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Download full textBevan, Bronwyn; Ryoo, Jean; Shea, Molly – Afterschool Matters, 2017
This article outlines key findings of a study of STEM-rich afterschool Making programs offered by the four organizations participating in a project called the California Tinkering Afterschool Network. Over three years, the project identified key characteristics of inclusive and equity-oriented Maker activities and facilitation. It also defined the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, After School Programs, Creative Activities, Science Course Improvement Projects
Direct linkMacConnell, Kristen; Caillier, Stacey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
At High Tech Elementary Chula Vista in California, teachers are using improvement science, a method for solving a problem of practice with disciplined inquiry, to help students make their thinking visible. The teachers wanted to increase students' use of how and why language to articulate their thinking; to that end, they have been using short…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Course Improvement Projects, Thinking Skills, Faculty Development
Gordon, Neil – Teaching Science, 2016
Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) on the Sunshine Coast is growing rapidly. It has expanded from one inaugural Year 8 class in 2012 to the current state of play with the involvement of over 3,000 CASE students from eleven Sunshine Coast State High Schools. It is being taught by more than seventy CASE teachers with…
Descriptors: Science Course Improvement Projects, Secondary School Science, Science Achievement, Science Activities
Adler, Jill – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
Linked research and development forms the central pillar of the 5-year Wits Maths Connect Secondary Project in South Africa. Our empirical data emphasised the need for teaching that mediates towards mathematics viewed as a network of scientific concepts, and the development of the notion of 'mathematical discourse in instruction' (MDI), as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Scientific Concepts
Hannan, Maggie; Russell, Jennifer Lin; Takahashi, Sola; Park, Sandra – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The rapid turnover of novice teachers is a stubborn challenge plaguing schools across the country. The field has come to some consensus about key elements of effective novice teacher support that have potential to ameliorate this problem, although this knowledge has been applied in an inconsistent fashion. Beginning teacher support is a complex…
Descriptors: Science Course Improvement Projects, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Social Networks
Jaciw, Andrew P.; Schellinger, Adam M.; Lin, Li; Zacamy, Jenna; Toby, Megan – Empirical Education Inc., 2016
In 2012, WestEd received a "Development" grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) competition to develop and implement Internet-based Reading Apprenticeship Improving Science Education ("iRAISE"). "iRAISE" was implemented in Michigan and Pennsylvania and was provided to over 100…
Descriptors: Science Education, Apprenticeships, Randomized Controlled Trials, Science Course Improvement Projects
Wolffe, Robert; Crowe, Helja Antola; Evens, Wayne; McConnaughay, Kelly – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
A reflective portfolio as a capstone assignment was selected to accomplish recognition by teachers completing a science, technology, mathematics, engineering master's program for elementary teachers about their professional and personal changes and to provide program evaluators additional qualitative data regarding attainment of program goals. As…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs
Bissaker, Kerry; Heath, Jayne – International Education Journal, 2005
The successful establishment of a purpose-built innovative school designed to support new ways of teaching and learning in the senior secondary years, particularly in the area of science and mathematics, required a comprehensive and research-based professional development policy and program. Planning professional learning opportunities for the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
