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Bentley, Karl – School Science Review, 2020
A small, handmade and inexpensive robot can help students across a range of ages unpack and explore big questions around the nature of life, curiosity and creativity. Via a series of workshops students learn how to frame and investigate different types of questions including big questions that bridge science, computing and the wider humanities.
Descriptors: Epistemology, Robotics, Elementary Secondary Education, Personality Traits
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Schiefer, Julia; Stark, Lucas; Gaspard, Hanna; Wille, Eike; Trautwein, Ulrich; Golle, Jessika – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
The promotion of an adequate understanding of science is a central goal of science education, even in elementary school. In this study, we analyzed the effects of a recently developed science intervention program aimed at fostering the understanding of science as well as the motivation of elementary school--aged boys and girls. In prior research,…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Extracurricular Activities, Science Education, Elementary School Students
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Engel, Susan; Randall, Kellie – American Educational Research Journal, 2009
This study examined how teachers respond when children engage in inquiry-based deviations from a planned task. Thirty-one teachers each completed a brief science activity and accompanying worksheet with a student confederate. Teachers were given one of two goals for the study: help the students complete a worksheet or help the students learn more…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Worksheets, Personality Traits, Inquiry
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers