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Barilka, Marisa – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students who are not proficient in math are more likely to face negative long-term effects. In addition to adults with a lack of math skills facing a range of potential economic and mental health issues, the nation is also negatively impacted by a society of individuals who cannot contribute to the technological infrastructure. Project-based…
Descriptors: High School Students, Engineering Education, Curriculum, STEM Education
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Duman, Burcu; Yavuz, Özlem Kuuk – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The purpose of this research is to define the effect of project- based learning on students' attitude towards English classes. The study group of the research consisted of 51 students attending grade 10 at an Anatolian high school in the Western Black Sea region of Turkey. In the quantitatively designed research, the "control group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Active Learning, Student Attitudes
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Ulusoy, Kadir – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Rapid changes and developments in education have also changed the content and the scope of the activities carried out in schools. Learning and teaching through experiencing and practicing process carried out after the transition to the constructivist approach in recent years has started and expedited the performance of new activities in several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Student Attitudes, High School Students
Canuteson, Ashley Dyanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The developing synergy of legislation and research throughout recent history points to the current momentum behind college and career readiness for every student. Researchers have found that embedding academic content into career education improves student learning. Integrated learning can vary in approach and style and can be adjusted to fit into…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, High School Students, Correlation
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Wang, Hsiu-Ying; Huang, Iwen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Concept mapping has been widely used in various fields to facilitate students' organization of knowledge. Previous studies have, however, pointed out that it is difficult for students to construct concept maps from the abundant searched data without appropriate scaffolding. Thus, researchers have suggested that students could produce high quality…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Climate, High School Students
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Ergin, Serap – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In this study, the effect of group work and traditional method on 9th grade students' misconceptions about Newton Laws was investigated. The study was conducted in three classes in an Anatolian Vocational High School in Ankara/Turkey in the second term of the 2014-2015 academic year. Two of these classes were chosen as the experimental group and…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Grade 9, Scientific Principles, High School Students
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M.; Al-Aamri, Shamsa S. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2014
The current study explores the effectiveness of involving students in environmental science projects for their environmental knowledge and attitudes towards science. The study design is a quasi-experimental pre-post control group design. The sample was 62 11th-grade female students studying at a public school in Oman. The sample was divided into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Quasiexperimental Design
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Zusevics, Kaija L.; Lemke, Melissa A.; Harley, Amy E.; Florsheim, Paul – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: Milwaukee has very high rates of risky sexual behavior and low rates of academic achievement among adolescents. Milwaukee school representatives partnered with researchers to create and implement an innovative project-based learning (PBL) high school health curriculum to engage students in school. This health education program, Project…
Descriptors: Attendance, Sexuality, Learner Engagement, Program Effectiveness
Verhage, L. Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study measured the effect of completing a BalloonSat project on student attitude toward science. Seven categories of student attitudes toward science were measured using the Test of Science Relate Attitudes survey (TOSRA). The research anticipated that the BalloonSat project would have similar effects on student attitudes as found in robotics…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Student Surveys, Student Projects
Kariuki, Patrick; Hopkins, Beth – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an interdisciplinary program on the secondary level. The sample consisted of 17 students enrolled in a high school advanced photography class. The students in the sample varied in their chemistry background. The sample was randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Photography, Chemistry
FERGUSON, EDWARD T., JR. – 1968
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROJECT AND COOPERATIVE METHODS OF TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION IN THE COMPETENCY AREAS OF ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDING AND SALES COMPREHENSION USED (1) 251 GRADE 11 STUDENTS IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION PROJECT METHOD CLASSES, (2) 299 GRADE 11 STUDENTS IN SCIENCE OR ENGLISH CLASSES, (3) 216 GRADE 12…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Cooperative Education