NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Source
ProQuest LLC55
Audience
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 55 results Save | Export
Elesha Goodfriend – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The primary purpose of this study was to compare academic variables from students participating in mixed teaching methods/course revitalization biology courses to those in traditional courses at two community colleges in Tennessee. A two-group comparison design using archived data was used, which evaluated differences in final grades, exam scores,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Cassandra N. Malcom – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills are increasingly required of students to be successful in higher education and the workforce. Therefore, modeling assessment outcomes accurately, often using more types of student data to get a complete picture of student learning, is increasingly relevant. The Program for International…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, STEM Education, Science Tests, Achievement Tests
Clarissa de Oliveira Deverel-Rico – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The three articles in this dissertation explore how curriculum, instruction, and assessments should align with the vision for science learning outlined in the Framework for K-12 Science Education. Together, the papers demonstrate how curriculum, instruction, and assessment, when mutually supportive of each other, can foster a learning environment…
Descriptors: Science Education, Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Science Tests
Olaegbe, Mudasiru K. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The immense benefits of e-learning cannot be overemphasized. In addition to solving the time and space constraints posed by the traditional/conventional learning methods, it can be more adaptive and interactive to achieve optimum learning output/results. As a consequence of students' varying backgrounds and different learning abilities, the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Productivity, Computer Simulation, Self Efficacy
Amogh Sirnoorkar – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Assessments are an integral part of academic environments and can present opportunities for students to make sense of novel contexts using their existing ideas. Assessments also provide insights on students' learning and the efficacy of the pedagogical practices. Consequently, physics education research shares a storied history of developing…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Tests
Thacker, Nathan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Organic chemistry is a class well known to be difficult and necessary for many careers in the sciences, and as a result, has garnered interest in researching ways to improve student learning and comprehension. One potential way involves using eye tracking techniques to understand how students visually examine questions. Organic chemistry involves…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Multiple Choice Tests, Organic Chemistry, Science Tests
Crystal Uminski – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The landscape of undergraduate biology education has been shaped by decades of reform efforts calling for instruction to integrate core concepts and scientific skills as a means of helping students become proficient in the discipline. Assessments can be used to make inferences about how these reform efforts have translated into changes in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Science Tests
Leeford Hope Dufe – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic affected education, causing schools in the United States to switch from face-to-face to remote learning modalities. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of educational modalities on academic achievement in K-12 education to contribute to evidence-based decision-making in science education by practitioners and…
Descriptors: Standards, COVID-19, Pandemics, Case Studies
Jeffrey Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student' achievement in science can be affected by teacher subject matter knowledge, ineffective instructional methods, and lack of student engagement. Although all schools provide professional development opportunities, not all teachers choose to engage in a program that provides teaching and learning through experiential techniques for the…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement
Pachla, Kristofer – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation explores the post-hoc programmatic outcomes and experiences of participants in a large scale, grant-funded professional development (PD) program. This PD was an immersive, two-year induction program designed to improve state testing scores in science, and support early career science educators as they transitioned into the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Science Tests
Whitney, Kendra – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study, which was informed by the social constructivist theory, was to examine how the use of active-learning in high school science classrooms affects classroom content test grades and failure rates. The research questions this study addressed were: (1) what affect does varying percentages of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, High School Students, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Price, Elizabeth Lamond – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call upon K-12 science teachers to provide authentic science and engineering practices which deepen understanding of core ideas and crosscutting concepts (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Probeware technology provides exposure to these scientific practices; however, there is a disconnect between the frequency…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Outcomes of Education, Case Studies
Marolf, Cindy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to provide quantitative data about the effectiveness of the traditional lecture method of teaching in a college science course in contrast with an interactive case study method of teaching and learning. The study investigated one professor's teaching an Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology course at Nebraska Wesleyan…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method, Comparative Analysis
Sharma, Meenakshi – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The NRC (2012) Framework and the ensuing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have brought crucial shifts in the goals for students' science learning. Teachers bear the responsibility of translating the three-dimensional vision of student learning articulated in these documents in classrooms through instruction. Central to the idea of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Attention
Bunyamin, Muhammad Abd Hadi – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study aimed to understand Malaysian physics teachers' teaching practices from a pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) perspective. The physics topic of interest was Archimedes' principle. A multiple-case study approach was used, and classroom teaching observations and audio records of teaching, interviews, and collection of documents were the…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Developing Nations
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4