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Thys, Miranda; Verschaffel, Lieven; Van Dooren, Wim; Laevers, Ferre – Studies in Science Education, 2016
This paper provides a systematic review of instruments that have the potential to measure the quality of project-based science and technology (S&T) learning environments in elementary school. To this end, a comprehensive literature search was undertaken for the large field of S&T learning environments. We conducted a horizontal bottom-up…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Prior Learning, Scientific Concepts
Ohn, J. D. – Social Studies, 2013
The purpose of the study was to examine if and how elementary preservice teachers' perceptions about history were changed upon their completion of a class project that engaged them in a discipline-specific inquiry as a method of teaching history. Surveys were administered to assess any changes in their perception of the history before and after…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Social Studies
Ashley, Susan – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2011
The process of finding inspiration for a class project is fascinating and intriguing. In this article, the author describes a class project inspired by the gyre, a widespread circulating rotation or vortex of ocean currents, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This particular gyre is the location of an enormous floating mass of garbage,…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Class Activities, Sanitation, Recycling
Campbell, Jackie – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the use of specifically-developed, inquiry-based learning materials for Computing and Forensic Computing students. Small applications have been developed which require investigation in order to de-bug code, analyse data issues and discover "illegal" behaviour. The applications…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Inquiry, Active Learning

Johnson-Kuby, Sue Ann; Katz, Claudia Anne – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Describes eight creative inquiry projects for middle-school students, complete with description, time investment, level of difficulty, and student rating. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Inquiry, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools

Peck, Jacqueline K.; Hughes, Sharon V. – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes a project in which an inquiry approach to learning and teaching in an urban first-grade classroom resulted in a student-created database. Illustrates how computer integration in reading/language arts instruction caused students to participate more in group inquiry, using their individual abilities to contribute to group projects; it also…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning