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Direct linkMelody W. Young; Noah D. Chernik; Stratos J. Kantounis; Matthew J. Cannata; James Q. Virga; Reuben N. Jacobson; Jon A. Gustafson; Aleksandra S. Ratkiewicz; Enkhjin Batbayar; Badamkhand Monhochir; Binderiya Munkhbat; Minjin Bolortsetseg; Carol Weintraub; Stan Silverman; Gabby Guilhon; Edwin Dickinson; Michael C. Granatosky – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2025
Access to high-quality outreach programs is crucial for preparing students for STEM careers, yet traditional classrooms often lack diverse, hands-on learning opportunities, particularly in anatomy and evolutionary biology. We present "Are You Stronger Than a Lemur?"--an interactive STEM activity that introduces K-12 students to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Anatomy, Biomechanics
Roberto Carlos Torres-Peña; Darwin Peña-González; Edwan Anderson Ariza-Echeverri – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2025
This study addresses the critical issue of mathematical underperformance among preschoolers in Yopal Casanare, Colombia, through the perspective of an action research project. It focuses on the design and implementation of a didactic unit aimed at promoting numerical thinking, specifically seriation and structured counting, in preschool students.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mathematics Skills, Numeracy, Computation
Suzannie K. Y. Leung; Joseph Wu; Jenny Wanyi Li; Yung Lam; Oi-Lam Ng – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Educators and researchers are becoming interested in cultivating computational thinking (CT). However, in the Hong Kong context, CT-related studies regarding young children are rarely found. The present study aimed to use an unplugged digital arts activity to examine the CT concepts that children performed and document their CT developmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Thinking Skills, Young Children
Ahmet Akif Erbas – SAGE Open, 2025
It is seen as a need to integrate trainings for the development of life skills of disadvantaged children into schools. It is recommended to plan such activities by drawing attention to the lack of intervention programs for the development of life skills. In this context, the objective of the present study is to examine the effects of out-of-school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Refugees, Grade 9
Merino-Armero, José Miguel; González-Calero, José Antonio; Cózar-Gutiérrez, Ramón – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
In modern society technology is widely used and, with the digitization of many services, this is an upward trend. Therefore, computational thinking (CT) is an increasingly important concept; an aspect that is being reflected on educational policies and the extracurricular offer of different countries. This study aims to look at the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Robotics, Elementary School Students
Download full textSahin, Hakan – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
With STEM education, children obtain 21st-century skills, such as systematic thinking, problem-solving, being able to see the relationships between events and creative thinking skills, etc. and as for the development of problem-solving skills, it is included in 21st century skills in connection with STEM education. In parallel with the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Effectiveness, Problem Solving, Preschool Children
Sarah Gerard; Emily Relkin; Claire Christensen; Naomi Hupert; Erika Gaylor – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Computational thinking (CT) is a way of thinking that helps children solve problems and complete tasks in more organized ways, using computer science skills. Prior research indicates that promoting CT skills in young children can support the acquisition of general problem solving (PS), executive function (EF), and social emotional…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Video Games, Computer Games
Naghshbandi, Serveh – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This qualitative study draws on Design-Based Research and explores the impact of a Maker Day on teachers' conceptualizations of design thinking. At the Maker Day, participants experienced design thinking as a problem finding approach prior to making prototypes. Intersection of design thinking and making supports constructionist learning; it can be…
Descriptors: Design, Models, Teacher Attitudes, Creative Activities
Zengin, Rasit; Kavak, Tugçe; Keçeci, Gonca; Zengin, Fikriye Kirbag – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
This study examined the impact of STEM applications realized with 4th-grade elementary school students on their problem-solving skills. The study was conducted within the convergent parallel design framework, a mixed research method. The research was carried out with 42 4th-grade primary school students, 21 in the experimental group and 21 in the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Problem Solving
Dawn Lees; Anka Djordjevic – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2024
Taking action is crucial at all stages of career development learning to develop skills and employability with no particular career goal, or for specific career ambitions. This article explores the concept of grand challenges in the context of education for employability through the case study of an extra-curricular programme at a UK university.…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Foreign Countries, Career Development, Skill Development
Çetin, Abdullah – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020
This research primarily aims to examine project-based STEM training implemented in a state primary school in Turkey regarding teachers' and students' views. The phenomenological design, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was exclusively adopted in the study. The research sampling consisted of 18 students and 2 teachers working at a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Student Projects, Elementary School Teachers
Gültekin, Sevim Burçin; Altun, Taner – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2022
The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of activities based on scientific process skills on problem-solving skills of 4th grade students in science lessons. In the study a non-equivalent control group pre-test and post-test design type of quasi-experimental method was used. The research study group was composed of 30 students with 15…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Science Process Skills, Problem Solving
Dedetürk, Aysegül; Kirmizigül, Asli Saylan; Kaya, Hasan – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
Engineering design process-oriented STEM activities are activities that involve solving a real-world problem with teamwork by using integrative engineering design and engineering applications using scientific and mathematical concepts and 21st century skills. The research aimed to examine the effects of engineering design process-oriented STEM…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Cetin, Omer Faruk – Pedagogical Research, 2022
This research aimed to determine the difficulties that the students experience in inequality solutions that contain inequality in general and rational (proportional) expressions, and to solve these difficulties with an activity. Totally 108 students, who were enrolled in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education, consisted respectively…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Barriers, Mathematical Concepts
Furtado, Julio; Oliveira, Sandro Ronaldo Bezerra; Chaves, Rafael Oliveira – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2021
In organizations that are seeking a high degree of maturity, it is necessary to achieve a statistical control of software processes and to know their behavior and operational performance. The approach adopted for the research involves reading articles and experience performance reports, practical cases, discussion, the use of games and simulators,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
