Stem High School Teachers’ Views Of Implementing Pbl: An Investigation Using Anecdote Circles, 2017 The University of Akron
Stem High School Teachers’ Views Of Implementing Pbl: An Investigation Using Anecdote Circles, Aimée L. Dechambeau, Susan E. Ramlo
Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been gaining in popularity, especially within the context of STEM-based (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) schools. Program assessments for these schools typically focus on student standardized test scores rather than the needs of the teachers. This study utilized anecdote circles, storytelling via moderated group discussions, to investigate teachers’ needs related to developing and implementing authentic, interdisciplinary PBL activities in an urban, public STEM high school. Teacher experiences and viewpoints were explored within three broad themes: assessment; coaching and training; and authentic learning. The analyses provide insights for transitioning a school for effective PBL implementation as well …
The Potential Scientist’S Dilemma: How The Masculine Framing Of Science Shapes Friendships And Science Job Aspirations, 2017 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Potential Scientist’S Dilemma: How The Masculine Framing Of Science Shapes Friendships And Science Job Aspirations, G. Robin Gauthier, Julia Mcquillan, Patricia Wonch Hill, Amy Spiegel, Judy Diamond
DBER Speaker Series
In the United States, girls and boys have similar science achievement, yet fewer girls aspire to science careers than boys. This paradox emerges in middle school, when peers begin to play a stronger role in shaping adolescent identities. We use complete network data on a single middle school and theories of gender, identity, and social distance to explore how friendship patterns might influence this gender and science paradox. Three patterns highlight the social dimensions of gendered science persistence: 1) Boys and girls do not differ in self-perceived science potential and science career aspirations; 2) Consistent with gender-based norms, both middle …
Assessing Journal Quality In Mathematics Education, 2017 East Tennessee State University
Assessing Journal Quality In Mathematics Education, Ryan Andrew Nivens, Samuel Otten
ETSU Faculty Works
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16, 2017 Norwich University
16, Dan Mcquillan
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This 15 word poem suggests that the reader count the words of the poem. Since every line has half as many words as the previous line, and since the poem urges the reader to keep counting forever, one imagines a total of 16 words.
The Battle Against Malaria: A Teachable Moment, 2017 Schoolcraft College
The Battle Against Malaria: A Teachable Moment, Randy K. Schwartz
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Malaria has been humanity’s worst public health problem throughout recorded history. Mathematical methods are needed to understand which factors are relevant to the disease and to develop counter-measures against it. This article and the accompanying exercises provide examples of those methods for use in lower- or upper-level courses dealing with probability, statistics, or population modeling. These can be used to illustrate such concepts as correlation, causation, conditional probability, and independence. The article explains how the apparent link between sickle cell trait and resistance to malaria was first verified in Uganda using the chi-squared probability distribution. It goes on to explain …
Aesthetics In A Mathematics For Liberal Arts Project, 2017 Saint Edward's University
Aesthetics In A Mathematics For Liberal Arts Project, Jason Callahan, Carol Gee
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
We present and assess a project and its rubric developed and assigned in Mathematics for Liberal Arts, a general education course for non-science and non-business majors, to incorporate different skills including aesthetic design, written and oral communication, and mathematical analysis to tackle a common optimization problem with an aesthetic slant: construct a beverage can (i.e., right circular cylinder) of a given volume while taking into account the cost of materials (i.e., surface area) and aesthetic qualities (e.g., the golden ratio).
