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Ripberger, Chad; Blalock, Lydia B. – Journal of Extension, 2015
This article discusses how intensive, content-rich, multiple-day conferences for teams of youth and their adult coaches can be used to initiate the training and planning needed for teens to successfully serve as STEM teachers. The concepts are based on three 4-H "teens as teachers" projects that included 29-36.5 hour initial training…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Coaching (Performance), Scientific Literacy, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Hannan, Maggie; Russell, Jennifer Lin; Takahashi, Sola; Park, Sandra – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The rapid turnover of novice teachers is a stubborn challenge plaguing schools across the country. The field has come to some consensus about key elements of effective novice teacher support that have potential to ameliorate this problem, although this knowledge has been applied in an inconsistent fashion. Beginning teacher support is a complex…
Descriptors: Science Course Improvement Projects, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Social Networks
Hadzhiiliev, Vassil Stefanov; Dobreva, Zhaneta Stoykova – Online Submission, 2011
The development of universities as independent scientific centers determines their mission to incorporate the most modern achievements of science into the students' practical training. This research on the attitudes of the participants in this process towards the use of modern practices encompasses both trainers and students, and it consists of…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Change, Trainers
Kallai, Arava Y.; Schunn, Christian D.; Ponting, Andrea L.; Fiez, Julie A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The aim of this study was to test a training program intended to fine-tune the mental representations of double-digit numbers, thus increasing the discriminability of such numbers. The authors' assumption was that increased fluency in math could be achieved by improving the analogic representations of numbers. The study was completed in the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Numbers, Achievement Gains
Lande, Micah; Adams, Robin; Chen, Helen; Currano, Becky; Leifer, Larry – Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (NJ1), 2007
The Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) program is one element of the NSF-sponsored Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE). Its primary goal is to build a community of engineering education scholars who can think and work across disciplines with an ultimate aim of improving the engineering student…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Scholarship, Institutes (Training Programs), Training Methods
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Kinsey, Brad L.; Towle, Erick; Onyancha, Richard M. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2008
Spatial ability, which is positively correlated with retention and achievement in engineering, mathematics, and science disciplines, has been shown to improve over the course of a Computer-Aided Design course or through targeted training. However, which type of training provides the most beneficial improvements to spatial ability and whether other…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Spatial Ability, Training Methods, Instructional Innovation