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Direct linkGochis, Emily E. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The focus of this study was to develop and evaluate a geoscience professional development model that would improve K-12 teachers' capacity to effectively build geoscience literacy and interests in students from a variety of settings and cultural groups. The research compared the application of a geoscience professional development model realized…
Descriptors: Interests, Knowledge Level, Earth Science, Place Based Education
Laci Shea Brock – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Equally as important as growing the body of human knowledge through scientific discoveries and analysis is relaying this information to the general public in a digestible manner to establish a scientifically literate society. This dissertation approaches the multifaceted issue by combining an in-depth study of brown dwarf binary atmospheres with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Scientific Concepts
Ponnock, Annette R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
One understudied barrier to science education reform concerns teachers' cognitive processes and how they relate to instructional decision-making. Epistemic cognition--teachers' beliefs about knowledge and knowledge acquisition and goals for their students' knowledge acquisition--could provide important insights into the choices science teachers…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Education, Barriers, Cognitive Processes
Ritson, Darren J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A traditional mode of Earth Science instruction in public day high schools for students with severe emotional behavioral disorders (EBD) is teacher-delivered lectures supported with paper-based laboratory exercises. These laboratory experiences are often presented through worksheet problems that students are asked to solve and return to the…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, High School Students
Ferderbar, Catherine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
To develop sustainable solutions to remediate the complex ecological problems of earth's soil, water, and air degradation requires the talents and skills of knowledgeable, motivated people (UNESCO, 1977; UNESCO, 2010). Researchers historically emphasized that time spent in outdoor, nature activities (Wells & Lekies, 2006), particularly with an…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Middle School Students, Sustainability, Environmental Education
Pottinger, James E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With the continual growth and demand of online courses, higher education institutions are attempting to meet the needs of today's learners by modifying and developing new student centered services and programs. As a result, faculty members are being forced into teaching online, including Earth and Space science faculty. Online Earth and Space…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Space Sciences, Higher Education, Colleges
