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Covert, Hannah; Ilunga Tshiswaka, Daudet; Ramkissoon, Ishara; Sisskin, Enid; Lichtveld, Maureen; Wickliffe, Jeffrey – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Motivation to learn science plays an important role in the persistence, achievement, and career aspirations of students studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Several studies have focused on how supplemental summer programmes build science motivation in undergraduate STEM students, but few studies have focused on how such…
Descriptors: High School Students, Learning Motivation, Science Education, Supplementary Education
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Aydede Yalçin, Meryem Nur – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
It is important for people to be able to judge the nature while actually living in it to gain the scientific perspective which is an important skill nowadays. Within this importance, the general purpose of this study is to examine the effect of active learning based science camp activities on sixth, seventh and eighth grade students' opinions…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Summer Science Programs, Science Education, Elementary School Science
Boss, Suzie – Northwest Education, 2002
Idaho secondary students learn the scientific method through outdoor environmental projects related to water quality monitoring. A program trains teachers to design project-based learning and provides extensive followup support. Five-day summer workshops immerse teachers in the types of projects they will orchestrate with their own students.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education