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Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: A Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire
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Peterman, Karen; Kermish-Allen, Ruth; Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda; Tyler-Wood, Tandra – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
This article describes Energy for ME and Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World, two Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs with the common goal of improving students' attitudes about scientific careers. The authors represent two project teams, each with funding from the National Science…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Vocational Interests, STEM Education, Technology Uses in Education
The Impact of Design-Based STEM Integration Curricula on Student Achievement in Engineering, Science, and Mathematics
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Selcen Guzey, S.; Harwell, Michael; Moreno, Mario; Peralta, Yadira; Moore, Tamara J. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2017
The new science education reform documents call for integration of engineering into K-12 science classes. Engineering design and practices are new to most science teachers, meaning that implementing effective engineering instruction is likely to be challenging. This quasi-experimental study explored the influence of teacher-developed, engineering…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Change, Engineering Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Facilitating Conceptual Change in Gases Concepts
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Cetin, Pinar Seda; Kaya, Ebru; Geban, Omer – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of conceptual change oriented instruction (CCOI) over traditionally designed chemistry instruction (TDCI) on overcoming 10th grade students' misconceptions on gases concepts. In addition, the effect of gender difference on students' understanding of gases concepts was investigated. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Chemistry, Grade 10
How Partner Gender Influences Female Students' Problem Solving in Physics Education
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Ding, N.; Harskamp, E. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
Research has shown that female students cannot profit as much as male students can from cooperative learning in physics, especially in mixed-gender dyads. This study has explored the influence of partner gender on female students' learning achievement, interaction and the problem-solving process during cooperative learning. In Shanghai, a total of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Interaction, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning
Effects of Conceptual Change and Traditional Confirmatory Simulations on Pre-Service Teachers' Understanding of Direct Current Circuits
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Baser, Mustafa – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
The objective of this research is to investigate the effects of simulations based on conceptual change conditions (CCS) and traditional confirmatory simulations (TCS) on pre-service elementary school teachers' understanding of direct current electric circuits. The data was collected from a sample consisting of 89 students; 48 students in the…
Descriptors: Simulation, Preservice Teachers, Electronics, Experimental Groups
Factors Affecting Junior High School Students' Interest in Physics
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Trumper, Ricardo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2006
We report the results of a study on students' interest in physics at the end of their compulsory schooling in Israel carried out in the framework of the ROSE Project. Factors studied were their opinions about science classes, their out-of-school experiences in physics, and their attitudes toward science and technology. Students' overall interest…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Junior High School Students, Physics, Comparative Analysis