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Impacting African American Student Achievement in the Middle School STEM Classroom by Teaching Mathematics through Arts Integration and Design Thinking
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Lippert, Robert J.; Seals, Tjuannia R. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Middle school is a transitional period in which many students experience content-specific teachers, travel between classrooms, and explore extracurricular activity options for the first time. Historically, African American middle school students have not fared well in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) on standardized…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Interests, STEM Education, Middle School Students
Impacting African American Student Achievement in the Middle School STEM Classroom by Teaching Mathematics through Arts Integration and Design Thinking
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Seals, Tjuannia R.; Lippert, Robert J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Middle school is a transitional period in which many students experience content-specific teachers, travel between classrooms, and explore extracurricular activity options for the first time. Historically, African American middle school students have not fared well in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) on standardized…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Interests, STEM Education, Middle School Students
Embodied by Design: The Presence of Creativity, Art-Making, and Self in Virtual Reality
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Jessica Pissini – ProQuest LLC, 2020
From computational and scientific viewpoints, virtual reality (VR) is a well-researched technology, platform, and mode of communication. However, from an arts perspective, virtual reality has very few, if any, defined parameters as an artistic medium. This study aims to explore the technical affordances and the experiential and creative phenomena…
Descriptors: Creativity, Art Activities, Self Concept, Computer Simulation
Place-Based Design: An Instructional Design Theory for Supporting Community-Based Inquiry and Design Projects
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Mathews, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Place-based education has been forwarded as a pedagogical approach that has the potential to contextualize learning, increase student engagement, and strengthen the relationship between schools and the broader community. Despite this promise, however, many teachers struggle to develop learning experiences that incorporate the key components of…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Instructional Design, Case Studies, Integrated Curriculum