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Torras-Melenchon, Nuria; Grau, M. Dolors; Font-Soldevila, Josep; Freixas, Josep – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2015
This paper presents the experience of an initiative, the EXPLORE courses, designed to bring science and technology closer to secondary school. The EXPLORE courses, organised by "EXPLORATORI: Natural Resources" project, are particularly addressed to secondary school teachers and are conducted at Catalonia (North East of Spain). The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science, STEM Education
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Roll, Ido; Holmes, Natasha G.; Day, James; Bonn, Doug – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
Invention and Productive Failure activities ask students to generate methods that capture the important properties of some given data (e.g., uncertainty) before being taught the expert solution. Invention and Productive Failure activities are a class of scientific inquiry activities in that students create, implement, and evaluate mathematical…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Metacognition, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Inquiry