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Dragan Zlatkovic´; Miljana Ðordevic´ Zlatkovic´; Niko Radulovic´ – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Herein, we present a program implemented in Python that utilizes a simple complete-search algorithm to determine the geometry of a lanthanide-substrate (LS) complex. The program serves as a practical project in a programming course for chemistry students, specifically aimed at illustrating fundamental concepts such as decision-making, repetition,…
Descriptors: Programming, Problem Solving, Chemistry, Science Education
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Nichole Orench-Rivera; April Bednarski; Paul Craig; Austin Talbot – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
Advancements in computation and machine learning have revolutionized science, enabling researchers to address once insurmountable challenges. Bioinformatics, a field that heavily relies on computer-driven analysis of biological data, has greatly benefited from these developments. However, traditional bioinformatics instruction frequently lacks the…
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Science Education, Integrated Curriculum, Programming
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Cronquist, Björn; Fridberg, Marie; Redfors, Andreas – Teaching Science, 2022
Coping with a virtual and abstract reality has become part of everyday life. Therefore, perceptions of what will constitute everyday life experiences for future generations are next to impossible to predict. One way of preparing young children for such a future is the implementation of teaching towards digital competence in curricula around the…
Descriptors: Robotics, Young Children, Technology Uses in Education, Digital Literacy
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Zoe C. M. Davidson; Shuping Dang; Xenofon Vasilakos – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
Raspberry Pi Pico, based on chip RP2040, is an easy-to-use development microcontroller board that can provide flexible input/output functions and meets the teaching needs of basic electronics to first-year university undergraduates. This article presents our blended laboratory design using Raspberry Pi Pico for the course unit Digital Circuits and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Electronics, Technology Education, Scientific Concepts
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Jones, Oliver A. H.; Stevenson, Paul G.; Hameka, Simone C.; Osborne, Dale A.; Taylor, Patrick D.; Spencer, Michelle J. S. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
The use of three-dimensional printing in chemistry education has expanded greatly in the past 10 years. The technique has been used to demonstrate a range of concepts including molecular structure, orbitals, and point groups; to produce chemical equipment such as cuvettes and columns; and even to print out mathematical shapes and functions. Here,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Printing
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Martínez, Alexuan; Nieves, Christian; Rúa, Armando – Physics Teacher, 2021
Many physics projects recently designed for high school teachers use Arduino as the main tool for managing sensors and data acquisition. This is a low-cost integrated development environment programmed with a simplified version of the C++ language. In comparison, the Raspberry Pi 3 platform, which also allows for the design of physics projects,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Physics, Secondary School Science
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Balaton, Mariana; Cavadas, Jorge; Carvalho, Paulo Simeão; Lima, J. J. G. – Physics Education, 2021
Experimental teaching is essential for a good understanding of science, especially on Physics. Practical activities play an important role for engaging students with science, mainly when they interact directly with equipment, collect experimental data with computers and/or use interactive software for data analysis. In this work, we present the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Robotics, Programming
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Fairley, David – School Science Review, 2020
This article introduces the use of "VPython" (the "Python" programming language plus a 3D graphics module called "Visual") as a potentially valuable tool in teaching aspects of secondary school chemistry, which also provides an opportunity for students to gain some experience with manipulating and/or writing computer…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Chemistry
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Keegans, James D.; Stancliffe, Richard J.; Bilton, Lawrence E.; Cashmore, Claire R.; Gibson, Brad K.; Kristensen, Mikkel Theiss; Lawson, Thomas V.; Pignatari, Marco; Vaezzadeh, Iraj; Côté, Benoit; Chongchitnan, Siri – Physics Education, 2021
We present our outreach program, the "Thailand-UK Python+Astronomy Summer School" (ThaiPASS), a collaborative project comprising UK and Thai institutions and assess its impact and possible application to schools in the United Kingdom. Since its inception in 2018, the annual ThaiPASS has trained around 60 Thai high-school students in…
Descriptors: International Programs, Program Effectiveness, Outreach Programs, High School Students
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Sousa, Ana; Rodrigues, Pedro; Maia-Lima, Cláudia; Pinto, Alexandre; Barbot, António – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2020
The excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation, natural or artificial, is a public health concern. For this reason, it is important that, from an early age, children and teenagers gain awareness of this problem. By not being visible to the human eye, ultraviolet radiation is an abstract concept and difficult to understand, although its short-term…
Descriptors: Radiation, Grade 9, Foreign Countries, Skill Development
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Ntourou, Vassiliki; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Psycharis, Sarantos – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This article presents a quasi-experiment which, with the use of Arduino and Scratch for Arduino (S4A), attempts to study their effect on self-efficacy and motivation towards Science Education, Computational Thinking (CT) and the views of 5th Grade students about concepts of electricity. It was conducted on the 5th Grade of a Primary School in…
Descriptors: Science Education, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Student Motivation
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Jenson, Jennifer; Droumeva, Milena – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2017
An ongoing challenge of 21st century learning is ensuring everyone has the requisite skills to participate in a digital, knowledge-based economy. Once an anathema to parents and teachers, digital games are increasingly at the forefront of conversations about ways to address student engagement and provoke challenges to media pedagogies. While…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Media Literacy, Middle School Students, Student Surveys
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Jaipal-Jamani, Kamini; Angeli, Charoula – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2017
The current impetus for increasing STEM in K-12 education calls for an examination of how preservice teachers are being prepared to teach STEM. This paper reports on a study that examined elementary preservice teachers' (n = 21) self-efficacy, understanding of science concepts, and computational thinking as they engaged with robotics in a science…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Chambers, Joan M.; Carbonaro, Mike – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2003
Within a constructivist philosophy of learning, teachers, as students, are introduced to different perspectives of teaching with robotic technology while immersed in what Papert called a "constructionist" environment. Robotics allows students to creatively explore computer programming, mechanical design and construction, problem solving,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Concepts, Programming