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Karamustafaoglu, Orhan; Pektas, Hüseyin Miraç – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
There is a great need for applied studies at the K-12 level on how creative problem solving skills can be developed in out-of-school environments and what kind of learning activities can be used. Therefore, in this study, the effects of inquiry-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities on students' STEM awareness and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Active Learning, Inquiry
Silver, Harvey F.; Boutz, Abigail L.; McTighe, Jay – Educational Leadership, 2022
Infusing five processes into assignments can help students hone the skills they'll need to address complex problems. The world students will enter is full of complex, unpredictable problems--and students will need sophisticated thinking skills to cope. The authors unpack five thinking processes students need to internalize through opportunities in…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes, Inquiry, Design
Brady, Corey; McLean, Jeffrey; Jung, Hyunyi; Dominguez, Angeles; Baker, Courtney; Glancy, Aran – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
The Models and Modeling Working Group at PME-NA has provided a forum for discussing and collaborating on projects fundamental to research on mathematical modeling since the first PME-NA conference in 1978. We propose to convene this Working Group at PME-NA 41 with a dual purpose: (1) to build on a theme begun in Greenville, holding a focused…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Schoenfeld, Alan H. – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2020
Descriptions of mathematical thinking have an extended lineage. Sometimes accurate and sometimes not, sometimes misinterpreted and sometimes not, characterizations of mathematical thought processes have inspired and at times misled people interested in designing or framing mathematics instruction. Challenges the field faces in conceptualizing…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
Gilson, Cindy M.; Brigandi, Carla B. – Gifted Child Today, 2020
The purpose of this article is to assist classroom teachers in discerning qualitative differences between a student-written report and student-led research. There are many connotations to the terms "report" and "research," and they can have implications on how teachers effectively or ineffectively differentiate instruction to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Student Projects, Reports, Student Research
Adanali, Rukiye – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
Knowledge of geography is one of the main elements in solving problems such as urbanization, socio-economic inequalities, disease, migration, natural disasters. It is also seen that importance is given to the acquisition of geographical skills in educational programs. The spatial thinking skill that provides geospatial information is a geographic…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Geographic Information Systems
Costes-Onishi, Pamela; Baildon, Mark; Aghazadeh, Sima – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2020
The challenges of the 21st century place inquiry as a necessary pedagogical orientation to educate young people for the future. In Singapore, inquiry-based learning is a core feature in social studies and the humanities subjects (geography and history) and has been extended recently to curriculum in the arts. Its centrality in the education system…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Educational Innovation, Educational Improvement
Munter, Charles; Nguyen, Phi; Kinder, Cassandra – Teachers College Record, 2023
Background/Context: The problems that school district leaders identify and how they frame them have consequences--for both policy implementation and the ways that teachers respond. Although that is likely true in all community contexts (from rural to urban, inside and outside metropolitan centers), the influence of broader discourses associated…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, School Districts, School District Size, Educational Change
Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed.; von Davier, Matthias, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2021
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is a long-standing international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been collecting trend data every four years since 1995. About 70 countries use TIMSS trend data for monitoring the effectiveness of their education systems in a global…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Zhang, Lin; Li, Zhushan – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2019
The present study examined to what extent inquiry-based investigation as an instructional approach associated with students' overall science achievement and achievement in cognitive domains, including knowing science facts, applying scientific principles, and reasoning with scientific concepts to solve problems. Using TIMSS 2007 science…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Investigations, Active Learning, Inquiry
McConnell, Tom J.; Parker, Joyce; Eberhardt, Janet – NSTA Press, 2018
"Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K-12" will help your students truly understand concepts such as motion, energy, and magnetism in true-to-life contexts. The book offers a comprehensive description of why, how, and when to implement problem-based learning (PBL) in your curriculum. Its 14 developmentally…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Physical Sciences, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Instruction
Odom, Arthur Louis; Bell, Clare Valerie – Journal of Statistics Education, 2017
This article offers a description of how empirical experiences through the use of procedural knowledge can serve as the stage for the development of hypothetical concepts using the learning cycle, an inquiry teaching and learning method with a long history in science education. The learning cycle brings a unique epistemology by way of using…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Skill Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Fox, Rebecca K.; Dodman, Stephanie L.; Holincheck, Nancy; Webb, Kelley E. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This study investigates teachers' understandings of and perspectives on the role of culture in their educational settings through cultural inquiry studies and reflections. The participants included 22 in-service teachers enrolled in an advanced master's degree program. Using the Cultural Inquiry Process with a social justice stance, teachers in…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Inquiry, Reflective Teaching, School Culture
Zervas, Panagiotis; Sotiriou, Sofoklis; Tiemann, Rüdiger; Sampson, Demetrios G. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
Nowadays, there is a consensus that inquiry-based learning contributes to developing students' scientific literacy in schools. Inquiry-based teaching strategies are promoted for the development (among others) of the cognitive processes that cultivate problem solving (PS) competence. The build up of PS competence is a central objective for most…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Problem Solving
Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Admiraal, Wilfried, Ed.; Akcay, Hakan, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (ICEMST) which took place on April 1-4, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share your…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Experiments, Climate, Problem Solving