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Eileen Haase; Ryan O'Hara; Anil Maybhate – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2022
Hands-on labs are a critical component of biomedical engineering undergraduate education. Due to both the pandemic and the growing interest in online education, we developed a Do-it-yourself Electrocardiogram (DIY EKG) project. The Arduino-based DIY EKG kit instructed students how to build a circuit to obtain their own EKG and then analyze their…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biomedicine, Electromechanical Technology, Hands on Science
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Haruka Honda; Noritaka Miyamoto; Hisayuki Miyajima; Yuichi Tanaka – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Fluorescence microscopy is a useful tool that allows students to learn the principles of fluorescence visually in chemical and biological fields. However, fluorescence equipment has high purchase and maintenance costs and thus may not be available in educational institutions or insufficiently funded laboratories. In this study, a microscope stage…
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Lighting, Costs, Printing
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Roth, Wolff-Michael – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2018
Despite its advanced age of about 375 years, the mind--body (psychophysical) problem is alive and well, in part because it is anchored so well institutionally in schools and in research (scientific vs. interpretive psychology). This continued presence is astonishing in the light of the fact that the seed for its solution, sown in Spinoza's…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Hands on Science
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Shea, Michael – Journal of Museum Education, 2014
Based on ethnographic field research at the Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, this article uses the "Hands-on Model of the Internet" in the Future, Innovation, and Society section of the museum as a case study in the various issues related to effective public engagement in science museums. Museum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Museums, Hands on Science
Change the Equation, 2016
A new survey of American teenagers from the Amgen Foundation and Change the Equation offers real cause for optimism about the future of high school science and biology education in the United States. Teens generally like science--and biology in particular--and they grasp the importance of the field to people's lives. They know good biology…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Hands on Science, Experiential Learning, Adolescent Attitudes
American Association of University Women, 2014
Tech Trek opens up STEM possibilities for girls in many contexts. It expands and influences their academic and social lives, starting in middle school and continuing on into their careers. The program seeks out talented girls, sparks their interest, illuminates the value of a college education, and validates their passions. Tech Trek's exciting,…
Descriptors: Surveys, STEM Education, Summer Programs, Middle School Students
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Braverman, Marc T.; Gunter, Katherine; Galloway, Robin; Moore, Karlie J.; Hoel, Brandi; Rennekamp, Denise – Journal of Extension, 2014
Many undergraduates are interested in community-based programming, but at most land-grants undergraduates have little contact with Extension. This article describes a grant project that developed two undergraduate courses about Extension and community-based, experiential education. The academic-year course incorporates lecture, discussion, guest…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Undergraduate Students, Program Development, Community Education
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Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette; Marquez, Lynn; Gill, Susan E.; Medved, Christina – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2011
It is ironic that although children often form lasting decisions, at a young age, about their aptitude for and interest in science we are least successful at preparing elementary teachers to nurture their students' science interests. This is despite the fact that most elementary teachers teach in contained classrooms where they are responsible for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Science Interests, Science Instruction
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Franchetti, Matthew – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2012
This paper summarizes the findings of a five-year study aimed at improving the retention rates of female students pursuing careers in engineering. The study analyzed a series of programs implemented at the University of Toledo. The programs involve hands-on design projects, research experiences, communication tools geared towards females,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Engineering Education, School Holding Power
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Schneider, Tanya L.; Linton, Brian R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
An illuminating way to learn about protein function is to explore high-resolution protein structures. Analysis of the proteins involved in genetic diseases has been used to introduce students to protein structure and the role that individual mutations can play in the onset of disease. Known mutations can be correlated to changes in protein…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Science Activities, Genetics, Experiential Learning
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Wallace, Carolyn S. – School Science and Mathematics, 2004
A previous study (Wallace, Yang, Hand, & Hohenshell, 2001) indicated that seventh-grade life science students using a learning tool known as the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) performed significantly better on conceptual test questions than did a control group. In the present study, the researcher studied more deeply how students utilized a…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Science Laboratories, Group Discussion, Biology
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Ornstein, Avi – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
Attitudinal data tested hypotheses that students have more positive attitudes toward science when teachers regularly emphasize hands-on laboratory activities and when students more frequently experience higher levels of experimentation or inquiry. The first predicted that students would have more positive attitudes toward science in classrooms…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Inquiry
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Shelly, Richard W.; Cannaday, John E., Jr.; Weddle, D. Kenneth – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Describes the development of product design engineering, a successful student-centered interdisciplinary elective that blends critical thinking with curriculum integration, authentic assessment, practical problem solving, and hands-on engagement in a Virginia high school. The goal is to analyze the meaning of engineering as a profession and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elective Courses, Engineering Education, Experiential Learning
Windschitl, Mark – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Constructivist learning, based on students' application of knowledge to solve authentic problems, is a culture, not a fragmented collection of practices. Constructivism places high demands on teachers' subject-matter knowledge, pedagogical skills, and design of independent student projects. Major changes in curriculum, scheduling, and assessment…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
McDuffie, Thomas E., Jr. – 1991
The objective of this investigation was to review impact evaluations related to activity based elementary science programs. Of particular focus is the measurement of process skills attainment. The report presents a survey of current impact evaluation procedure for process-oriented programs as described by recent literature, identification of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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