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Arslan, Okan; Eroglu, Deniz; Tatli, Ercan – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2022
A multidisciplinary origami activity that could be used in middle school mathematics and science lessons was designed and implemented. Mathematical purpose of the origami activity is to support students' conceptual understanding and procedural skills related to the concept of fraction. Regarding science, the activity aims to visualize Solar system…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials, Fractions
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Peretz, Roee; Tal, Marina; Akiri, Effrat; Dori, Dov; Dori, Yehudit Judy – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
As science and technology create an ecosystem that is becoming increasingly more knowledge-intensive, complex, and interconnected, the next generation science standards include systems thinking and systems modeling among 21st skills that should be fostered. We examined the effect of an online cross-disciplinary learning process on the development…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Science Education, Assignments, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Ari, Omer – College Teaching, 2021
This study measured competencies and conceptual knowledge developed by undergraduates who participated in a 2-month interdisciplinary research project at a large urban university in Southeast US. Working in groups, students chose a shared topic of significant interest and examined it through the combined lens of multidisciplinary insights toward a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Projects, Interdisciplinary Approach, Competence
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Mandrikas, Achilleas; Michailidi, Emily; Stavrou, Dimitris – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2020
Background: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NST) have been recognized as an emerging technology of the 21st century. The interdisciplinary nature and remarkable applications of NST have prompted science education researchers to recognize its potential in science teaching. NST have also been acknowledged as a vital field in technology in order to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Technology Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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St. Clair, Janet – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2018
The article discusses the integration of cartoons into a finite mathematics college course. However, cartoon integration is appropriate for any educational level STEM course. Students and the author used an online comic strip creator, MakeBeliefsComix.com, to create cartoons that connected concepts to the real world and history. Following Cho,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Interdisciplinary Approach, Cartoons
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Swift, Michael C.; Bowers, Lisa; McDonald, Eric; Walter, Anne – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
St. Olaf College recently restructured its Summer Bridge Program (SBP) course for incoming low-income (LI) and first-generation (FG) college students from a non-major biology course, "Issues in Biology," to an interdisciplinary "Explorations in Science" course. Two significant changes were made with the intention of giving…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students
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Turna, Özge; Bolat, Mualla – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Physics of music is an area that is covered by interdisciplinary approach. In this study it is aimed to determine prospective music teachers' level of association with physics concepts which are related to music. The research is a case study which combines qualitative and quantitative methods. Eighty-four students who were studying at the…
Descriptors: Physics, Music Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Music Teachers
Troncoso, Carlos; Lavalle, Andrea; Curia, Leopoldo; Daniele, Elaine; Chrobak, Ricardo – 1998
The present work has the purpose of showing the evolution of topics or mathematical concepts that are both relevant and with marked grades of abstraction. In this report is specifically described the utilization of metacognitive tools. These include concept maps, the Gowin heuristic vee, and the clinical interview. They are efficient in showing…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Constructivism (Learning), Engineering Education