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Carroll, Maureen; Goldman, Shelley; Britos, Leticia; Koh, Jaime; Royalty, Adam; Hornstein, Michael – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2010
The purpose of the Taking Design Thinking to Schools Research Project was to extend the knowledge base that contributes to an improved understanding of the role of design thinking in K-12 classrooms. The ethnographic qualitative study focused on the implementation of an interdisciplinary design curriculum by a team of university instructors in a…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Murray, Kent S.; Napieralski, Jacob; Luera, Gail; Thomas-Brown, Karen; Reynolds-Keefer, Laura – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2012
The Geosciences Institute for Research and Education at the University of Michigan-Dearborn has been an example of a successful and effective model in increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in the geosciences. The program emphasizes involving middle school and at-risk high school students from the Detroit area public schools,…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Earth Science, Workshops, Middle School Students
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Buck, Gayle A.; Latta, Margaret A. Macintyre; Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
As university professors we sought to disrupt the practice of giving our students the actions we felt they should imitate in their teaching practice. Instead, we sought to actively engage teachers in the creation of workable solutions to real-life problems. We accomplished this by conducting a participatory action research project. This paper…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Education, Science Instruction