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Direct linkWilhelm, Jennifer; Cole, Merryn; Driessen, Emily; Ringl, Samantha; Hightower, Andromeda; Gonzalez-Napoleoni, Javier; Jones, Jasemine – School Science and Mathematics, 2022
This research with middle school students from Kentucky (KY) and Nevada (NV) provides a snapshot of students' spatial-scientific understandings as we explored how well students understand lunar-related content, both spatially and scientifically, after receiving instruction with similar curricular Earth-Space content. Utilizing a lens of spatial…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Spatial Ability, Astronomy, Grade 6
Fick, Sarah J. – Science Teacher, 2017
One way to tackle climate misconceptions is to have students work with data to show how the climate is changing in their local community. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has weather stations nationwide that collect data on air temperature and precipitation that are freely available online. This article describes a lesson…
Descriptors: Climate, Weather, Data Collection, Science Process Skills
Download full textEducation Commission of the States, 2018
Business leaders in Nevada cannot find the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent they need to stay competitive. Students' lagging performance in K-12 is a critical reason why. The good news is that the nation's ost effective STEM education programs can help turn the tide. Nevada students have made real progress in math…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Demand Occupations, Mathematics Achievement
National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Guided by a new framework, the NAEP science assessment was updated in 2009 to keep the content current with key developments in science, curriculum standards, assessments, and research. The 2009 framework organizes science content into three broad content areas. Physical science includes concepts related to properties and changes of matter, forms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Ethnic Groups
Pankratius, William J.; Snow, Mary B. – 1991
This study focuses on the need to know more about Nevada science teachers, their current teaching situations, their educational and experience backgrounds, their needs, and their opinions. Questionnaires were mailed to all 471 Nevada educational personnel assigned to teach science classes in the spring of 1990. The number of respondents was 345.…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Science, Concept Formation, Educational Facilities
The Principal's Role in Standards-Based Reform: Linking Accountability to Instructional Improvement.
Chance, Patti L.; Anderson, Robert B. – 2003
In 1997, the Nevada Legislature enacted the Nevada Education Reform Act to implement standards-based reform in all academic subjects in Nevada's schools. The act required that both teachers and principals be engaged in the process. This report describes a study of secondary principals' and secondary science teachers' perceptions of the impact that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Agents
Crippen, Kent J.; Archambault, Leanna; Ford, Marilyn Sue; Levitt, Gregory A. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
This paper describes a unique collaboration between the College of Education (COE) and the Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach (CAEO) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Here we describe our efforts to improve student science performance in traditionally underachieving urban middle schools by embracing our state's highly qualified…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Academic Achievement, Middle Schools
