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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Design-based Learning"”.
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Decision-Making during Elementary Technological/Engineering Design-Based Learning
… during a technological and engineering (T/E) design challenge implemented through the Technological/Engineering Design-Based Learning (T/E DBL) pedagogical framework. Using a quasi-mixed method embedded multiple case study design, this study analyzed student responses to structured 2-1-1 …
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Enhancing Elementary Teacher Practice Through Technological/Engineering Design Based Learning
… is through the technological/engineering designed-based approach within the context of integrative STEM education. The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of change in science instructional content and practice through professional development that educates elementary …
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Elementary Teacher Self-Efficacy with Design-Based Learning in Virtual and Blended Educational Settings
… on teacher self-efficacy with delivering design-based learning to elementary students and identifies what resources and support teachers need to administer online or blended learning delivery of design-based learning with elementary students in the current environment. The population was …
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The Nature and Perceptions of Critical Reflective Writing within Hands-On Technology and Engineering Design-Based Learning
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has influenced educators to adapt design thinking (DT) for technology and engineering design-based learning (T/E DBL) because they believe design-based problems introduce authentic, open-ended challenges valuable for developing hands-on …
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Technological and Engineering Design Based Learning: Supporting Graphical Device Comprehension Instruction at the Upper Elementary School Level
… the use of a technological and engineering design based learning (T/E DBL) challenge as a strategy for facilitating student comprehension of nonfiction/informational text inclusive of graphical devices. The data for this mixed methods exploratory case study were collected using a variety of …
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Promoting Preservice Elementary Teacher Acquisition of Science and Mathematics Concept Knowledge: Potential of Technological/Engineering Design Based Learning
… are more accurate. Technology and Engineering Design Based Learning (T/E DBL) is uniquely suited for teaching the concepts of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in an integrative, practical way. However, not yet fully understood is how, when, or the extent to which such …
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Students' and Teachers' Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of Design-based Learning in a Middle School Classroom
This research explores how design-based learning can be used as a pedagogical strategy in K-12 classrooms to foster students' 21st century skills in such areas as communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. The research aims to identify what students and teachers who participated in a …
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Design Based Science and Higher Order Thinking
Technological/engineering design based learning (T/E DBL) provides a context in which students may utilize content knowledge and skills to develop prototype solutions to real-world problems. In science education, design based science (DBS) utilizes technological/engineering design based approaches …
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Applying Curriculum Treatments to Improve STEM Attitudes and Promote STEM Career Interest in Fifth Graders
… the first of which examined the impacts of design-based learning and scientific inquiry curriculum treatments with embedded career content on the career interest of fifth-grade students as compared to traditional classroom methods. It found that there is an upward trend in career interest …
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Exploring design based wilderness education : a pedagogy to develop design thinking, an engineering science worldview, and leadership capacity
… of students during the implementation of a design-based wilderness education curricula. I introduce the concept of a curriculum that combines the pedagogies of design-based learning and wilderness education to encourage the development of design thinking, an engineering science worldview, …
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Analyzing the Use of Technological/Engineering Design-Based Biotechnical Learning Pedagogical Approaches to Promote Change in Concept Knowledge of Eighth Grade Mathematics Students
… pedagogical approaches of technology/engineering design-based learning (T/E DBL) were shown to promote change in concept knowledge of eighth grade mathematics students. A mixed method, sequential explanatory multiple embedded case study was used to determine the significance between the T/E DBL …
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The Impact of the Design Process on Student Self-Efficacy and Content Knowledge
… persistence and success when in a STEM track of learning. To that end, this quasi-experimental mixed-method study was concerned with investigating the effects of participation in the design process on student self-efficacy and content knowledge gains in an undergraduate anatomy and physiology …
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Supporting Elementary Education In-Service Teachers' Proficiency in Planning STEM-Centric Lessons
… targeting integration of STEM content, inquiry learning, students' abilities to collaborate as a STEM team and students' strategic application of technology. Data collection, in the form of reviewing and analyzing study participants' lesson plans and self-reflections, was completed by three …
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Further Characterization of High School Pre- and Non-Engineering Students' Cognitive Activity During Engineering Design
… approaches such as technological/engineering design-based learning (T/E DBL) have received increased emphasis as a means to enrich student learning and develop their higher-order cognitive competencies. Despite students exposure to the T and E of STEM as a means to make connections and improve …
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Teaching Strategies Promoting Student Informed Decision-Making During Technological and Engineering Design
… during the technological and engineering design process. An exploratory mixed-method research design, specifically the Delphi method, was employed. The Delphi method involves multiple rounds of questionnaires sent to participants. The study recruited 35 teachers from the USA, Republic of …
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Fostering Computer Science Career Interest in Fifth-Grade Students
… of positions in Computer Science, early learning experiences should be implemented to promote interest in the field. This research aims to observe the impact of a design-based computer science treatment on 5th-grade students' interest in computer science careers. The treatment consisted …
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Design for Learning Through a Complexity Perspective: A Board Game Redesign Approach to Enabling Learning Possibilities
This doctoral study followed a conception of learning as a complex phenomenon and aimed to examine possible ways of supporting it. Drawing on insights from complexity research, particularly the notion of enabling constraints (Davis & Simmt, 2003), I explored the settings for supporting learners’ …
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A long-term study of educational robotics and achievement in math and science
… identify and fix problems than in their initial design. Second, students use math/science at a conceptual level and do not perform math calculations. Last, students have a “good enough” attitude and do not prioritize precision. These results may help explain the lack of effect robotics have on …