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Sanchez-Muñoz, Raul; Carrió, Mar; Rodríguez, Gemma; Pérez, Nora; Moyano, Elisabeth – Journal of Biological Education, 2022
The professional profiles of future scientists need to undergo a deep and rapid change to address recent advances in biomedical sciences and the social and environmental contexts in which we currently live. For instance, they have to be trained to be able to develop innovative and creative strategies for solving complex problems under a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Flipped Classroom, Cooperative Learning, Student Projects
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Pérez-Álvarez, Leyre; Ruiz-Rubio, Leire; Vilas-Vilela, Jose Luis – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
To enhance critical thinking and problem-solving skills, a project-based learning (PBL) approach for "Instrumental Techniques" courses in undergraduate physical chemistry was specifically developed for a pharmacy bachelor degree program. The starting point of this PBL was an open-ended question that is close to the student scientist's…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, College Science
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Capobianco, Brenda M.; Nyquist, Chell; Tyrie, Nancy – Science and Children, 2013
This article describes the steps incorporated to teach an engineering design process in a fifth-grade science classroom. The engineering design-based activity was an existing scientific inquiry activity using UV light--detecting beads and purposefully creating a series of engineering design-based challenges around the investigation. The…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Inquiry
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Pratt, Kyle – Tech Directions, 2011
In Mr. Wood's technology class, students learned about many aspects of engineering, including design of a product, teamwork, testing hypotheses, and testing the final product. In this article, the author describes how his class, particularly his team, applied everything they learned about the process to their kayak design challenge using the IDEAL…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teamwork, Program Descriptions, Program Design
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Dalimonte, Cathy – Science and Children, 2013
In the STEM classroom, students can work in collaborative teams to build those essential skills needed for the 21st-century world. In project-based learning (PBL), teams of four to six students are often randomly selected to describe a realistic situation that may occur in today's workplace; this may be done by counting off in fours, fives,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning, Teamwork
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Purzer, Senay; Duncan-Wiles, Daphne; Strobel, Johannes – Science and Children, 2013
Hopscotch, basketball, or hide-and-seek? Children have many choices at recess, and while making these choices they must consider and make trade-offs. The way they make these decisions is not that different from the thought processes engineers use when making design trade-offs. Engineers have to make trade-offs because a design that meets all…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Design, Student Projects, Student Journals
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McComas, William F. – Science Teacher, 2011
As a science teacher educator and former science teacher, the author has long known that the science fair should be part of his professional experience, but he had not given it much thought until recently. As he worked with his daughter's project, he became convinced that it is time to reconsider the range of activities one calls "science fairs."…
Descriptors: Science Fairs, Science Teachers, Science Education, Student Projects
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Mayne, Lynne – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2012
To ensure a modern bioscience curriculum that responds to the current needs of stakeholders, there is a need to embed a range of generic capabilities that enables graduates to succeed in and contribute to a rapidly changing world, as well as building strong bioscience skills and knowledge. The curriculum must also prepare students for a rapidly…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Teamwork, Metacognition
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Hademenos, George; Russell, Jonathan; Birch, John; Wosczyna-Birch, Karen – Science Teacher, 2010
"Engineering Challenge for the 21st Century," a weeklong teacher workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation, uses project-based learning (PBL) to help students and teachers build science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills. The workshop, hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, features the Coast…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Student Projects, Active Learning, Teacher Workshops
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Kalivas, John H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
This article describes a two-semester general chemistry laboratory teaching approach to assist students in gaining experience with science-process skills. The ultimate goal is successful completion of a second-semester service-learning project requiring use of their newly developed science-process skills. The project entails creating an…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Service Learning, Chemistry, Science Laboratories
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Lewis, Jennifer R.; Kotur, Mark S.; Butt, Omar; Kulcarni, Sumant; Riley, Alyssa A.; Ferrell, Nick; Sullivan, Kathryn D.; Ferrari, Mauro – Cell Biology Education, 2002
The purpose of this article is to discuss "small-group apprenticeships (SGAs)" as a method to instruct cell culture techniques to high school participants. The study aimed to teach cell culture practices and to introduce advanced imaging techniques to solve various biomedical engineering problems. Participants designed and completed experiments…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High School Students, Science Experiments