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Deka, Lipika; Shereen, Peri; Wand, Jeffrey – PRIMUS, 2023
Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) were originally developed by biologists to answer the call for undergraduate curriculum reform and expose more students to authentic research experiences [Wei and Woodin. 2011. Undergraduate research experiences in biology: Alternatives to the apprenticeship model. "CBE Life Sciences…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Mathematics Education, Models
Saavedra, Anna Rosefsky; Rapaport, Amie; Morgan, Kari Lock; Garland, Marshall W.; Liu, Ying; Hu, Alyssa; Hoepfner, Danial; Haderlein, Shira Korn – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
A team of researchers wanted to learn whether AP teachers using a project-based learning (PBL) approach could develop students' deep learning of knowledge and skills while preparing them for their AP exams. They used a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the Knowledge in Action (KIA) project-based curricula for AP courses. KIA students…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Research
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Noah Asher Golden – LEARNing Landscapes, 2024
In recent years, discourses about youth have been mired in narratives of learning loss and mental health crises. These cultural stories often pathologize youth, offering little in the way of generative pathways for educator practice to aid young people as they navigate the very real challenges in contemporary society. The experiences and…
Descriptors: Well Being, Cooperation, Art, Educational Environment
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Mary Ellen Dello Stritto; Naomi R. Aguiar; Greta R. Underhill; Cat Turk; Gretchen Lohry-Smith; Raquel Lamantain – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
In higher education, online students are often precluded from research assistantships that are more accessible for campus-based students. At a highly ranked institution for online learning, we developed the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to address this gap in opportunities for online students. The URP is designed to engage fully distanced…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Student Research, Research Opportunities
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Jangali, Satish G.; Gaitonde, Vinayak N. – Africa Education Review, 2020
Laboratory exercises have created benefits in student learning. Making laboratories open ended pushes students to have an independent perspective and to think harder. An open-ended experiment is where students are given the flexibility to develop their own experiments. Outcome-based education is an educational theory that bases each part of an…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Program Effectiveness, Student Evaluation, Scoring Rubrics
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J. A. Bunn; Y. Feito – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
Agile, Lean, and Scrum (collectively referred to as Agile) are frameworks that help teams collaborate more effectively and transparently on complex projects. Originally developed in business and information technology, these methods have since been adapted for use in a variety of disciplines. Agile is based on iterative and incremental…
Descriptors: Student Research, Student Projects, College Students, Group Activities
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Grieger, Krystal; Leontyev, Alexey – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
This article describes the implementation of a student-generated open educational resource project into a majors' organic chemistry laboratory. This scaffolded semester-long project was organized into six phases and designed to promote the goals of teaching students about both green chemistry and real-life applications of the reactions covered in…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Conservation (Environment), Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry
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Lucas Education Research, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2021
This brief describes the findings of a study into the effects of a project-based learning (PBL) social studies curriculum, Project PLACE, on social studies and literacy achievement among second graders in low-income communities. The study by University of Michigan and Michigan State researchers found the PBL curriculum led to gains in social…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Social Studies, Literacy
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Hajjat, Fatima M. – Journal of Education for Business, 2021
Cause-Related Marketing (CRM), defined as profit motivated giving, is an effective strategy that can be used to demonstrate to students the "good side" of marketing. This paper outlines an experiential project that allowed students to gain a better understanding of marketing principles while also gaining an appreciation for corporate…
Descriptors: Marketing, Business Administration Education, College Students, Experiential Learning
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Lucas Education Research, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2021
This is a review of the findings of a study investigating the impact of a project-based elementary science curriculum on academic achievement and aspects of social and emotional learning. The study by Michigan State and University of Michigan researchers found that use of the project-based learning (PBL) program, Multiple Literacies in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Science Achievement, Social Emotional Learning
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Bianchi, Lynne – Primary Science, 2020
In this article, the author describes the impact of the Great Science Share for Schools (GSSfS). This annual campaign has already engaged over 100,000 pupils since its start in 2016. With 2019 seeing a record-breaking 63,614 pupils registered across 483 events in 11 countries, the forecast for 2020 is looking positive. Set up by the Science &…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Hunter, D. A.; Castagno, A. E.; Gonzales, T.; Tallsalt, V.; Little, A.; Brown, T.; Pipe, M.; Greyeyes, J.; Marsh, E.; Smith, J.; Paulson, S.; Yazzie, J.; Black, P.; Saganey, E.; Cole, C. – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
The Native American Astronomy Outreach Program (NAAOP) at Lowell Observatory is an in-class STEM enrichment program that pairs astronomers with 4th-8th grade teachers at Native-serving schools in northern Arizona. The astronomer works with the teacher to present hands-on astronomy activities to their class with the goal of getting students excited…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Kruger, Christopher J.; Scogin, Stephen C.; Jekkals, Regan E. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2019
Although embedded in a traditional middle school, STREAM takes a nontraditional approach by connecting students to the outdoors through project-based learning.
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Projects, Outdoor Education, STEM Education
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Lucas Education Research, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2021
This brief examines the findings of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California examining a project-based approach to Advanced Placement courses. The randomized study found the proportion of students earning a credit-qualifying score on the AP test was 8 percentage points higher in the project-based version of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs
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White, David – PRIMUS, 2019
In an increasingly data-driven world, facility with statistics is more important than ever for our students. At institutions without a statistician, it often falls to the mathematics faculty to teach statistics courses. This paper presents a model that a mathematician asked to teach statistics can follow. This model entails connecting with faculty…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
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