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Mong, Christopher J.; Ertmer, Peggy A. – Educational Technology, 2013
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines are considered key to the scientific and economic improvement in the United States. As noted by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (2011), we need a nation in which "all" teachers and thus, all students, are "STEM-capable" (p. 2), that is, equipped with a broad…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Relevance (Education)
Tennyson, Robert D.; Boutwell, Richard C. – Educational Technology, 1974
Article presents a method of selecting instances of concept teaching or concept research. (Author)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Methods, Educational Research
Wilson, Brent G. – Educational Technology, 1995
Defines constructivist learning environments and explains why the idea is worthy of study. Discussion includes the different assumptions underlying common metaphors for instruction, the idea of learning environments, the outcomes of learning environments, and the components or functions that make up learning environments. (JMV)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment, Educational Methods, Metaphors