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Kathryn S. McCarthy; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2023
When students learn, they activate, use, revise, and acquire knowledge. As such, knowledge is a fundamental asset. We advocate for an asset-based approach which capitalizes on students' knowledge through prompts and activities that invite learners to leverage what they already know. Considering knowledge as an asset means that educators must…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Definitions, Prompting, Learning Activities

Ryan A. Burke; Jamie J. Jirout; Bethany A. Bell – Grantee Submission, 2024
Cognitive engagement is an essential component in student learning. With the increase of more asynchronous virtual educational tools in classrooms, there is a need to understand how students are engaging with classroom content in these formats. Several studies have examined student and teacher perceptions of cognitive engagement in virtual…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Learner Engagement, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication

Diana Owen; Alissa Irion-Groth – Grantee Submission, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of the Center for Civic Education's Project Citizen teacher professional development program and curriculum intervention in producing positive student learning outcomes that support civic engagement. Through Project Citizen, students identify and research a problem in their community, explore solutions,…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Faculty Development, Problem Solving
Brezack, Natalie; Radovanovic, Mia; Woodward, Amanda L. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Children learn to perform actions on artifacts in their environments from infancy, but the ways caregivers support this learning during everyday interactions are relatively unexplored. This study investigated how naturalistic caregiver-child teaching interactions promoted conventional action learning in toddlers. Caregivers of 32 24- to…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Learning Processes, Interaction, Caregiver Child Relationship
Chi, Michelene T. H. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Despite decades of research related to teaching and learning, the findings have made little impact on classroom teaching and learning. This paper briefly describes the four existing methods to close this gap, with more extensive analyses of the limitations of one of the four methods, which is to consolidate and distill robust laboratory findings…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Theories, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
Amedee Marchand Martella; Marsha C. Lovett; Lynette Ramsay – Grantee Submission, 2021
To investigate the variation in active learning used in college science courses, the authors analyzed 57 comparison studies published in three prominent science education journals. Focusing on three sources of variation--(a) the active learning activities, (b) other pedagogical features, and (c) course structure/design--they found that most…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Science, Educational Research, Science Instruction
Nathan, Mitchell J.; Alibali, Martha W. – Grantee Submission, 2021
We present an embodied theory of transfer as applied to mathematical ideas. Project-based learning (PBL) offers important sites for investigating transfer because students and teachers must track mathematical invariant relations that are embedded in complex settings where knowledge and information is distributed and extended across various…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Student Projects, Active Learning, Transfer of Training
Eileen G. Merritt; Andrea E. Weinberg; Candace Lapan; Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman – Grantee Submission, 2024
Energy concepts are taught in many schools, but children rarely have an opportunity to grapple with energy problems and work on their own solutions. This study explores the impacts of Connect Science, a service-learning (SL) program developed to enhance elementary students' energy literacy in the United States. Program impacts were explored within…
Descriptors: Science Education, Service Learning, Energy, Scientific Concepts

Amy Adair – Grantee Submission, 2024
Developing models, using mathematics, and constructing explanations are three practices essential for science inquiry learning according to education reform efforts, such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013). However, students struggle with these intersecting practices, especially when developing and interpreting…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Technology Integration, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Chi, Michelene T. H.; Adams, Joshua; Bogusch, Emily B.; Bruchok, Christiana; Kang, Seokmin; Lancaster, Matthew; Levy, Roy; Li, Na; McEldoon, Katherine L.; Stump, Glenda S.; Wylie, Ruth; Xu, Dongchen; Yaghmourian, David L. – Grantee Submission, 2018
ICAP is a theory of active learning that differentiates students' engagement based on their behaviors. ICAP postulates that "Interactive" engagement, demonstrated by co-generative collaborative behaviors, is superior for learning to "Constructive" engagement, indicated by generative behaviors. Both kinds of engagement exceed…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Outcomes of Education, Learning Theories
Ton de Jong; Ard W. Lazonder; Clark A. Chinn; Frank Fisher; Janice Gobert; Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver; Ken R. Koedinger; Joseph S. Krajcik; Eleni A. Kyza; Marcia C. Linn; Margus Pedaste; Katharina Scheiter; Zacharias C. Zacharia – Grantee Submission, 2023
Many studies investigating inquiry learning in science domains have appeared over the years. Throughout this period, inquiry learning has been regularly criticized by scholars who favor direct instruction over inquiry learning. In this vein, Zhang, Kirschner, Cobern, and Sweller (2022) recently asserted that direct instruction is overall superior…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Inquiry, Active Learning
Tomohiro Nagashima; Stephanie Tseng; Elizabeth Ling; Anna N. Bartel; Nicholas A. Vest; Elena M. Silla; Martha W. Alibali; Vincent Aleven – Grantee Submission, 2022
Learners' choices as to whether and how to use visual representations during learning are an important yet understudied aspect of self-regulated learning. To gain insight, we developed a "choice-based" intelligent tutor in which students can choose whether and when to use diagrams to aid their problem solving in algebra. In an…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Visual Aids, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Independent Study

Joan N. Kaderavek; Peter Paprzycki; Charlene M. Czerniak; Susanna Hapgood; Christopher M. Wojciechowski; Scott Molitor; Jeanna Heuring; Grant Wilson – Grantee Submission, 2025
This study examined the effects of science and engineering (S & E) inquiry on preschool and kindergarten children's academic outcomes using a randomized control-group design. Participants were divided into three groups: a classroom-only group (C-only) receiving NGSS-aligned S & E inquiry; a classroom plus family engagement group (C + F)…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Science Activities, Science Curriculum
Stocks, Eric; Culclasure, Brooke; Odell, Michael – Grantee Submission, 2021
The effect of the New Tech Network (NTN) design on students' academic achievement and workforce skills was tested in several schools in the southeastern United States. Results are provided for a sample of four treatment and four matched and equivalent control schools. Results suggest that the NTN treatment in schools implementing with fidelity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Job Skills, High School Students, Integrated Curriculum

Laura Holian; Catharine Warner-Griffin; Benjamin P. Gold – Grantee Submission, 2024
The purpose of this study was to understand if a STEM camp (Gear Up 4 STEM) offered during school breaks could improve science outcomes and engagement of elementary school students. This study followed two cohorts of students in Knox County Schools (grades 3, 4, and 5) over one school year and assessed their performance on the state administered…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Science Achievement