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Labouta, Hagar Ibrahim; Adams, Jennifer D.; Anikovskiy, Max; Kenny, Natasha A.; Reid, Leslie; Cramb, David T. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
This study presents a conceptual framework for embedding interdisciplinary learning approaches in a postsecondary science program in order to foster interdisciplinary science habits in students. The framework was developed through the lens of a multi-year interdisciplinary postsecondary science program that encompasses a series of courses in which…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Purington, Stephanie; Nieswandt, Martina – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary STEM collaboration in the solution of real-world problems and encourage student independence and interdependence through a student-centered teaching approach that structures all projects as group…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Science Programs
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Merica, Christopher B.; Chun, Youngmin; Bailey, Joshua; Egan, Cate A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2021
As student enrollment numbers continue to drop within university Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programs across the country, the importance of recruiting high school students into the fields of physical education has never been greater. The PETE and exercise science programs at a university in the Pacific Northwest collaborated using…
Descriptors: Biomechanics, Teacher Education Programs, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education
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Benjamin Luo; Kelly E. Matthews; Prasad Chunduri – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2019
Students as Partners (SaP) is about students and staff working together in teaching and learning. It is guided by the values of partnership. Knowing how students understand these values, particularly students new to the ideas and language of SaP, would enrich the scholarly conversation about partnership practices. To that end, our study asked…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Berg, Craig; Carvan, Michael; Hesselbach, Renee; Luo, Zhihui; Petering, David; Pickart, Michael; Tomasiewicz, Henry; Weber, Daniel; Shukla, Rekha; Goldberg, Barbara – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2021
The objective of our program is to foster and facilitate authentic research experiences in middle and high school science courses. We do so by providing students with a complete experience in scientific experimentation and communication. The centerpiece is a set of experiment modules in which students investigate the effects of toxic chemicals on…
Descriptors: Sciences, Science Education, Science Programs, COVID-19
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Barnes, Stephen M.; Harrison, Charles K.; Koramoah, Rachel; Ivanova, Iveta T.; Read, David – New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 2017
Active learning is recognised as a crucial component of university courses in enhancing performance and retention. However, universities face numerous challenges in broadening the provision of active learning, including time constraints, and a lack of staff training and confidence to develop appropriate activities. This article outlines an…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Active Learning, Barriers
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Fuller, Kathryn; Linden, Matthew D.; Lee-Pullen, Tracey; Fragall, Clayton; Erber, Wendy N.; Röhrig, Kimberley J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
Advances in science education research have the potential to improve the way students learn to perform scientific interpretations and understand science concepts. We developed active, collaborative activities to teach skills in manipulating flow cytometry data using FlowJo software. Undergraduate students were given compensated clinical flow…
Descriptors: Cytology, Foreign Countries, Pathology, Science Education
Musante, Susan – BioScience, 2012
This article features Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER; www.sencer.net) Summer Institute. The SENCER program, which began formally in 2001, was the vision of David Burns; Karen Oates, currently Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; and Ric Wiebl, currently director of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Conferences (Gatherings), Mentors, Administrators
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Zaffos, Joshua – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2013
Since the first tribal college was established in the late 1960s, tribal colleges and universities have offered technical-learning opportunities to students in isolated communities around the country. From the onset, many of these colleges focused on providing practical skills and vocational job training, and frequently targeted nontraditional,…
Descriptors: Job Training, Teaching Methods, American Indian Reservations, American Indian Education
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McGee, Daniel; Vasquez, Pedro; Cajigas, Jesus – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2014
The University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez (UPRM) has found that there are disadvantages to a semester long remedial mathematics course that is administered during the freshmen year to students with mathematics deficiencies in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs. Correspondingly, the UPRM designed and implemented an…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Conventional Instruction, Online Courses, Developmental Programs
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Etherington, Matthew B. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This study reports on the success of using a problem-based learning approach (PBL) as a pedagogical mode of learning open inquiry science within a traditional four-year undergraduate elementary teacher education program. In 2010, a problem-based learning approach to teaching primary science replaced the traditional content driven syllabus. During…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Science Programs
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Davies-Vollum, Katherine Sian; Greengrove, Cheryl – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
In times of economic downturn, college enrollments often increase. Entering students may come from diverse educational backgrounds and bring variable skill sets. In this article, the authors describe a skills-focused course developed to ensure that transfer and nontraditional students returning to education are prepared to succeed in…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nontraditional Students, Science Programs, Academic Achievement
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Brown, Ted; Zoghi, Maryam; Williams, Brett; Jaberzadeh, Shapour; Roller, Louis; Palermo, Claire; McKenna, Lisa; Wright, Caroline; Baird, Marilyn; Schneider-Kolsky, Michal; Hewitt, Lesley; Sim, Jenny; Holt, Tangerine-Ann – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
The objective for this study was to determine whether learning style preferences of health science students could predict their attitudes to e-learning. A survey comprising the "Index of Learning Styles" (ILS) and the "Online Learning Environment Survey" (OLES) was distributed to 2885 students enrolled in 10 different health…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cognitive Style, Student Attitudes, Science Programs
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Hughes-McDonnell, Fiona – New Educator, 2009
A teacher educator and student of Duckworth's critical exploration approach to teaching shares three episodes taken from science methods courses she teaches for preservice teachers in graduate and undergraduate programs in elementary education. The episodes reveal the pedagogy of critical exploration to be particularly well suited to the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Student Journals, Teacher Educators
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Brown, I. Foster – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Learning to question is essential for determining pathways of conservation and development in southwestern Amazonia during a time of rapid global environmental change. Teaching such an approach in graduate science programs in regional universities can be done using play-acting and simulation exercises. Multiple working hypotheses help students…
Descriptors: Science Programs, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Graduate Students
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