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Vida, Mark D.; Maurer, Daphne – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
The current research compared the ability of adults and children to determine where another person is looking in shared visual space (triadic gaze). In Experiment 1, children (6-, 8-, 10-, and 14-year-olds) and adults viewed photographs of a model fixating a series of positions separated by 1.6 degrees along the horizontal plane. The task was to…
Descriptors: Infants, Human Body, Inferences, Comparative Analysis
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Monroe, Martha C.; Agrawal, Shruti; Jakes, Pamela J.; Kruger, Linda E.; Nelson, Kristen C.; Sturtevant, Victoria – Journal of Environmental Education, 2013
Environmental educators are challenged to document behavior changes, because change rarely depends solely on outcomes of education programs, but on many factors. An analysis of 15 communities in the United States that have increased their preparedness for wildfire allowed us to explore how education programs encouraged individual and community…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Behavior Modification, Environmental Education, Community Change
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Ruebush, Laura E.; Grossman, Ethan L.; Miller, Stephen A.; North, Simon W.; Schielack, Jane F.; Simanek, Eric E. – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
The Information Technology in Science (ITS) Center for Teaching and Learning was a National Science Foundation funded program to provide high-quality professional development for 7-12th grade science teachers. The subgroup on which this paper focuses was immersed in an innovative approach to understanding chemistry of the environment. The group…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Professional Development, Summer Programs
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Lee, Youngju; Kinzie, Mable B.; Whittaker, Jessica Vick – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
We examined the effects of teacher supports in enhancing teachers' open-ended questioning in pre-k activities. The blended teacher supports included online video demonstrations of questioning techniques and companion workshop activities. Twenty-five teachers received the blended supports while the control group did not. The data consisted of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Control Groups, Sentences, Science Activities
Banilower, Eric R.; Fulp, Sherri L.; Warren, Camille L. – Horizon Research, Inc. (NJ1), 2010
This report summarizes the activities and findings of the external evaluation of the "Science: It's Elementary" (SIE) program during the period from July 2009 through June 2010. The SIE program is managed by ASSET Inc. and overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). SIE is an initiative aimed at improving elementary…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Leadership Training, Case Studies, Vignettes
Gambino, Christine; Gryn, Thomas – US Census Bureau, 2011
This brief will discuss patterns of science and engineering educational attainment within the foreign-born population living in the United States, using data from the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS). The analysis is restricted to the population aged 25 and older, and the results are presented on science and engineering degree attainment by…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Community Surveys, Engineering Education, Science Education
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Gamliel, Tova; Hazan, Haim – British Educational Research Journal, 2014
In Israel's Multigenerational Connection Program (MCP), children instruct adults in computer and Internet use. Taking children's advantage in digital literacy as a given, the study examines their generational status in computerized encounters that MCP creates in two schools, one Jewish and one Arab. The data were gathered by means of qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adult Students, Jews
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Scherr, Rachel E.; Close, Hunter G.; McKagan, Sarah B.; Vokos, Stamatis – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2012
The nature of energy is not typically an explicit topic of physics instruction. Nonetheless, verbal and graphical representations of energy articulate models in which energy is conceptualized as a quasimaterial substance, a stimulus, or a vertical location. We argue that a substance ontology for energy is particularly productive in developing…
Descriptors: Energy, Physics, Science Instruction, Concept Formation
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Goodwin, Mark; Kramer, Cas; Cashmore, Annette – Journal of Biological Education, 2012
Bioethics is an increasingly important part of the biosciences curriculum at school and in higher education, but few science teachers have much experience of teaching the subject in an engaging or interactive manner. This article sets out a session that allows students to practise the skills of ethical thinking and ethical debate in a relevant…
Descriptors: Audiences, Science Teachers, Ethics, Biology
Bass, Judy – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
This article features Scott D. Tingle, a former career and technical education (CTE) student who always aimed high. November 4, 2011 marked the official culmination of a cherished, virtually lifelong dream of his--becoming an astronaut. It was a goal he had in mind even when he was a high school student in the 1980s at Blue Hills Regional…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Astronomy, Aerospace Education, Space Exploration
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Beaudoin, Colleen R.; Johnston, Pattie C.; Jones, Leslie B.; Waggett, Rebecca J. – Education, 2013
Problems associated with recruiting, supporting and retaining quality teachers in the STEM areas have been well documented in the literature. Specifically, findings suggest STEM teachers have indicated a need for pedagogy and increased content knowledge. These needs may be attributed to the fact that more STEM teachers have been alternatively…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, College School Cooperation, Teacher Workshops
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Okita, Sandra Y.; Turkay, Selen; Kim, Mihwa; Murai, Yumiko – Computers & Education, 2013
Advancements in technology have brought about new forms of learning and online instruction that allow communication through virtual representations without physically meeting in person. This study builds on previous work involving recursive feedback that tests the hypothesis that an important facet of learning-by-teaching is the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Feedback (Response), Virtual Classrooms, Computer Uses in Education
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Stokes, Alison; Roberts, Carolyn; Crowley, Kate; McEwen, Lindsey – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2015
Devastating floods in 2007 across western England resulted in legislative changes which have placed increased responsibility on local government for managing and mitigating local flood risk. For these changes to be effective, professional stakeholders need to understand fundamental concepts in flood science of which they may have no prior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters, Local Government, Researchers
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Chang, Peichin; Schleppegrell, Mary – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2011
Taking an assertive stance toward research being reviewed or reported is a challenging task for second language writers. This aspect of interpersonal meaning is especially difficult to address through direct instruction, as attention to particular grammatical and lexical choices outside of contexts of use is not enough to help students develop the…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Linguistics, Academic Discourse, Social Sciences
Bruch, Sarah; Grigg, Jeffrey; Hanselman, Paul – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This study focuses on how the treatment effects of a teacher professional development initiative in science differed by school capacity. In other words, the authors are primarily concerned with treatment effect heterogeneity. As such, this paper complements ongoing evaluation of the average treatment effects of the initiative over time. The…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Inservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Program Evaluation
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