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Zhimeng Jiang; Bing Wei; Sitong Chen; Lihua Tan – Science & Education, 2024
A major concern in science education is how to help students form science identity to increase their aspiration for STEM careers. Given the key role of experiences in individual's science identity formation, STEM experiences related to project-based learning (PBL) have received increasing attention in recent years. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Education, Sciences
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Webster, Audrey; Metcalf, Alana; Kelly, Lauren; Bisesi, Ave; Marnik-Said, Miranda; Colbeck, Carol; Marine, Robert; Vinces, Marcelo; Campbell, Amy; Allen, Taylor – Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
Recommendations for enhancing scientific literacy, inclusivity, and the ecosystem for innovation call for transitioning from teacher-centered to learner-centered science classrooms, particularly at the introductory undergraduate level. Yet little is documented about the challenges that undergraduates perceive in such classrooms and the students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Active Learning, Student Projects
Cavellier, Matt – Independent School, 2017
For decades now, Shattuck-St. Mary's School (Minnesota) has worked tirelessly to support students as they pursue their passions. In particular, the Centers of Excellence--nine programs in which students can dive deeply into areas of personal interest--allow students to fulfill the traditionally rigorous preparatory school curriculum while…
Descriptors: Private Schools, High School Students, Majors (Students), Student Interests
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Daniel, Brad; Bobilya, Andrew J.; Kalisch, Kenneth R.; McAvoy, Leo H. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
This article explores the current state of knowledge regarding the use of autonomous student experiences (ASE) in outdoor and adventure education (OAE) programs. ASE are defined as components (e.g., solo, final expedition) in which participants have a greater measure of choice and control over the planning, execution, and outcomes of their…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Outdoor Education, Personal Autonomy, Knowledge Level
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Kang, Emily J. S.; Bianchini, Julie A.; Kelly, Gregory J. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
Preservice science teachers face numerous challenges in understanding and teaching science as inquiry. Over the course of their teacher education program, they are expected to move from veteran science students with little experience learning their discipline through inquiry instruction to beginning science teachers adept at implementing inquiry…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Inquiry
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Blanchard, Rosemary Ann; Senesh, Lawrence; Patterson-Black, Sheryll – Social Studies, 1999
Explains that an organic curriculum embraces a social studies curriculum that is supported by multidisciplinary social science methods and is grounded in the students' real-world experiences. Maintains that this organic social studies methodology is a means for implementing the thematic strands of the National Council for the Social Studies…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, Community Involvement, Critical Thinking
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Chickering, Arthur W.; Kytle, Jackson – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
Whatever forms they take, colleges of the 21st century must incorporate the educational fundamentals that underlie traditional residential institutions. Key ingredients of these educationally powerful environments include clear purposes, maximization of human interaction, pedagogies for active learning, recognition of individual differences,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, College Environment, College Role