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Jin, Ge; Nakayama, Shoji; Tu, Manghui – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2020
Safety and security education are important part of technology related education, because of recent number of increase in safety and security related incidents. Game based learning is an emerging and rapidly advancing forms of computer-assisted instruction. Game based learning for safety and security education enables students to learn concepts…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Simulated Environment, Computer Games, Physical Environment
Cummings, Amy; Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
The 21st Century Charter School at Gary (21C), a K-12 charter school and is the flagship campus of the Greater Educational Opportunities (GEO) Foundation. GEO is a small charter management organization, founded in 1998 by Kevin Teasley, which today operates five schools in Gary, Indiana, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. GEO focuses on increasing high…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, College Readiness, High School Graduates, High School Students
Swanson, Dewey; Gusev, Dmitri A. – Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2015
The Computer Information and Technology Department (CIT) program of Purdue University is offered at our regional campus in Columbus, Indiana. Like many programs throughout the country, we face issues in recruiting new students. Over the last seven to eight years, we have faced declining enrollment, even as our main campus at West Lafayette saw…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Student Motivation, Information Technology, Summer Programs
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Renner, Julie N.; Emady, Heather N.; Galas, Richards J., Jr.; Zhange, Rong; Baertsch, Chelsey D.; Liu, Julie C. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2013
A cartilage tissue engineering laboratory activity was developed as part of the Exciting Discoveries for Girls in Engineering (EDGE) Summer Camp sponsored by the Women In Engineering Program (WIEP) at Purdue University. Our goal was to increase awareness of chemical engineering and tissue engineering in female high school students through a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Chemical Engineering, Science Laboratories
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Harriger, Alka – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2008
Purdue University recently received $1.2M in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the development of educational programs for high school teachers, high school counselors, and high school students. The purpose of these intervention programs is to show that women (and men) can have interesting, useful, and society-impacting…
Descriptors: Success, Intervention, Science Course Improvement Projects, Institutes (Training Programs)
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
Upward Bound was a precollege program geared for high school students with potential who had been handicapped by economic, cultural, and educational deprivation. It involved a full-time summer program and follow-up programs (counseling, cultural activities, and physical education) during the academic year. Students stayed in the program for three…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Cultural Activities, Disadvantaged Youth