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Straub, Jeremy; Whalen, David – Education Sciences, 2013
This paper analyzes the educational impact of the OpenOrbiter Small Spacecraft Development Initiative, a CubeSat development program underway at the University of North Dakota. OpenOrbiter includes traditional STEM activities (e.g., spacecraft engineering, software development); it also incorporates students from non-STEM disciplines not generally…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Space Sciences, STEM Education, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Raes, Annelies; Schellens, Tammy; De Wever, Bram – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
As secondary students' interest in science is decreasing, schools are faced with the challenging task of providing adequate instruction to engage students--and more particularly the disadvantaged students--to learn science and improve their science inquiry skills. In this respect, the integration of Web-based collaborative inquiry can be seen as a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Inquiry, Skill Development
Giancola, Jennifer; Chase, Anne; Koepnick, Rebecca – Abt Associates, 2001
Responding to changes in the demands on the country's science and engineering research community since the end of the Cold War, the National Science Foundation (NSF) introduced the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in 1997 to encourage science and engineering Ph.D. programs to provide their students with…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Skill Development, Participant Characteristics, Program Descriptions