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Ervin, Jeremy A. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2018
As a professor teaching general core science courses to non-science majors, I designed a learner-centered, inquiry-based course in order to potentially positively influence science-related attitudes of my students. Through the lens of action research with mixed methodology, I analyzed student attitudes regarding science through the Test of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Nonmajors, Academic Language
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Miyazaki, Takeshi – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016
This paper reports on research into a continuing professional development (CPD) project, "Projet de Renforcement de l'Enseignement des Mathématiques, des Sciences et de la Technologie" (PREMST) [Strengthening Mathematics, Science, and Technologies in Education Project]. The literature review reveals few examples of CPD changing the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
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Gosselin, David C.; Thomas, Julie; Redmond, Adrienne; Larson-Miller, Cindy; Yendra, Sara; Bonnstetter, Ronald J.; Slater, Timothy F. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2010
Laboratory Earth, a series of three NASA-Sponsored, on-line graduate courses for K-8 teachers, was designed to meet a variety of learning styles and appeal to teachers' motivation to learn the content and improve their teaching. This is especially important to teachers as they seek to demonstrate "highly qualified" status to meet No…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Earth Science, Science Instruction, Graduate Study