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Download full textFinkelstein, Neal; Fong, Anthony; Tiffany-Morales, Juliet; Shields, Patrick; Huang, Min – Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, 2012
As California competes for jobs in an increasingly competitive global economy, the state faces a looming shortage of highly educated workers (PPIC, 2012). For a variety of reasons, the need for individuals with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is of particular concern. Nowhere is this more true than in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, High School Students, Algebra
Direct linkZinth, Kyle – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2008
America's advantage has historically been its people's creativity, flexibility and entrepreneurship. But just as painters need to be proficient in technique and theory to produce great masterpieces, the next generation of Americans will likely require a solid grounding in mathematics and science for their creativity to be maximized in a world…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Secondary Education
Moscovici, Hedy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study explored the dynamics of power relationships in secondary science methods courses taught at an urban university in Southern California for credential candidates. Data collection extended over 10 academic semesters. Employing frameworks of power, self-study, and critical pedagogy, the study analyzes the multifaceted and intricate roads…
Descriptors: Credentials, Urban Schools, Methods Courses, Critical Theory
Peer reviewedThier, Herbert D. – Science Education, 1985
Discusses problems reflecting the crisis in education, presenting general approaches for resolving the problems. Also discusses the California Earthquake Education Project (CALEEP), a program which provides education of current concern (including personal emergency preparedness) to the public. CALEEP activities are successful due to many social,…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Earthquakes, Elementary School Science, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedArbuckle, Susan H.; Schneider, Steven A. – Science Teacher, 1993
Describes the grassroots approach of the California Scope, Sequence and Coordination Project that was designed to achieve widespread and persistent change in public school science education. (PR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, High Schools, Science Curriculum, Science Education
Bereki, Debra – CSTA Journal, 2000
Describes a hands-on lesson for teaching high school students the concept of the rock cycle using sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Students use a rock cycle diagram to identify pairs of rocks. From the rock cycle, students explain on paper how their first rock became the second rock and vice versa. (PVD)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Experiential Learning, Geology, Hands on Science
Peer reviewedAtchley, Debra – Science Teacher, 1993
Describes a high school pilot program to meet California's science curriculum guidelines to adopt a Scope, Sequence and Coordination (SS&C) approach. The SS&C curriculum offers four science subjects for each year of high school. Concrete, phenomenological, and descriptive topics are covered during the early years and theoretical and…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Educational Change
Peer reviewedHoehn, Robert G. – Science Activities, 1978
Provides hints for teaching a unit on fossils, with special emphasis on the use of field trips. Suggests several points for a successful field experience and describes how the author used local fossil sites to involve students in field trips. (MA)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Field Instruction, Field Trips, Geology
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1989
The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program was established in 1970 to increase the number of minority students in college programs. This paper reports the MESA administrative operations and policy-making processes. Part 1 summarizes the background of this study. Part 2 describes MESA's administrative operations and provides…
Descriptors: Administration, College Science, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Guha, R.; Shields, P.; Tiffany-Morales, J.; Bland, J.; Campbell, A. – Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 2008
This year's report provides an update on California's teacher workforce and state policies that affect the teacher development system. It examines overall trends in the workforce and discusses the demand for teachers, the distribution of underprepared teachers, and the implementation of a statewide data system to improve the quality and accuracy…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Global Approach, Teacher Supply and Demand, Educational Change
Peer reviewedMartin, Megan; And Others – Science Teacher, 1995
Reports on research results from California's Golden State Examinations science portfolio projects. Findings discussed include gender variations; prior course grades; student ethnicity; multiple-choice questions; laboratory performance tasks; and open-ended questions. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Portfolios (Background Materials), Program Evaluation, Science Education
Castellani, Marylynn L., Ed. – 1974
Project Marine Ecology Research (MER) is an ecological curriculum designed to involve secondary students in the study of the marine biome. The background material and learning activities concern the study of the San Francisco Bay Area. The guide is divided into two major parts. In the first part, a history of the Bay Area is given. It includes the…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Ecology, Environmental Education, Laboratory Manuals
Slaughter, Charles H. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
The use of educational technology to improve student-teacher interaction is discussed. One such program in California is described. The growth of this teaching concept is noted. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials
Downie, Don – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes an aviation course at Perris High School, (Perris, California) designed primarily for potential high school dropouts in which students rebuilt a wrecked airplane. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Course Descriptions, Dropout Programs
Contra Costa County Dept. of Education, Pleasant Hill, CA. – 1974
Project Marine Ecology Research (MER) is an ecological unit designed to involve secondary students in the study of the marine biome. The teachers are also involved with MER through inservice participation and materials preparation. The unit is designed to be incorporated within the existing science curriculum. Specifically, the activities concern…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Ecology, Environmental Education, Learning Activities
