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Tobin, William; Feit, Valerie – Teachers College Press, 2020
New research points to the future of education as online, student-centered, collaborative, and community-based--all largely absent from today's educational landscape. This timely guide shows middle, high school, and college students how to undertake research to address challenges in their curriculum and communities. The approach is deliberately…
Descriptors: Student Research, Community Change, Ethics, Problem Solving
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Heather Hurst – English Journal, 2015
This article describes how adolescent students learn to question their lives and contexts through the "Crossing Boundaries" podcast assignment. In the assignment, the students pick a topic, design a project, interview at least one other individual, and analyze their data. The students do not realize they are engaging in original…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Programming (Broadcast), Assignments, Data Analysis
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Kurbanbekov, Bakytzhan A.; Turmambekov, Torebai A.; Baizak, Usen A.; Saidakhmetov, Pulat A.; Abdraimov, Rakhymzhan T.; Bekayeva, Aigerim E.; Orazbayeva, Kuldarkhan O. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The actuality of the investigated problem is caused by the need for students' training at pedagogical high schools to meet the challenges of research activities and the insufficient development of the theoretical, content-technological, scientific and methodological aspects of the formation of their experimental research competencies at the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Secondary School Science
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Cammarota, Julio – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
This article reports on racism expressed by school personnel (administrators and teachers) and experienced by Latina/o students at a high school located in Tucson, Arizona. Students in a specialized social science research program, called the Social Justice Education Project (SJEP), documented personal encounters with racist articulations at their…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Racial Bias, Aggression, Disadvantaged
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Maguth, Brad M.; Yamaguchi, Misato; Elliott, Jeff – Social Education, 2010
Research has pointed out that an over reliance on textbooks and lecturing in the social studies often devolves instruction into narrow perspectives and uninspiring activities. Thus, teachers allowed their students to use something they were interested in, technology, to access a wide range of resources for a class project. This assignment, the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, High School Students, Technology Uses in Education, Student Projects
Bryan, Valerie – Online Submission, 2011
Library resources are expensive and it is the library media specialist's responsibility to ensure that use of the library's resources is maximized to support the School Strategic Plan (SSP). This library usage study examined data on the scheduling of high school classes for research-based assignments, related to content area curriculum standards,…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Assignments, Strategic Planning, Media Specialists