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Borgerding, Lisa A. – Science Educator, 2012
High school biology teachers face many challenges as they teach evolution. State standards for evolution may provide support for sound evolution instruction. This study attempts to build upon previous work by investigating teachers' views of evolution standards and their evolution practices in a state where evolution standards have been…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evolution, State Standards, Genetics
Hollowell, Meghan Yancy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
National standards and funds have helped ensure that technology access is no longer as problematic as it once was in education, but some questions remain about how effectively educational technologies are being utilized prepare students with 21st century skills that include higher-order thinking skills. For this reason, scholars have emphasized…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Thinking Skills, National Standards
Duran, Emilio; Ballone-Duran, Lena; Haney, Jodi; Beltyukova, Svetlana – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2009
This report aimed to measure the impact of a unique professional development program entitled Project ASTER III (Active Science Teaching Encourages Reform) on teachers' self-efficacy and perceptions about inquiry-based science teaching. Project ASTER III enabled teachers to explore inquiry-based science teaching through exhibit-based…
Descriptors: Investigations, Self Efficacy, Museums, Program Effectiveness