Struggles And Growth In Mathematics Education: Reflections By Three Generations Of Mathematicians On The Creation Of The Computer Game E-Brock Bugs, 2017 Concordia University, Canada
Struggles And Growth In Mathematics Education: Reflections By Three Generations Of Mathematicians On The Creation Of The Computer Game E-Brock Bugs, Laura Broley, Chantal Buteau, Eric Muller
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
In the Fall of 2013 our team of three different generations of mathematicians launched the free, online E-Brock Bugs© mathematics computer game [5] which we developed from an original probabilistic board game, Brock Bugs, and its digital learning object version. We constructed E-Brock Bugs using Devlin’s [9] mathematics computer game design principles for games that prompt players’ development of mathematical thinking. As we created E-Brock Bugs we found it necessary to go through an evolving cyclic process of design, implementation, and analysis. In this paper we reflect upon the main struggles we faced in this process and the …
Metaphors And Mathematical Identity: Math Is Like A Tornado In Kansas, 2017 University of Minnesota Duluth
Metaphors And Mathematical Identity: Math Is Like A Tornado In Kansas, Carmen M. Latterell, Janelle L. Wilson
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Mathematical identity is an individual’s concept of who he or she is mathematically. In this paper, metaphors for mathematics from elementary education majors are compared to metaphors created by secondary mathematics teaching majors. The analysis demonstrates a basic difference in the mathematical identity of the two groups, with the latter group having more holistic conceptions of mathematics than the first group. Elementary education majors describe mathematics as an ongoing struggle in which the mathematics is active, and they are the victims. The secondary teaching mathematics majors describe mathematics as an ongoing struggle in which they are active.
Desarrollo De La Competencia De Indagación En La Enseñanza De Las Ciencias Naturales En Básica Primaria Del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo De Yopal Casanare, 2017 Universidad de La Salle, Yopal, Casanare
Desarrollo De La Competencia De Indagación En La Enseñanza De Las Ciencias Naturales En Básica Primaria Del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo De Yopal Casanare, Lixa Milena Rojas Arenas, Johan Javier Rosas Granados, Yenny Rocio Sanabria
Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)
Este trabajo de grado da cuenta de la investigación titulada “Desarrollo de la competencia de indagación en la enseñanza de la ciencias naturales en básica primaria del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo de Yopal-Casanare” desarrollada en los años 2015 y 2016. Emerge de una preocupación por los bajos resultados de la competencia de indagación en las Pruebas SABER 5º en el área de ciencias naturales. Se partió del interés explícito por investigar una situación social con aras de iniciar el ejercicio de la práctica reflexiva de los profesores de ciencias naturales para caracterizar y favorecer el desarrollo de la competencia …
Caracterización De Las Competencias Matemáticas Por Medio De La Práctica Reflexiva De Profesores De La Educación Básica Secundaria Del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo De Yopal, Casanare, 2017 Universidad de La Salle, Yopal, Casanare
Caracterización De Las Competencias Matemáticas Por Medio De La Práctica Reflexiva De Profesores De La Educación Básica Secundaria Del Instituto Técnico Ambiental San Mateo De Yopal, Casanare, Sonia Emilce Pineda, Lida Yanira Castillo, Andrés Fernando Monroy González
Maestría en Docencia (Yopal)
Esta investigación se llevó a cabo en el Instituto Técnico Ambiental, San Mateo de Yopal, tiene el objetivo de Caracterizar las competencias matemáticas como resultado de la práctica reflexiva de profesores de Educación Básica Secundaria, con la intención de mejorar la calidad de la práctica pedagógica de los profesores y fortalecer el desarrollo de las Competencias Matemáticas. La investigación se realizó desde el enfoque cualitativo con un diseño de Investigación Acción, que en el plan de acción se validó una secuencia didáctica para el desarrollo de competencias matemáticas y se implementó un plan de formación de profesores para que, por …
A Model Of The Use Of Evolutionary Trees (Muet) To Inform K-14 Biology Education, 2017 Fujian Normal University
A Model Of The Use Of Evolutionary Trees (Muet) To Inform K-14 Biology Education, Yi Kong, Ankita Thawani, Trevor R. Anderson, Nancy Pelaez
PIBERG Publications
Evolutionary trees are powerful tools used in modern biological research, and also commonly used in textbooks and classroom instruction. Studies have shown that K-14 students have difficulties interpreting evolutionary trees. To improve student learning about this topic, it is essential to teach them how to understand and use trees like professional biologists. Unfortunately, few currently used teaching frameworks for evolution instruction are designed for this purpose. In this study we developed the Model of the Use of Evolutionary Trees (MUET), a conceptual model that characterizes how evolutionary trees were used by professional biologists as represented in their research publications. The …
High School Earth And Space Science Should Be Taught By Geoscientists, 2017 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High School Earth And Space Science Should Be Taught By Geoscientists, Elizabeth Lewis
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
