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Thomas Albright – Berkeley Review of Education, 2023
This project examined the experiences of six Ethnic Studies students who simultaneously engaged in two youth participatory action research (YPAR) projects, one in school and one out of school. The in-school project was situated within an urban high school that had a predominantly Latinx student population. The research explored the relationship…
Descriptors: High School Students, Hispanic American Students, Minority Serving Institutions, Ethnic Studies
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Jorge Pozuelo-Muñoz; Esther Cascarosa-Salillas; Esther Alonso; Carmen Barba – Research in Science Education, 2025
Every three years, the Organisation for European Cooperation and Development evaluates the scientific competence of European students. Recent results have demonstrated that scientific competence in Spain is somewhat underdeveloped, which underscores the need to apply educational methodologies that favour the development of said competence. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, High School Students, High School Teachers
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Kosarikov, Alexander N.; Davydova, Natalia G. – Prospects, 2022
Economic development calls for the modernization of high-school education, which is hindered by the inertia of the current hierarchical system of schooling. An analysis of statistical data that describe the dynamics of structural changes in the economy and investment in public education showed a demand for the implementation of extracurricular…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Sustainable Development, Economic Development, High School Students
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Davis-Bordovsky, Kaylee – Contemporary School Psychology, 2022
There is a need for teenagers and adolescents to be aware of mental health topics that affect their peers and community as well as resources for how to seek help. Project Mental Health Awareness (PMHA) is a self-sustaining program designed to be incorporated into any junior high or high school curriculum to increase mental health awareness and…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Secondary School Curriculum, Junior High School Students, High School Students
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Harland, Darci – Science Teacher, 2013
Research projects are worth doing. They raise student interest in science and offer experience in authentic scientific practices. Implementing independent research projects among students requires the teacher to be skilled not only in scientific research but also in project management. Teachers' duties include--but are not limited…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Student Research, Student Projects, High School Students
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Goldenberg, Barry M. – Social Studies, 2016
This manuscript, written with the educator in mind, describes the Youth Historians in Harlem (YHH) program, a twenty-week after-school history program that engaged urban students in history by immersing them in aspects of the historical process. Throughout the program, a group of Black male high school students were apprenticed as historical…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Youth Programs, After School Programs, African American Students
Harper, Meghan – School Library Monthly, 2010
This article features "Pop Culture Universe," which received the 2009 Dartmouth Medal honoring the creation of a reference work of outstanding quality. School librarians will find "Pop Culture Universe" a wonderful resource for assisting middle school and high school students with research projects on significant historical events that focus on…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Reference Materials, School Libraries, Librarians
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Asiabanpour, Bahram – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
In this paper a novel outreach approach to high school students to familiarize them with engineering functions and methods is explained. In this approach students participated in a seven days research camp and learned many engineering skills and tools such as CAD solid modeling, finite element analysis, rapid prototyping, mechanical tests, team…
Descriptors: High School Students, Engineering, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Scheuerell, Scott – History Teacher, 2007
Unfortunately, many students, are failing to learn history. Fifty-seven percent of high school students scored "below basic understanding" on their knowledge of United States history. Interestingly, less than half of the students were familiar with Patrick Henry, the War of 1812, the Marshall Plan, or the Great Society. Perhaps the time…
Descriptors: United States History, Textbooks, Learning Activities, Primary Sources
Singleton, J. Allen – Sci Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Community Surveys, High School Students, Research Projects, Social Sciences
Fogle, Tiffany; Jones, Lawrence – Research for Action, 2006
For the past two and a half years, Research for Action (RFA) worked with student members of Youth United for Change (YUC) and Philadelphia Student Union (PSU). Over that time, these young people have committed themselves to learning social science research methods and conducted a study of their changing schools. Their motivation to be youth…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Urban Schools, Social Sciences, Research Skills
Kaya, Osman Nafiz; Ebenezer, Jazlin – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of high school students' long-term authentic research projects with Information Technologies (IT) in small groups in and out of school time on their affective dispositions in science. This study was conducted in the context of a three-year NSF project, namely, Translating Information…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Information Technology, High School Students, After School Education
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Lewis, Jennifer R.; Kotur, Mark S.; Butt, Omar; Kulcarni, Sumant; Riley, Alyssa A.; Ferrell, Nick; Sullivan, Kathryn D.; Ferrari, Mauro – Cell Biology Education, 2002
The purpose of this article is to discuss "small-group apprenticeships (SGAs)" as a method to instruct cell culture techniques to high school participants. The study aimed to teach cell culture practices and to introduce advanced imaging techniques to solve various biomedical engineering problems. Participants designed and completed experiments…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High School Students, Science Experiments
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Deaver, Sharon R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2008
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Student Projects, Student Teaching