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Sarah Maestrales – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation focuses on three manuscripts all related to bolstering science achievement through recommendations from the National Research Council (NRC) regarding the teaching and learning of science. The manuscripts address meeting the NRC's call to incorporate curriculum and assessment that lead to more in-depth knowledge that can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Education, Chemistry
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Rugh, Michael S.; Beyette, Donald J.; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Capraro, Robert M. – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine a week-long science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) project-based learning (PBL) activity that integrates a new educational technology and the engineering design process to teach middle and high school students the concepts involved in rotational physics. The technology and teaching…
Descriptors: Physics, Student Projects, Active Learning, STEM Education
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El Bedewy, Shereen; Lavicza, Zsolt; Haas, Ben; Lieban, Diego – Education Sciences, 2022
In this paper we propose STEAM practices that would foster mathematics learning through modelling architecture while connecting to culture and history. The architectural modelling process is applied by the teachers as participants of these practices from different countries allowing a broad cultural and historical connection to mathematics…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Architectural Education, Foreign Countries, History Instruction
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Hellmich, Emily; Castek, Jill; Smith, Blaine E.; Floyd, Rachel; Wen, Wen – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2021
Purpose: Multimodal composing is often romanticized as a flexible approach suitable for all learners. There is a lack of research that critically examines students' perspectives and the constraints of multimodal composing across academic contexts. This study aims to address this need by exploring high school learners' perspectives and experiences…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Multiple Literacies, High School Students, Second Language Learning
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Purzer, Senay; Goldstein, Molly Hathaway; Adams, Robin S; Xie, Charles; Nourian, Saeid – International Journal of STEM Education, 2015
Background: Design and science inquiry are intertwined during engineering practice. In this study, we examined the relationship between design behaviors and scientific explanations. Data on student design processes were collected as students engaged in a project on designing energy-efficient buildings on a blank square city block surrounded by…
Descriptors: Design, Inquiry, Scientific Concepts, Student Projects
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Musa, Sajid; Ziatdinov, Rushan; Sozcu, Omer Faruk; Griffiths, Carol – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2015
Computer animation in the past decade has become one of the most noticeable features of technology-based learning environments. By its definition, it refers to simulated motion pictures showing movement of drawn objects, and is often defined as the art in movement. Its educational application known as educational computer animation is considered…
Descriptors: Animation, Personality Traits, Computer Graphics, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Slack, Amy – Science Teacher, 2010
To make the concept of biomes fresh for high school students and help them achieve more conceptual depth, the author Amy Slack created the "Who's in the Zoo?" project. Working in groups, students design a zoo that represents five of Earth's biomes and the climate found in their respective habitats. These groups prepare a proposal and a poster of…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, High School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
Kiliçkaya, Ferit, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
The 5th International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture has been hosted by Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Burdur, Turkey), in cooperation with Çankaya University (Ankara, Turkey) and Süleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey). Our main aim has been to provide a forum for discussion, to facilitate integration in these fields, and to…
Descriptors: Literature, Conferences (Gatherings), Figurative Language, Speeches
Hamilton, Candy – Winds of Change, 1993
In a program sponsored by the Apple Crossroads III Educational Grant, American Indian students at Pine Ridge High School (Oglala, South Dakota) use computers to enhance their study of Lakota history and culture and other subjects and to communicate with other schools. This program has increased student interest in school and improved student test…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peterson, Andrew J. – 1993
A case study is presented of the use of educational multimedia. In the spring of 1992, a high school student produced an interactive multimedia project for the California State History Fair. This project, which dealt with Columbus, was developed on the Macintosh platform. Other software and hardware used are described. The artist (developer) began…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, High School Students