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Yunus Emre Avcu; Yavuz Yaman – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2025
The aim of the research was to explore the effect of educational interventions implemented in desktop-based VR and immersive virtual reality (IVR) settings on gifted students' nature relatedness and attitudes towards environment. A a single group pretest-posttest weak experimental model was implemented. The participants involved in the study…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Computer Simulation, Academically Gifted, Environmental Influences
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Sun, Daner; Looi, Chee-Kit – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
The paper traces a research process in the design and development of a science learning environment called WiMVT (web-based inquirer with modeling and visualization technology). The WiMVT system is designed to help secondary school students build a sophisticated understanding of scientific conceptions, and the science inquiry process, as well as…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Computer System Design, Educational Technology, Secondary School Students
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Abelson, Hal – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
This paper traces the genesis of the MIT OpenCourseWare project from its initial strategic precursors in 1999 and 2000, through its launch in 2001 and its subsequent evolution. The story told here illuminates the interplay among institutional leadership, and strategic planning, and with university culture in launching major educational technology…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Technology, Higher Education, College Environment
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Varma, Keisha; Husic, Freda; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Designing effective professional development experiences for technology-enhanced inquiry instruction is the goal of the Technology Enhanced Learning in Science (TELS) NSF funded Center for Learning and Teaching. In order to provide this type of support to a large number of teachers, we devised a "targeted professional development approach."…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Miller, Haynes R.; Upton, Deborah S. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The d'Arbeloff Interactive Mathematics Project or d'AIMP is an initiative that seeks to enhance and ultimately transform the teaching and learning of introductory mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A result of this project is a suite of "mathlets," a carefully developed set of dynamic computer applets for use in the…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, College Instruction
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Barnett, Michael – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
For the past year we have been developing and implementing a program in which students design and construct remote operated vehicles. In this paper, we report on a pilot study that occurred over the course of an academic year in an inner city high school. Specifically, we have been investigating whether students learn meaningful science content…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Attendance, Urban Education, Time on Task