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Stowe, Ryan; Elvey, Jacob – Science Teacher, 2016
Chemistry in high school is often presented as a jumbled mass of topics drawn from inorganic, analytical, and physical sub-disciplines. With no central theme to build on, students may have trouble grasping the chemical sciences as a coherent field. In this article, Stowe and Elvey describe an activity that integrates different facets of chemistry…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
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Magruder, Robin; Rosenauer, Julia – Science and Children, 2016
This article describes a second grade science enrichment unit with a focus on human impact, both positive and negative, on the living and nonliving components of the local watershed. Investigating the local watershed gave the unit a personal and pragmatic connection to students' lives because they depend on the local watershed for what they need…
Descriptors: Science Education, Enrichment Activities, Grade 2, Units of Study
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Robinson, Joseph B. – Science and Children, 2016
When children actively engage with classroom content, they are generally more interested and better invested in what they are learning, and better learning outcomes will likely ensue. However, it is challenging to design classroom activities that scaffold scientific reasoning while meaningfully and significantly involving students. In this…
Descriptors: Motion, Class Activities, Preschool Children, Kindergarten
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Kilgour, James M.; Tayyaba, Saadia – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
In UK medical schools, five-option single-best answer (SBA) questions are the most widely accepted format of summative knowledge assessment. However, writing SBA questions with four effective incorrect options is difficult and time consuming, and consequently, many SBAs contain a high frequency of implausible distractors. Previous research has…
Descriptors: Investigations, Medical Schools, Foreign Countries, Graduate Medical Education
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McConnell, Cheryl; Rush, Douglas; Gartland, Myles – Journal of Education for Business, 2016
The authors examined master of business administration (MBA) degrees earned by women at U.S. higher education institutions at three specific years spanning a decade: 2003, 2008, and 2013 to determine whether there was a significant difference in the percentage of MBA degrees earned by women based on the independent variables of institutional type,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Investigations, Masters Degrees, Annual Reports
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Kasmaee, Roya Babaee; Nadi, Mohammad Ali; Shahtalebi, Badri – International Education Studies, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study and identify the effective components of higher education marketing and providing a marketing model for Iranian higher education private sector institutions. Design/methodology/approach: This study is a qualitative research. For identifying the effective components of higher education marketing and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Investigations, Private Education, Institutional Advancement
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Bennett, Sue; Agostinho, Shirley; Lockyer, Lori – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2016
All university educators perform design work as they prepare and plan learning experiences for their students. How such design work is undertaken, conceptualised, and optimally supported is the focus of ongoing research for the authors. The purpose of this article is to present the results of a research study that sought to gain a richer…
Descriptors: Investigations, Design, Database Management Systems, Research Projects
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Pratt, Justin M.; Yezierski, Ellen J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
Conducting qualitative research in any discipline warrants two actions: accessing participants and eliciting their ideas. In chemistry education research (CER), survey techniques have been used to increase access to participants and diversify samples. Interview tasks (such as card sorting, using demonstrations, and using simulations) have been…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Qualitative Research, Scientific Research
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Christenson, Nina; Gericke, Niklas; Rundgren, Shu-Nu Chang – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Researchers and policy-makers have recognized the importance of including and promoting socioscientific argumentation in science education worldwide. The Swedish curriculum focuses more than ever on socioscientific issues (SSI) as well. However, teaching socioscientific argumentation is not an easy task for science teachers and one of the more…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students
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McCormick, Kelly K.; Twitchell, Guinevere – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Young children thrive in classrooms that allow them to explore and discover their environment and interests and also support them in this learning. Because children learn best when they are interested and excited, early-childhood educators should offer children play-based, integrated mathematical experiences (NRC 2009). In this article, the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Active Learning, Student Projects, Preschool Children
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Roxburgh, Elizabeth C.; Evenden, Rachel E. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2016
Two focus groups, consisting of six participants each, were conducted to explore the training needs of therapists when working with clients reporting anomalous experiences (AEs). AEs are those that "depart from our own familiar personal experiences or from the more usual, ordinary, and expected experiences of a given culture and time"…
Descriptors: Investigations, Educational Needs, Therapy, Focus Groups
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Neiles, Kelly Y.; Todd, Ivy; Bunce, Diane M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
When designing a chemistry education research study it is important that the researcher select or create assessment instruments and methodologies that are valid. This ensures that correct interpretations can be made from the data collected using the instrument or methodology. The two studies described here introduce a novel method for…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Courseware, Measurement Techniques, Cognitive Ability
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Brenner, Aimee M.; Brill, Jennifer M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to identify instructional technology integration strategies and practices in preservice teacher education that contribute to the transfer of technology integration knowledge and skills to the instructional practices of early career teachers. This study used a two-phase, sequential explanatory strategy. Data were…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Teacher Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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Day, Lorraine – Mathematics Teacher, 2015
A challenge for teachers is to incorporate the Standards for Mathematical Practice (CCSSI 2010) throughout their teaching of mathematics so that the Common Core Standards do not revert back to a purely content-driven curriculum. One way to achieve this is through the use of mathematically rich, investigative tasks. These tasks encourage students…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Sharples, Mike; Aristeidou, Maria; Villasclaras-Fernández, Eloy; Herodotou, Christothea; Scanlon, Eileen – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2017
The authors describe the design and formative evaluation of a sensor toolkit for Android smartphones and tablets that supports inquiry-based science learning. The Sense-it app enables a user to access all the motion, environmental and position sensors available on a device, linking these to a website for shared crowd-sourced investigations. The…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Active Learning, Inquiry
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