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William Woods University
2018-2023
University of Missouri
2020
Westminster College - Missouri
2009-2018
Westminster College - Pennsylvania
2009-2014
In celebration of the recent golden anniversary launching Soviet satellite, Sputnik I, this paper takes an historical perspectives approach to examine social, political, and educational climate in United States leading up launch. Ramifications science education are discussed, implications made for relevance event today.
Understandings of the nature scientific inquiry (NOSI), as opposed to engaging students in learning experiences, are included science education reform documents around world. However, little is known about what have learned NOSI during their pre-college school years. The purpose this large-scale follow-up international project (i.e. 32 countries and regions, spanning six continents including 3917 for high sample) was collect data on exiting NOSI. Additionally, study investigated changes 12th...
This study investigated eighth-grade science students' (13–14-year-olds) perceptions of their vocabulary knowledge, learning, and content achievement. Data sources included pre- posttest reading strategies surveys, a achievement test. Students' knowledge were compared before after instruction to see whether students believed they gained the ability explain categories technical terms. increased as result instruction. The participants had favorable views implemented literacy approaches...
The purposes of this study were to (1) investigate 127 high school students' views about scientific inquiry at different grade levels, and (2) describe factors such as the teacher's inquiry, his teaching, curriculum that facilitated or constrained inquiry. majority students held naïve mixed for many aspects There few differences among when comparing ninth/tenth graders eleventh/twelfth graders. Despite teacher having informed implementing inquiry-oriented aspects. When findings present past...
Researchers examined six undergraduate pre-engineering majors’ self-regulatory behaviours, ability to self-regulate, self-efficacy beliefs, and intentions persist using a qualitative methodology. The data collection procedure relied heavily on interviews focusing participants’ engineering interests, beliefs in their abilities successfully complete an degree, sources of self-efficacy, behaviour. Through transcription analysis, coding, cross-coding processes, our findings indicate that the...
Abstract NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu an abstract Title the Paper: A Cross-Sectional Study Freshmen Engineering Majors’ Self-Efficacy This is a quantitative study examining differences 253 freshmen engineering majors’ self- efficacy, ability to cope, outcome expectations by gender, ethnicity, specialty, participation interest groups [FIGS], undergraduate organizations. All participants were first-time enrolled introductory course...
This study investigates prospective teachers' conceptions of science theories before and after instruction. Instruction focused specifically on misconceptions that are not used to predict, laws more important than theories, simply hunches. The action research investigation was successful in helping students accommodate new information presented the lesson facilitated their understanding towards accepted explanation what a theory means; however, vernacular misconception "theories hunches" persisted.
Abstract A priority for all biology teachers must be students to leave the classroom with a broad knowledge and understanding of science. Students need critical science, analyze relate new science their daily lives. Unfortunately, many are not reaching this goal. One strategy making laboratories more student-centered meet National Science Education Standards inquiry is convert verification activities inquiry-based investigations. The authors provide simple strategies confirmation-type...
One tried-and-true way to hook students' attention and promote long-lasting understanding is sequence science instruction in an explore-before-explain instructional sequence. In these lessons for the second through sixth grade band, elementary students investigate interaction between “cold” “hot” substances density understand how fluids interact air (some weather phenomenon) water (ocean currents). The student-based activities are suited a research-based strategy called PSOE (predict, share,...
ABSTRACT In this lesson, the teacher begins by reviewing some key energy topics with students. Next, students are asked to focus closely on nuclear as a viable resource reading, highlighting, and annotating an article regarding future of energy. The culminating activity evaluation understanding resources is accomplished collecting grading students’ journals. addition, create poster write letter their senator either encourage proliferation in state or discourage its use.
Science courses are all too often taught as a litany of facts leading many students to focus on rote memorization terminologies instead developing deep conceptual understanding (Groves, 1995). The frequent use textbook can contribute the problem. purpose this teacher classroom research study was investigate vocabulary demands and students’ perceptions instructional strategies in an 8 th grade physical science class. findings indicate that 21 formal terms were presented for 17 relevant...
Why does a balloon deflate when it is left in cold car; or why one have to pump up his her bike tires the spring after leaving them garage all winter? To answer these questions, students must understand relationships among temperature, pressure, and volume of gas. The purpose Predict, Share, Observe, Explain (PSOE) activity for connect amount Students many everyday experiences with relationships, such as pumping basketball, but may never thought air terms pressure temperature.
ABSTRACT This is an interdisciplinary lesson designed for middle school students studying landforms and geological processes. Students create a two-dimensional topographic map from three-dimensional landform that they using clay. then use other groups’ maps to re-create landforms. Following this, explore some basic ideas about how take shape can change over time. As work through three distinct learning-cycle phases of concept exploration, introduction, application, art, language arts,...
Research about response to intervention (RtI) programs has primarily focused on the elementary level, and there is a noticeable lack of research specific secondary mathematics RtI programs. As such, focus this qualitative study was algebra teachers’ perceptions self-efficacy for implementation RtI. participants consisted eight teachers that had implemented at least five years teaching experience. A semi-structured interview protocol utilized discuss types interventions they utilized,...
ABSTRACT It is difficult for students to conceptualize biochemical processes that are portrayed as two-dimensional figures in a textbook. Instead of relying on overheads, PowerPoint, or textbook figures, the authors have imagine themselves actually being inside cell. Students specific role cell: helping with transcription and translation process.
ABSTRACT In this activity, I show how high school students apply their knowledge of density to solve an unknown variable, such as thickness. Students leave activity with a better understanding density, the that is characteristic property given substance, and ways can be measured.
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) challenges science teachers to think beyond specific content standards when considering how design and implement curriculum. This lesson, “Windmills by Design,” is an insightful lesson in can create a cross-cutting teach the concepts of force, motion, Bernoulli's principle. 9–12 requires students consider behind windmill engineering blades that produce most power class competition. designed as 5E incorporating essential features inquiry-based instruction.