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Science and Mathematics Education

Wayne State University

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Engaging A Middle School Teacher And Students In Formal-Informal Science Education: Context Of Science Standards-Based Curriculum And Urban Science Center, Shamarion Gladys Grace Jan 2015

Engaging A Middle School Teacher And Students In Formal-Informal Science Education: Context Of Science Standards-Based Curriculum And Urban Science Center, Shamarion Gladys Grace

Wayne State University Dissertations

ABSTRACT

ENGAGING A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER AND STUDENTS IN FORMAL-INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: CONTEXTS OF SCIENCE STANDARDS-BASED CURRICULUM AND URBAN SCIENCE CENTER

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SHAMARION GLADYS GRACE

May 2015

Advisor: Dr. Jazlin Ebenezer

Major: Curriculum and Instruction

Degree: Doctor of Education

This is a three-article five chapter doctoral dissertation. The overall purpose of this three-pronged study is to engage a middle school science teacher and students in formal-informal science education within the context of a science standards-based curriculum and Urban Science Center. The goals of the study were: (1) to characterize the conversations of formal and informal science educators as they attempted …