A recent survey of U.S. science teachers’ understanding, perspectives and teaching of climate change — an important earth and space science (ESS) standard included in the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) — revealed that teachers spend an average of only one to two hours per year teaching students about climate change. The survey study’s authors concluded that “[science] teachers may not be very knowledgeable about a wide range of evidence and how climate models work.” However, the authors did not distinguish between qualified ESS teachers and other teachers, like biology, physics or chemistry teachers who might be charged with …
Mini-Symposium: Best Practices For Reu Programs And Unl, 2017 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mini-Symposium: Best Practices For Reu Programs And Unl, Mark A. Griep
DBER Speaker Series
If you want to learn how to run an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program (or to make your REU program run more smoothly), then this is your opportunity to ask questions. The presentation will begin with 5-min talks from five REU program coordinators. These coordinators run a wide range of programs and have experience ranging from 1 year to 12 years. They will mention things such as how many applicants their program receives, how they review those files, an outline of the non-research portion of their summer program, and what sorts of outcomes they collect so they can report …
“Science Is Not My Thing”: Exploring Deaf Non-Science Majors’ Science Identities, 2017 Gallaudet University
“Science Is Not My Thing”: Exploring Deaf Non-Science Majors’ Science Identities, Cara L. Gormally, Amber Marchut
Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities
Students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing are underrepresented in science majors, yet we know little about why. Students from other underrepresented groups in science—women and people of color—tend to highly value altruistic or communal career goals, while perceiving science as uncommunal. Research suggests that holding stereotypical conceptions about scientists and perceptions of science as uncommunal may strongly hinder recruitment into science majors. This study sought to explore the science identities of students who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing signers. The study focused on non-science majors in bilingual (American Sign Language and written English) biology laboratory courses. This study is the …
Providing Annotated Examples Increases Science Learning, 2017 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Providing Annotated Examples Increases Science Learning, Elana A. Paladino
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Students consistently score low in the areas of application of scientific results, critical analysis of results, proper citation usage, and poster design
The Healthy Flea Market, 2017 University of Kentucky
The Healthy Flea Market, Robin L. Cooper, Kimberly J. Zeidler-Watters, Diane Johnson, Jennifer Wilson
Biology Faculty Publications
Learn how rural students in Kentucky shared their classroom knowledge by presenting on health topics and new technologies at flea markets, swap meets, and specialty events such as car shows.
The Physics Of Skateboarding: Making Science Relevant, Engaging And Motivational, 2017 The University of Texas at El Paso
The Physics Of Skateboarding: Making Science Relevant, Engaging And Motivational, William H. Robertson
William H. Robertson
Disciplinary Differences In Out-Of-School High School Science Experiences And Influence On Students’ Engineering Choices, 2017 Purdue University
Disciplinary Differences In Out-Of-School High School Science Experiences And Influence On Students’ Engineering Choices, Allison Godwin, Gerhard Sonnert, Philip M. Sadler
Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)
Participation from a variety of students is important to the long-term growth of the engineering field. Much of the research on engineering recruitment or career choice has focused on engineering as a whole, even though engineering disciplines are varied in student participation and focus. This work examines how students’ out-of-school interests and experiences in high school predict the likelihood of choosing a career in a particular engineering discipline. Out-of-school experiences offer more unstructured ways for students to meaningfully engage with science and engineering outside of the confines of the classroom. These experiences offer opportunities to spark particular science interests not …
Self-Regulated Learning In Engineering Labs, 2017 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Self-Regulated Learning In Engineering Labs, Presentacion Rivera
DBER Speaker Series
Students’ task interpretation is a critical first step in the process of self-regulated learning and a key determinant in students setting their learning goals and selecting strategies to approach assigned work. Laboratory activities improve students’ conceptual understanding because of the cognitive demand when students integrate laboratory activities and theory. The purpose of this study is to investigate how students’ interpretation of the task assigned during laboratory work may change during the task process, and how it is related to their conceptual understanding. One-hundred and forty-three students enrolled in the course of Electronics participated in this study. Instruments used to measure …
Mathematics For Human Flourishing, 2017 Harvey Mudd College
Mathematics For Human Flourishing, Francis Su
All HMC Faculty Publications and Research
Why does the practice of mathematics often fall short of our ideals and hopes? How can the deeply human themes that drive us to do mathematics be channeled to build a more beautiful and just world in which all can truly flourish?