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Jessie Webb – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In 2013, a new set of science standards was introduced for K-12 science education, called the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which focused on three dimensions of science learning that work together: disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices. These standards are novel in their emphasis on…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education
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Gavin Tierney; Carol Adams; Sarah Ward – Journal of Experimental Education, 2025
Project-Based Learning (PjBL) curricula offer unique opportunities for student engagement, yet they do not guarantee an engaging classroom. Furthermore, there has been little scholarly work on PjBL pedagogy that supports student engagement. This qualitative research study explores enactment of a PjBL Advanced Placement Physics 1 curriculum and the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Learner Engagement, Classroom Environment
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Wang, Jianlan; Li, Qiqi; Luo, Ying – Research in Science Education, 2022
High-stakes testing (HST) is critical in the educational system of East-Asian countries like China, and the ongoing standards-based reform in many Western countries like the USA. HST has been criticized for corrupting an educational system through means like disengaging students from authentic learning. It seems that students' affective learning…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, High Stakes Tests, Science Tests
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Bahls, Patrick – Honors in Practice, 2020
Research indicates that a majority of honors students across the country are able to earn honors credit through the fulfillment of honors contracts. These learning contracts grant honors credit to students who perform additional work in non-honors-designated sections of other courses. Despite their popularity, little has been written on the design…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Authentic Learning, Contracts, College Credits
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Struyf, Annemie; De Loof, Haydée; Boeve-de Pauw, Jelle; Van Petegem, Peter – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
In this paper, we explore how students' engagement varies in different STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) learning environments. More specifically, we focus on the significance of a learning environment applying an integrated STEM (iSTEM) approach and the significance of STEM learning environments' student-centredness. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, STEM Education, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Stacki, Sandra L., Ed.; Caskey, Micki M., Ed.; Mertens, Steven B., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
The lives of middle school students are dynamic, and their needs and desires are always evolving. They experience more complicated lives as influences of the broader society including popular media and technology, immigration and cultural diversity, amplified political divisiveness, and bullying effect their daily lives both in and out of school.…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Middle School Students, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes