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A Middle School Investigation into Developing Environmentally Friendly Packaging
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Tracy N. Vassiliev; Douglas J. Gardner; David J. Neivandt – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2024
This STEM research project asks middle school or high school students to work towards creating ecologically friendly packaging. Packaging that can be composted instead of thrown away and collected in landfills and oceans like plastics. This inquiry uses nanocellulose and focuses on water permeability. The fibers of nanocellulose can be dried to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Middle School Students, Environmental Education, Science Activities
Artifacts, Agency and Classroom Activity: Materialist Perspectives on Mathematics Education Technology
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White, Tobin – Cognition and Instruction, 2019
This article analyzes an episode of classroom mathematics activity mediated by graphing technology from 3 different theoretical perspectives. An important line of research in the learning sciences focuses on graphs as "inscriptions", foregrounding learners' interactions with and around the material properties of graphical displays.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Using Graph Talks to Engage Undergraduates in Conversations around Social Justice
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Marzocchi, Alison S.; Turner, Kelly; Druken, Bridget K. – PRIMUS, 2019
We present a mathematical activity called graph talks as a new pedagogical routine to intertwine social justice issues and mathematics. Adapted from "number talks," graph talks involve students analyzing, interpreting, and discussing real-life data represented in graphs. Graphs may be strategically selected to both highlight a relevant…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Students
Polar Bears or People? Exploring Ways in Which Teachers Frame Climate Change in the Classroom
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Busch, K. C. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2016
Not only will young adults bear the brunt of the effects of climate change, but they are also the ones who will be required to take action-to mitigate and to adapt. Framing, as both a theory and an analytic method, has been used to understand how language in the media can affect the audience's concern and intention to act. The theory and the…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Ecology, Teaching Methods
The Interplay of Graph and Text in the Acquisition of Historical Constructs
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Shand, Kristen – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2009
Graphs are often conjoined with text passages in history textbooks to help students comprehend complex constructs. Four linkages connect text and graphs: appropriate elements, fitting patterns, suitable labels and causal markers. Graphs in current textbooks contain few such linkages and seldom mirror the construct under study. An experiment…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Textbooks, Graphs, Statistical Analysis
A Contemporary Analysis of the Content of Mathematics for Liberal Education at the College Level
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Sporn, Howard Bruce – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study is to determine whether educators believe mathematics should be taught to liberal arts students, what topics are taught in liberal arts mathematics courses, and what the motivation is for teaching such topics. The study consists of two parts, a review of the opinions of educators regarding liberal arts mathematics, and a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, General Education, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills