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Rachmatullah, Arif – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation conducted a science classroom intervention using two instructional approaches, computational modeling and paper-based pictorial modeling, in the context of food webs. A series of research papers were written on the impact of the intervention on students' attitudes and learning, and on teachers via professional development and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Food, Intervention
Newman, Thomas R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The lack of diversity in the technology workforce in the United States has proven to be a stubborn problem, resisting even the most well-funded reform efforts. With the absence of computer science education in the mainstream K-12 curriculum, only a narrow band of students in public schools go on to careers in technology. The problem persists…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Literacy, Elementary School Teachers, Computer Science Education
Meredith, John Randy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Podcasting holds great potential both as a teaching and learning tool. As a result, the podcasting phenomenon has attracted the attention of educators at all levels. Much has been written about the use of podcasting as a learning activity and lecture recording, but there is little research on the social and cognitive impacts of educational…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Predictor Variables, Handheld Devices