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Direct linkGifford, Julian D.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
We present a framework designed to help categorize various sense making moves, allowing for greater specificity in describing and understanding student reasoning and also in the development of curriculum to support this reasoning. The framework disaggregates between the mechanisms of student reasoning (the cognitive "tool" that they are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving, Physics, Thinking Skills
Hartings, Matthew R.; Fox, Douglas M.; Miller, Abigail E.; Muratore, Kathryn E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The Department of Chemistry at American University has replaced its junior- and senior-level laboratory curriculum with two, two-semester long, student-led research projects as part of the department's American Chemical Society-accredited program. In the first semester of each sequence, a faculty instructor leads the students through a set of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Chemistry, Science Laboratories
Download full textLi, Linlin; Tripathy, Rachel; Salguero, Katie; McCarthy, Betsy – WestEd, 2018
The Learning by Making (LbyM) project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). As a five-year development project (2014-2018), Sonoma State University (SSU), in partnership with high-need schools and districts, has been developing an innovative, integrated high school Science, Technology, Engineering, and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Rural Schools, Curriculum Development, High School Students
Hilton, Margaret – National Academies Press, 2010
An emerging body of research suggests that a set of broad "21st century skills"--such as adaptability, complex communication skills, and the ability to solve non-routine problems--are valuable across a wide range of jobs in the national economy. However, the role of K-12 education in helping students learn these skills is a subject of current…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Education, Science Instruction, Communication Skills
Liberal Education, 2009
The defining task for undergraduate departments is the design of a major, including the number and content of courses as well as other requirements. Department members must weigh the desire to produce graduates superbly prepared for further study against the charge that the major requires too large a share of an undergraduate's course options.…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Required Courses, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1996
This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) for animal management technician (AMT) is a competency list verified by expert workers that evolved from a job analysis. It identifies occupational, academic, and employability competencies needed to enter the occupation; lists and clusters them into broader units; and details the competency…
Descriptors: Animal Caretakers, Animal Husbandry, Animals, Business Administration
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1995
This Occupational Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP) for nurse aide (NA) is a competency list verified by expert workers that evolved from a job analysis. It identifies occupational, academic, and employability competencies needed to enter the occupation; lists and clusters them into broader units; and details the competency builders needed to…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Development, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
