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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"science learning"”.
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Motivating science learning
Dual-processing theories of conceptual change hypothesize that if children are more personally involved in a lesson they will process the information more deeply leading to more and stronger conceptual change (Dole & Sinatra, 1998). This study tests this theory by increasing personal involvement …
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Wonderland : constructionist science learning in mixed reality
Science concepts lie at the heart of our everyday experiences, yet people feel disconnected from science because of the abstract way it is taught in schools. We wanted people to learn science concepts in the real world in playful ways, and used Mixed Reality (MR) to allow people to visualize and …
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Augmented Reality Technology Used To Enhance Informal Science Learning
With science advancements ever-changing and an increased use of multimedia to display information to the public, science literacy and critical thinking skills are important for the public to keep up to date. Students will need to know how to interpret science information they are faced with …
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When You See It: Intersections of Formal and Informal Science Learning
… I examine the role of out-of-school learning environments in the development of new science teachers. The context for the research is the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program, specifically; the first two-year post-graduation new teacher …
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Mediating science learning: Promoting the acquisition and transfer of biological concepts
… base in order to solve novel problems. Two learning theories, the information processing model and the social-constructivist theory, provided the theoretical basis for the study. A model based on these two theories was developed to guide the construction of the intervention and the …
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Economic and management science learning area of Curriculum 2005 and entrepreneurial orientation
… (EO), Education and Economic and Management Science learning area of curriculum 2005 constructs in order to determine whether EMS education can impact on the entrepreneurial orientation of learners. A brief overview is given to see how the EO construct has been described in academic …
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Perceptual Frameworks for Viewing Children's Expressive Activity in a Science Learning Environment
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The effectiveness of electronic mail as a medium for cooperative science learning
… electronic mail as a medium for cooperative science learning on the achievement and attitudes of 136 high school physics and physical science students from two similar yet geographically separated schools. Subjects were assigned to either the face-to-face or electronic mail treatment group …
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Immunology Virtual Reality (VR): Exploring Educational VR Experience Design for Science Learning
… experience that intends to provide an informal learning experience of specific immunology concepts to college freshmen in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech (VT). The project is an interdisciplinary endeavor between my collaboration between people from different domain areas …
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Fijian students’ perceptions of their science learning environment in New Zealand secondary schools
… that Pacific students are underperforming in science compared to the general cohort in secondary education. To help meet the needs of Pacific students, many New Zealand educators are undertaking research to explore the perceptions of students learning. Little research has been done on Fijian …
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Scientific inquiry in high school science learning: Collaborative research activities applying scientific visualizations
… teams of high school students and teachers. The science learning and research activities of these four high school teams were followed from the start of their research in the summer of 1994 until the completion of their research project in June 1995.
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Under-represented Students' Engagement in Secondary Science Learning: a Non-equivalent Control Group Design
… is under-engaged or disengaged in secondary science education. International and national assessments and various research studies illuminate the problem and/or the disparity between students’ aspirations in science and the means they have to achieve them. To improve engagement and address …
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An Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Engagement and Perceptions of Science Learning in Outdoor Learning Environments
Science education programs that use both formal and informal instruction provide students with more engaging experiences than when only using traditional instruction. However, educators often do not know of, or are uncomfortable with using informal resources. Thus, understanding how educators view …
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Effect of notetaking instruction on 3rd grade student's science learning and notetaking behavior
… on elementary-aged students' ability to recall science information and notetaking behavior. Classes of 3rd grade students were randomly assigned to three treatment conditions, strategic notetaking, partial strategic notetaking, and control, for four training sessions. The effects of the …
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Relationship between managing teamwork with teachers and building self confidence for science learning among children
… ideas. The study focused on the work of the science department in a boys' 12 to 16 comprehensive school in Southern England, where the researcher was Head of the Faculty of Science and Technology. This was an ethnographic case study where the researcher was a participant observer in action …
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Investigating multimodal interactions for the design of learning environments: a case study in science learning
… on multimodal interactions for the design of a learning environment. The process of designing such systems involves studying the benefits of multimodal interactions in learning. Therefore, it analyses the structure of the interactive space between the learner and the content to be learnt, and …
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Making connections: A qualitative study of science learning in five- and six-year-old children
"In a six-month qualitative study, science learning in a group of five- and six-year-old children was investigated in the context of ""minds-on"" science activities. The concept of ""intellectual alertness,"" originally articulated by Duckworth (1987), was further defined as a highly personal, …
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Training in Summarizing Notes: Effects of Teaching Students a Self-Regulation Study Strategy in Science Learning
… were performing at proficiency or above in science literacy. Research in science literacy education suggests that students benefit most when they are self-regulated (SR) learners. Unfortunately, SR poses a challenge for many students because students lack these skills. The effects of having …
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A Pedagogical Approach to Create and Assess Domain-Specific Data Science Learning Materials in the Biomedical Sciences
… explores creating a set of domain-specific learning materials for the biomedical sciences to meet the educational gap in biomedical informatics, while also meeting the call for statisticians advocating for process improvements in other disciplines. Data science educational materials are …
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An Investigation into Digital Technology Assisted Science Learning of Secondary School Age Learners Outside of Formal Teaching Contexts.
Digital learning resources are commonly employed to support learning in out-of-class contexts, either as a complement to the learning in formal classrooms or as an alternative that can be used by learners to pursue personal learning goals. However, often existing research studies lack a strong …
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