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Kaela M. Martin; A. Hope Elmer; Lauren P. deVera; Joselyn Busato; Parker Landon; Davide Guzzetti; Elif E. Miskioglu – Advances in Engineering Education, 2024
Online courses have become increasingly popular in education and professional development because of their user-friendliness, accessibility, and ability to provide specialized training beyond formal education for workforce preparation. We demonstrate the efficacy of using a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to teach specialized engineering…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Engineering Education, Career Readiness, Aerospace Education
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Perea, Jose Dario; Gasca, Diana Carolina; Echeverry-Prieto, Ghisliane; Quiroga-Fonseca, Valentina; Orozco-Donneys, Carolina; Díaz-Montealegre, Leidy Catherine; Ortiz, Alejandro; Molina, Giovanny; Cruz, Daniel; Persad, Aaron; Redd-Kantareddy, Sai Nithin; Wachsmuth, Josua; Heumueller, Thomas; Brabec, Christoph; Rodriguez-Toro, Victor Alfonso; Salguero, Carolina – European Journal of STEM Education, 2021
As part of an unprecedented collaborative outreach effort, we implemented an innovative STEM outreach project, where more than 80 middle and high school students from different traditionally underrepresented school districts in Colombia--with no previous knowledge on material science or photovoltaics--created Last Generation Solar Cells (LGSCs)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Horstman, Theresa; Tierney, Gavin; Tzou, Carrie – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on two areas of digital badge design that impact learner experience: the value and meaning of badges outside of their original context and badge function and platform functionality that impact learner experience. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses a design-based research approach. For this paper,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Student Experience, Recognition (Achievement), Informal Education
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Kalianne L. Neumann; Susan L. Stansberry; Crystal L. Del Rosso; Stacey S. Welch; Toni A. Ivey – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
Moonshot is the redesign of NASA's High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS), which traditionally engaged Texas high school juniors in a 16-week online course for credit and an intense week-long onsite experience working in teams with experts at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), our challenge was to design,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Aerospace Education, Instructional Design, Online Courses
Demirci, Ersin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program is an out-of-school-time (OST) science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program that aims to encourage and inspire Texas high school students to pursue STEM degrees and careers. The program gives Texas high school juniors the opportunity to participate in an interactive online…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, STEM Education, High School Students, 21st Century Skills
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Daneshamooz, Saeed; Alamolhodaei, Hassan; Darvishian, Saeed; Daneshamooz, Soniya – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The project team gathered data with the assistance of Recreational and Cultural Organization of Mashhad Municipality, Organization of Mashhad Municipality and Science and Astronomy Science Center of Mashhad Municipality, Khorasan Razavi, Islamic Republic of Iran. This paper discusses the effect of science center on attitude of students who visit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teaching Centers, Scientific Attitudes, High School Students
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Peckham, Susanne – Tech Directions, 2009
This article features the team of students from Madison (Wisconsin) West High School who took first place in the Seventh Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), earning the title of national champion. The four-member team--Jacqui German, Tenzin Sonam, John Schoech, and Ben Winokur--spent several months perfecting their design after the…
Descriptors: Scholarships, High Schools, Aerospace Education, Science Careers
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Caron, Daniel W. – Technology Teacher, 2008
Mentorship is a valuable learning tool. A quick search of the Internet will result in hundreds of examples of mentorship between students, teachers, and people from industry. In this article, the author describes an e-mentor program used by aerospace students at Kingswoood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The author also describes…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Development, High School Students, School Community Relationship
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Stinner, Arthur; Metz, Don – Physics Teacher, 2010
This article is intended to model the ascent of the space shuttle for high school teachers and students. It provides a background for a sufficiently comprehensive description of the physics (kinematics and dynamics) of the March 16, 2009, "Discovery" launch. Our data are based on a comprehensive spreadsheet kindly sent to us by Bill Harwood, the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High School Students, Spreadsheets, Science Instruction