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Jared Phelps Canright – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The creation of new knowledge in the form of scientific models is a cornerstone of the process of science. In physics laboratory instruction, students are very often stuck in a confirmatory mindset; they have been conditioned to believe that the role of experimentation in the classroom and in the world is to verify known facts. This mindset is…
Descriptors: Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Physics, Models, Scientific Concepts
Andrew Joseph Krause – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This is a study of student engagement with computational labs in Calculus 2. The labs task students with using MATLAB to investigate contexts such as rocket science, disease modeling, and market economics forecasting by modifying and executing provided code, guided by questions that have students report the results of their simulations or…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Computation, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
Cross, Megan D. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study explored the many layers involved in young children's meaning-making as they digitally compose. Utilizing a multimodal, social semiotics theoretical framework to analyze children's digital compositions using a composing app, this study was designed around one research question: What is the nature of three and four-year-old children's…
Descriptors: Young Children, Computer Software, Laboratory Schools, Handheld Devices
Yuza, Steve C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of interactive multimedia simulations and virtual dissection software on depth of learning among students participating in biology and chemistry laboratory courses. By understanding more about how simulation and virtual dissection software changes depth of learning, educators will have the…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Laboratory Procedures
Kabisch, Eric Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation investigates the relationship between storytelling and information in the narration of geographic space. While storytelling has historically shaped our understanding of geography, modern practices in data collection, cartography, and geographic visualization enable one-way forms of representation that remove the negotiation and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Technology Uses in Education, Grounded Theory, Geographic Information Systems
Rague, Brian William – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Almost all collegiate programs in Computer Science offer an introductory course in programming primarily devoted to communicating the foundational principles of software design and development. The ACM designates this introduction to computer programming course for first-year students as CS1, during which methodologies for solving problems within…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Introductory Courses, Sequential Approach, Programming Languages