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Lamb, Lisa Nichole – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study was to explore how STEM professionals described the influence of collective impact conditions on their educational ecosystems for high school students in the US. The framework was collective impact as supported by transformational leadership theory. The research was guided by five research…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Ecology, Outcomes of Education, High School Students
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Goldoni, Emanuele; Stefanini, Ledo – Physics Education, 2020
In 1919, Eddington and Dyson led two famous expeditions to measure the bending of light during a total solar eclipse. The results of this effort led to the first experimental confirmation of Einstein's General Relativity and contributed to create its unique and enduring fame. Since then, similar experiments have been carried out all around the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Light, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Humphrey, Stephen E., Ed.; LeBreton, James M., Ed. – APA Books, 2019
Organizational relationships are complex. Employees do their work as individuals, but also as members of larger teams. They exist within various social networks, both within and spanning organizations. Multilevel theory is at the core of the organizational sciences, and unpacking multilevel relationships is fundamental to the challenges faced…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Theories, Institutional Research, Social Networks
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Sokolowski, Andrzej – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2015
This study investigated the effects of applying mathematical modeling on revising students' preconception of the process of optimizing area enclosed by a string of a fixed length. A group of 28 high school pre-calculus students were immersed in modeling activity that included direct measurements, data collecting, and formulating algebraic…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, High School Students, Calculus, Algebra
Reason, Paul L., Comp.; Tankard, George G., Jr., Comp. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
This handbook is a guide to property accounting for local and State school systems. It classifies and defines the specific items of information about land, buildings, and equipment that need to be comparable among local school systems and among States, and presents additional terminology essential to their effective use. As such, it is concerned…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, School Accounting, Educational Finance