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"Wading in the Water"
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Obel-Omia, Michael C. – Independent School, 2016
What? How can you keep me safe?" Those words tore through this author as he sat with eight black boys from the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in March 2015. They were planning to discuss a novel, Scott Mebus' "Gods of Manhattan," when he reassured the boys that he could keep them safe. Seared in their hearts are the tragic…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Race, Violence, Males
Learning from the Periphery in a Collaborative Robotics Workshop for Girls
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Sullivan, Florence R.; Keith, Kevin; Wilson, Nicholas C. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This study investigates how students who are peripherally positioned in computer science-based, collaborative group work meaningfully engage with the group activity in order to learn. Our research took place in the context of a one-day, all-girl robotics workshop, in which the participants were learning to program robotic devices. A total of 17…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Robotics, Females, Cooperative Learning
Learning from the Periphery in a Collaborative Robotics Workshop for Girls
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Sullivan, Florence R.; Keith, P. Kevin; Wilson, Nicholas C. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study investigates how students who are peripherally positioned in computer science-based, collaborative group work meaningfully engage with the group activity in order to learn. Our research took place in the context of a one-day, all-girl robotics workshop. This work proceeds from the premise that learning about programming is mediated most…
Descriptors: Robotics, Workshops, Females, Group Activities
Sharevision Collaboration between High School Counselors and Athletic Educators to Stop LGBTQ Bullying
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Thompson, Lisa Dawn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the study was twofold: to explore how school counselors and athletic educators experienced implementing the 2010 Massachusetts Anti-bullying law and to explore how participants experienced using the Sharevision structured group reflection process as the format for group discussions. The Sharevision structured group reflection…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Physical Education Teachers, Cooperation, Bullying
Facilitating Scientific Engagement Online: Responsive Teaching in a Science Professional Development Program
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Watkins, Jessica; Jaber, Lama Z.; Dini, Vesal – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2020
Given the widespread adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards in the United States, there is a need to study new models of professional development to prepare teachers to enact practice-based visions of science learning and to address problems of access to reach teachers nationwide. While studies of online professional development offer…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Professional Development, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Gay-Straight Alliances as Settings to Discuss Health Topics: Individual and Group Factors Associated with Substance Use, Mental Health, and Sexual Health Discussions
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Poteat, V. P.; Heck, N. C.; Yoshikawa, H.; Calzo, J. P. – Health Education Research, 2017
Sexual minority (e.g. lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning; LGBQ) and gender minority (e.g. transgender) youth experience myriad health risks. Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) are school-based settings where they may have opportunities to discuss substance use, mental health, and sexual health issues in ways that are safe and tailored to their…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Social Support Groups, High School Students, Student Attitudes