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Cloutier, Aimee; Yew, Guo Zheng; Gupta, Siddhartha; Dissanayake, Kalpani; Monaco, Paula – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2018
The importance of reducing the gender gap in engineering programs by recruiting and retaining female students is well recognized. Although women hold roughly half of all jobs in the United States, only 24% of STEM jobs are occupied by women. The problem is even more pronounced for engineering, where women held about 12% of jobs as of 2013 (Corbett…
Descriptors: Females, High School Students, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Deaton, Cynthia C. M.; Chessin, Debby; Coskey, Shawn – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2012
Build It Up! is an engaging activity that integrates science with mathematics through a process that encourages problem-solving, principles of design, creativity, and developing a sense of one's community. This activity, aimed at third- and fourth-grade students, allows students to use manipulatives to design, construct, and test buildings they…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Solving
Palmeri, Amy – Science and Children, 2009
Providing opportunities for students to grapple with collecting and organizing data, struggle with how to represent and communicate ideas emerging from the data, and consider the alignment of these ideas with the science content being learned is reflective of authentic inquiry and supports the development of scientific understanding. The…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Data Analysis, Interdisciplinary Approach
Tousignant, Wayne; Stanley, Darren; Salinitri, Geri; Smith, Kara – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2008
In 1994, the National Arts Education Association created a research agenda to address major research issues in the field of visual arts education for the purpose of examining, negotiating, and modifying commonly held beliefs in the field of art education. Research by arts educators has done much to inform visual arts education theory and practice,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Art Education, Visual Arts, Curriculum Development

Fortescue, Chelsea M. – Language Arts, 1994
Shares observations made by a third-grade teacher who experimented with a variety of strategies to improve her students' abilities to write about mathematics. Notes that this gave the teacher a greater understanding of how students approached solving math problems and helped students practice writing in a meaningful way. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Grade 3, Interdisciplinary Approach
Cole-Misch, Sally; And Others – 1996
The Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) watershed education program is unique from other water monitoring programs because it emphasizes action-oriented and problem-solving approaches based on an interdisciplinary education and extensive networking with others traveling down a similar path. This sourcebook offers guidance based…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Involvement, Educational Resources, Educational Strategies

Berg, Marlowe, Ed. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1989
Presents examples of activities and strategies that integrate different areas of the curriculum with social studies. Includes a method for improving student comprehension of text materials, activities for using textbooks as a teaching tool and for integrating data collection and analysis into social studies, and a technique for problem solving.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education

Underhill, Robert G.; Thompson, Patricia – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1993
Asserts that students need opportunities to solve problems by making concept connections from many disciplines. Integrating mathematics and social studies can help. Includes 20 class activities and a chart recommending which grade levels are most appropriate for each activity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education

Nickell, Pat – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1998
Describes an interdisciplinary lesson consisting of seven activities for intermediate or middle level students. Focuses on calculating monetary exchanges between the United States and Japan, specifically the prices of real estate and other items, and comparing the economies and cultures of the two countries. Gives four activity sheets. (CMK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Class Activities, Cultural Differences, Economics
Ivers, Karen S. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1997
Desktop Adventures are computer-based scenarios incorporating the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for practicing problem solving across the curriculum suitable for whole class or cooperative group instruction. Reviews problem solving steps and approaches and describes introducing, creating, and extending desktop…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Learning

Kliman, Marlene – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Describes activities in which students use mathematics, writing, and drawing to explore the "My Travels with Gulliver" curriculum unit. Discusses seven suggestions for developing activities to incorporate literature into mathematics classes. (MDH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics

Porter, Priscilla – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1993
Discusses the concept of social mathematics in which numerical information is connected to the people and issues of social studies. Maintains elementary students can learn that data represent information from the real world. Includes class activities using historical timelines, data collection, and database computer programs. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Data Interpretation

Heimlich, Joe E. – 1991
This book presents materials, activities, background information, and student handouts for conducting educational programs that allow students to explore packaging and handling practices as these relate to waste generation and management options. An educational approach used in the development of these materials is based on the idea that solid…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills
Myers, Robert E. – 1998
The 40 activities contained in this book were designed to persuade students to think both critically and creatively. The activities call for the use of all 18 of E. Paul Torrance's creative thinking abilities. The theoretical underpinnings for this collection are based upon philosophical and pedagogical beliefs that experiences be positive: if…
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
Telese, James A.; Jordan, Kathy – 1993
The Ocean Drilling Project brings together scientists and governments from 20 countries to explore the earth's structure and history as it is revealed beneath the oceans' basins. Scientific expeditions examine rock and sediment cores obtained from the ocean floor to learn about the earth's basic processes. The series of activities in this…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education, Geology
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