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Direct linkMaysoon Lehmeidi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The number of students interested in pursuing STEM in post-secondary institutions is on the decline. This is due to several factors, one being a lack of effective and innovative science enrichment (summer or after-school) programs for high school students (Baran et al., 2019; Kong et al., 2014). While traditional lecture-based science courses…
Descriptors: In Person Learning, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, High School Students
Ong, Yann Shiou – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The study reported in this dissertation is a response to the call for school science argumentation interventions to shift from a focus on argument framework towards epistemic criteria valued by the scientific community, and to focus on the practice of critiquing in addition to constructing arguments, as both practices are part of scientific…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Epistemology, Intervention, Science Instruction
Harris, Demetrius B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
"Teaching Spiritual Themes to African American Children: A Picture Book Approach" is a research project that used picture books to teach the four spiritual themes, 1.) love, 2.) forgiveness, 3.) kindness, and 4.) perseverance. This project was conducted in an after school program at Fifth Baptist Church, on Cary St. in Richmond, VA. The…
Descriptors: African American Children, Spiritual Development, Picture Books, Research Projects
Gradias, Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 2013, California became one of the first states to adopt the rigorous Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). However, the current state of science instruction does not support the conceptual shifts of the NGSS, which call for consistent science instruction K-12, increased inquiry, subject integration, as well as science instruction that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Practices, Active Learning, Student Projects
Sanders, Veronica – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study implemented and evaluated gaming instruction as a professional development for science teachers at a Georgia high school. It was guided by four research questions that (a) assessed the impact of training in gaming instruction and evaluation of that training on science teachers' ability to use games; (b) examined evidence showing that…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Action Research, Research Projects, Secondary School Teachers
Hersey, Page Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Human rights education (HRE) holds the potential for educators to begin an honest dialogue with students and to connect local issues with international struggles for human rights. However, HRE and other teaching approaches that build understanding of systems of power and oppression that lead to human rights violations are not widely embraced in…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Social Justice, Transformative Learning, Action Research
