibits concerning astronomical cycles. Student's models were elicited by interviewing 21 pupils…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Exhibits, Museums
Valdivia, Adolfo Obaya – 1997
Learning processes have been investigated for regularities of the changes in the strength of a reflex that result from manipulations of several parameters of a stimulus. Most of this work has been carried out in the tradition of associative theory. One consequence of this emphasis was that for a long time several phenomena that can be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Habituation, Integrated Activities, Mathematical Models