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Susan L. Stansberry; Scott M. Haselwood – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2017
This design case includes the challenges, considerations, and decisions associated with the design, development, and delivery of a master's level educational technology course on teaching and learning with games and simulations. A master's level course, Digital Games and Simulations in the Classroom, faced redesign in order to add a gamification…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Simulation, Curriculum Development
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Thomas Brush; Suhkyung Shin; Sungwon Shin; Jiyoon Jung; John Gensic; Krista Glazewski – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2016
Socioscientific Inquiry (SSI) represents an instructional approach designed to target interest and knowledge in science. In this context, students consider scientific issues that have social implications and comprise a range of trade-offs, concepts, and considerations in order to arrive at informed conclusions (Sadler, 2004, 2011). Given the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation, Technology Uses in Education, Science and Society
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Julie C. Brown; Elizabeth A. Ring-Whalen; Gillian H. Roehrig; Joshua Ellis – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2018
Culturally responsive science teaching has been associated with several positive academic outcomes for students of color, including improved science achievement, attitudes, and identities. Given the chronic science performance gap between students of color and white peers, culturally responsive teaching seems ideal for mitigating this disparity.…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Science Education, Minority Group Students, Secondary School Science
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Charles J. Eick; Michael Dias – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2016
The first author re-entered the middle grades classroom to teach a new National Science Foundation (NSF) physical science curriculum that was designed to foster conceptual change through a scientific approach. The curriculum design met the need and call for reform in science education through its focus on inquiry, evidence-based reasoning, peer…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Curriculum Design