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Andrew J. Hughes – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2022
The intention of this article is to provide Technology and Engineering Educators (T&EEs) with a more thorough understanding of implementing the product realization process (PRP) to help manage the design and development processes in their classrooms. The product realization process (PRP) innately involves a practical combination of knowledge,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, High School Students, Skill Development

Diana Owen; Alissa Irion-Groth – Grantee Submission, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of the Center for Civic Education's Project Citizen teacher professional development program and curriculum intervention in producing positive student learning outcomes that support civic engagement. Through Project Citizen, students identify and research a problem in their community, explore solutions,…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Faculty Development, Problem Solving
Gravel, Brian E.; Svihla, Vanessa – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2021
Background: Design problems have long attracted researchers' attention for their potential to provide authentic learning opportunities. While we have methods for supporting students to learn through relatively simple engineering and design tasks, supporting students to address complex problems that they find and frame remains poorly understood.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Authentic Learning, Educational Environment
Brandi Hinnant-Crawford; Emily Virtue; Liz Bergeron – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2024
While project-based learning (PjBL) and asset-based equity pedagogies (ABEPs) have traditionally been studied separately, there is reason to believe that the combination of the two strategies can produce even more impactful possibilities. This study examines the relationships between students' perception of both PjBL and ABEPs as it relates to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Projects, Active Learning, Equal Education
Aziz Shekh-Abed – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2025
Self-knowledge is an important element of metacognition. It encompasses understanding one's own strengths and weaknesses and includes belief and self-assessment of one's capacity to perform a task. Cognitive skills comprise a range of mental processes, such as attention, memory, problem solving, systems thinking, abstract thinking, and critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Grade 12, Metacognition
Jessica Gale; Meltem Alemdar; Katherine Boice; Diley Hernández; Sunni Newton; Douglas Edwards; Marion Usselman – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2022
This study explores student agency in the context of a culturally authentic computer science (CS) curriculum implemented in an introductory CS course in two high schools. Drawing on focus group and interview data, the study utilizes qualitative research methods to examine how students exercise critical agency as they engage in the course and how…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Computer Science Education, Self Concept, Student Projects
Heather L. Schwartz; Melissa Kay Diliberti – RAND Corporation, 2024
Teaching deeper learning involves cultivating the critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills that students need to be successful in their college, career, and civic life. It also involves encouraging students to be active participants in their learning. Public schools across the United States often work to help students develop…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Administrator Surveys, School Districts
Wuwen Zhang; Yurong Guan; Zhihua Hu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In the context of our rapidly digitizing society, computational thinking stands out as an essential attribute for cultivating aptitude and expertise. Through the prism of computational thinking, learners are more adeptly positioned to dissect and navigate real-world challenges, poising them effectively to meet the exigencies of future societal…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Computation, Thinking Skills
Jacqueline DeLisi; Edward Liu; Erica Fields – Urban Education, 2025
Project-based learning (PBL) holds promise for students in urban high schools by creating personalized, engaging, and relevant experiences that prepare students for post-secondary pathways. This exploratory study focused on understanding the implementation of PBL in an urban STEM high school that includes career pathways where students engage in…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Active Learning, Student Projects, Urban Education
McLure, Felicity I.; Tang, Kok-Sing; Williams, P. John – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
The past 20 years has seen a growing focus on the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (iSTEM) disciplines in schools to provide students with authentic experiences in solving real-world problems. A frequently stated aim for iSTEM projects has been increasing engagement and interest in pursuing STEM subjects in senior…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Research Reports, Problem Solving
Jiangyue Liu; Jing Ma; Siran Li – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
This study developed a school-based AI curriculum suitable for senior high school students, with the primary objective of enhancing their mastery of knowledge and proficiency in AI, as well as their computational thinking abilities. The curriculum was designed with an awareness of the practical challenges encountered by the subject school in their…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Curriculum Design, Computation
Collazo Rivera, Glenda Liz – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2020
This article proposes that the reader be nourished by avant-garde elements for new educational practices in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The writing is based on an investigation that was carried out with high school students from Puerto Rico. From a qualitative paradigm with a research design in action, it was explored how students in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, High School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
Zeid, Abe – Athens Journal of Education, 2020
Teaching STEM concepts to today's high school students has been challenging. Span of attention is short. Students are glued to their electronic devices. They cannot appreciate the abstract method of teaching, meaning covering concepts followed by solving problems from a textbook. Research has shown that students become excited and motivated to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, STEM Education, High School Students, Problem Based Learning
Lipowitz, Daniel; Berkeihiser, Michael – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2019
This article describes a class room activity introduced at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, PA. Humanities teacher Daniel Lipowitz partnered with engineering teacher Michael Berkeihiser and other STEM teachers to put the humanities (H) in "SHTEM." Sophomore English students were asked to re-engineer the conflict in common works…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Humanities, English Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Parnis, Kimberley; Hendry, Adam L. – Geographical Education, 2021
Parramatta Marist High School is a school in Western Sydney, New South Wales, that has over 14 years of experience in project-based learning in Stages 4 and 5 (Years 7-10). Over this period, projects have been constantly developed, redeveloped and improved by teachers based on their experience and feedback from their colleagues and their students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, High School Students, Student Projects