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Ana Breda; Vanelson Garcia; Nelson Santos – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2023
The support of academics, professionals, and researchers from the most diverse scientific areas to STEAM education is due to the strong impact it has on preparing citizens for a world of continuous scientific and technological development. Among its benefits, we highlight the improvement of critical, innovative, and creative thinking; the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Burns, Marcia V.; Lewis, Alisha L. – Gifted Child Today, 2016
In this article, educators at University Primary School in Champaign, Illinois, share examples and understandings of the ways The Project Approach challenges young children to think critically about topics of importance in their world. Project investigations that provoke academic and social challenges for individuals and classroom communities of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Investigations
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Board, Keith – Tech Directions, 2011
An excellent common activity in technology and engineering classes involves dropping an egg from a significant height in a protective device designed and built by students. This article describes how the author uses the classic "egg drop" as an inspiration to have students modify a small crash test vehicle that speeds down a track and crashes into…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Activities, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
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Achuonye, Keziah Akuoma – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This descriptive survey is hinged on predominant teaching strategies in schools, implications for curriculum implementation in Mathematics, Science and Technology. Target population consisted of teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary schools. However, purposive sample of 900 respondents was drawn from the six BRACED states namely Bayelsa,…
Descriptors: Surveys, STEM Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Enikov, E. T.; Campa, G. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
This paper presents a low-cost hands-on experiment for a classical undergraduate controls course for non-electrical engineering majors. The setup consists of a small dc electrical motor attached to one of the ends of a light rod. The motor drives a 2-in propeller and allows the rod to swing. Angular position is measured by a potentiometer attached…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Synchronous Communication, Programming, Computer Science Education
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Guszak, Frank J. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Experiments, Methods Courses