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Scientific Knowledge Building: A Curriculum Module to Scaffold Student Learning about the Nature of Science
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Scanlon Maramante, Lori – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this Executive Position Paper project was to develop educational resources to support the teaching of nature of science topics to undergraduate students at Delaware Technical Community College. The investigation was driven by two exploratory projects and a review of the literature. The first exploratory project examined the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Principles, Two Year College Students, Textbooks
Factors That Shape Curricular Reasoning about College Algebra Reform
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Burn, Helen E. – MathAMATYC Educator, 2012
This multiple case study explores factors that shaped the curricular reasoning of mathematics faculty engaged in college algebra reform in community colleges. Overall, the study found that although proposed reform of college algebra is broad in scope and influenced by the student audience, competing influences emerge that can enable or constrain…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Science Education, Algebra, Community Colleges
How Singapore Junior College Science Teachers Address Curriculum Reforms: A Theory
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Lim, Patrick; Pyvis, David – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
Using grounded theory research methodology, a theory was developed to explain how Singapore junior college science teachers implement educational reforms underpinning the key initiatives of the "Thinking Schools, Learning Nation" policy. The theory suggests Singapore junior college science teachers "deal with" implementing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Two Year Colleges, Grounded Theory
On the Declining Interest in Physics among Students--From the Perspective of Teachers
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Oon, Pey-Tee; Subramaniam, R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This study examines physics teachers' views on factors that contribute to the declining interest in physics among school students. A total of 190 physics teachers from 91 secondary schools and nine junior colleges in Singapore participated in this study, which used a survey instrument to seek their views. Rasch analysis was used to analyze the…
Descriptors: Graduates, Physics, Foreign Countries, Males
The Career Pathway Model: Small Steps to Big Leaps
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Sass, Sharon A.; Pedersen, Ginger L.; Truman, Grace H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
Palm Beach Community College realigned its curriculum to allow students to seamlessly process through career pathways. Students can start in clock-hour-based instruction and transfer that learning into credit-based associate in science degrees. Along this pathway, students can use exit points to employment with recognized certificates.
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Career Development
Teaching by Choice: Community College Science and Mathematics Preparation of K-12 Teachers
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Barnett, Lynn, Ed.; San Felice, Faith, Ed.; Patton, Madeline – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ3), 2005
Community college teacher preparation programs have grown significantly in the last decade, but, as the recommendations and examples from "Teaching by Choice" indicate, greater expansion and innovation is both desirable and possible. Community colleges can provide a diverse stream of K-12 educators highly qualified to teach science, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education