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Showing 1 to 20 of 630 for “"Hands-on"”.
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Issues associated with hands-on learning
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1996.
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Hands-on manipulative use in science instruction
… physical manipulatives during science instruction – in conjunction with the traditional, textbook-oriented approach – and determines whether manipulatives create more significant learning experiences than text generates alone. The subject sample consisted of 20 third-grade students from a …
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TeachBot : an automated, hands-on apprenticeship program
… companies that do not rely completely on autonomous systems. As a result, it is more economical to use a mixture of human labor and manufacturing robots; however, with the thousands of people who apply for these jobs, many do not have the experience to work along-side robots or …
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Solar-powered carousel for hands-on teaching
… is designed as a mobile tool that can be moved among college campuses, businesses, and residential neighborhoods to provide hands-on demonstrations about solar power. Users will sit on the carousel and feel the changes in speed of rotation of the platform as the insolation striking the solar panel …
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Defense Industry Offsets: The President's Hands on Policy
… to satisfy importer desires for something beyond a basic exchange. They are estimated at 30%-40% of the total value of the worldwide arms trade, and while not commonly understood, offsets are so prevalent that most defense firms cannot compete internationally without them. The U.S. Government …
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A Novel, Hands-On Approach to Teaching Heat Transfer
The topic of heat transfer is traditionally taught as an upper level, lecture-style course to mechanical engineering students. Such courses do not provide students with ways to see and feel the important heat transfer concepts at hand. As a way to overcome this, novel, hands-on workshops have been …
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The Use of Hands-On Comprehension Games in Literacy Development
Reading comprehension is one of the most difficult components to teach. I have tried every resource my district has given me to help build comprehension skills and I have not seen a significant impact on the children’s learning. I investigated hands-on games and activities to see if they could help …
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Assessment in the Hands-On Science Classroom: A Qualitative Study.
… school teachers use assessment during hands-on science classroom instruction.</p><p>The overarching question as it relates to the hands-on classroom assessment is: What are the connections among teachers' assessment methods, feedback to students, and students' responses to the …
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Hands-On Realism: Perception, Imagination, and Speech in Brecht's Poetry
Brecht’s somewhat idiosyncratic conception of realist art appears to pit “Erlebnisse” unfavourably against “Kenntnisse”. With all that is encompassed by the term Verfremdung, Brecht is understood to have looked to thwart would-be passive spectators. But while it is tempting to think of Brecht in …
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Hands On: Building a Maker Space from the Ground Up
… thesis over a year before its ultimate completion, as I initiated an investigative journey into materials-making with six chosen materials: paper, clay, charcoal, graphite, ink, and watercolor, in the spring of 2024. My only goal at the time was to create materials I could use to present my …
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Changing school culture: a primary literacy initiative, all hands on deck
… balanced literacy approach to reading instruction for two-hundred sixteen kindergarten through third graders, as a means of increasing student achievement, focusing instruction school wide, and creating a collaborative instructional culture. Data to evaluate the study took the forms of teacher …
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Intermedicate Grade Mathematics: Hands-on Strategies and Strands Stressed by Teachers
… curriculum at these grade levels which is both hands-on and standards-based. The purpose of this study is to determine what qualities intermediate-grade teachers in one county in rural northern California look for in intermediate- level, hands-on, standards-based mathematics curriculum. Past …
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Hands-On Support Materials for Schoolwide Science Project in Middle Schools
… middle school created a need to develop a hands-on science program for middle school students with academic deficiencies. This program considered the following criteria: (a) academic needs of adolescent learners, (b) validation of hands-on methods for middle school students, and (c} design …
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Hands-on online : towards experiential product design education with online resources
… the potential for teaching experiential, hands-on product design online. Specifically, the work is a first attempt to elucidate differences in outcomes between residential, hands-on educational experiences and online, hands-on instruction. Product design education is a subject that …
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Sculpting behavior : a tangible language for hands-on play and learning
For over a century, educators and constructivist theorists have argued that children learn by actively forming and testing -- constructing -- theories about how the world works. Recent efforts in the design of "tangible user interfaces" (TUIs) for learning have sought to bring together interaction …
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Sense and sense-ability : the artful science of hands-on medicine
… and gait-these are just a few of the examinations that doctors perform on their patients. A physical exam exists for every organ, from the brain to the bones of the feet, each carried out with the physician's senses. For thousands of years, humans had been solely responsible for this exam …
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USING HANDS-ON INQUIRY TO DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE GEOMETRY CLASSROOM
… of these materials is to provide a unique, hands-on experience for students when first encountering a topic to support students’ conceptual understanding as they progress through the unit. The four non-consecutive lessons serve as introductions to the following topics: triangle angle …
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Hands-on equations program: An approach to teaching linear equations using manipulatives
… and finding the best methods of instruction. For instance, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has placed new levels of accountability on educators for the success of students with their education, especially in mathematics. Certain areas of mathematics, such as Algebra, have been known to …
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Development and evaluation of a hands-on culinary education program for youth
The vast majority of American youth consume unhealthy diets and do not meet national nutrition recommendations. Participation in cooking and food preparation is associated with healthy dietary behaviors for individuals of all ages, likely because home cooked foods tend to be healthier than …
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