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Development And Assessment Of Gamified Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Activities In Undergraduate Large Lecture Chemistry Courses, Nathan Turner Jan 2023

Development And Assessment Of Gamified Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Activities In Undergraduate Large Lecture Chemistry Courses, Nathan Turner

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Students who take general chemistry and do not perform well are more likely to pursue an alternative degree or remove themselves from STEM curriculum entirely. Poor academic performance and high student attrition rates in general chemistry courses have resulted in the perception of chemistry courses being gatekeepers for students in pursuit of STEM degrees. Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) has shown promising results in both lecture and laboratory teaching on student performance in chemistry while gamification has been used to enhance student learning experiences to help students grasp chemistry concepts. The current project blends two student-centered approaches, gamification and POGIL, …


Investigation Of An Implementation Of Mastery Grading Utilizing Revision And Oral Follow-Up Assessment In An Introduction-To-Proof Course, Nurul Wahyuni Jan 2023

Investigation Of An Implementation Of Mastery Grading Utilizing Revision And Oral Follow-Up Assessment In An Introduction-To-Proof Course, Nurul Wahyuni

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The traditional grading method that utilizes partial credit often falls short of effectively measuring students’ mastery of course material. To address this issue, this study explores the implementation of mastery grading, designed and enacted by the instructor in an introduction-to-proof course. The mastery grading conducted utilized a revision assessment together with an oral follow-up assessment as a mode of reassessing students’ mastery. The objectives of this study were to obtain a thorough narrative of the way the instructor ran the assessment and to evaluate students’ progress throughout the assessment process.

This dissertation is comprised of two distinct studies, both utilizing …


Investigating The Relationship Between Empowerment And Secondary Science Teachers’ Technology Integration Knowledge, Jane Elizabeth Walsh Jan 2023

Investigating The Relationship Between Empowerment And Secondary Science Teachers’ Technology Integration Knowledge, Jane Elizabeth Walsh

Theses and Dissertations--Educational Leadership Studies

Empowered teachers believe they can improve their work conditions and positively impact student outcomes. Likewise, teachers with technology integration knowledge can effectively use technology to enhance lessons and improve student learning. This quantitative correlational study investigated teachers’ empowerment, teachers’ technology integration knowledge, and associations between empowerment and technology integration knowledge. Two hundred fourteen randomly selected high school science teachers from across the United States responded to a survey intended to measure empowerment and technology integration knowledge. The teachers' average responses indicate that teachers generally agree with statements surrounding empowerment (M = 3.93, SD = 0.54) and technology integration knowledge …


Stem And Pre-Health Students’ Diminishing Online Conversation Volume Regarding Majors And Careers Within The Field: Why Higher Education Should Care, Susan Roh Jan 2023

Stem And Pre-Health Students’ Diminishing Online Conversation Volume Regarding Majors And Careers Within The Field: Why Higher Education Should Care, Susan Roh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the STEM and pre-health online mention volume change regarding STEM and pre-health majors, careers, and universities, with the data collection period encompassing August of 2018 through June of 2021. We evaluated if the mention sentiment shifted between academic year periods. The data gathered for this study was procured in collaboration with Campus Sonar and the social-listening tool of Brandwatch, which allowed for specifications of the data collected. Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to determine the means of the majors, careers, and universities mentions and mean sentiment volumes. Changes in not only online conversation …


Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Pck) Change And Professional Development For Educators: An Assessment Of A Master’S In Chemistry Program For High School Science Teachers, Mary Charlotte Bautista Jan 2023

Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Pck) Change And Professional Development For Educators: An Assessment Of A Master’S In Chemistry Program For High School Science Teachers, Mary Charlotte Bautista

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The M.S. Chemistry – Chemical Education Specialization program at South Dakota State University provides in-depth general chemistry coursework to in-service high school science teachers in a virtual format. The goal of the program is for the teachers enrolled to become more effective teachers while gaining content knowledge in chemistry; in essence, to increase their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The aim of this study is to follow participants through their experience in this program in order to understand how the program’s requirements enhance its participants’ teaching and learning. A narrative framework follows one participant through their two-year experience in the program, …


Stem Education And Retention For Black Women Using High-Impact Practices: Historically Black Colleges And Universities Vs. Predominantly White Liberal Arts Colleges, Annette Njei Jan 2023

Stem Education And Retention For Black Women Using High-Impact Practices: Historically Black Colleges And Universities Vs. Predominantly White Liberal Arts Colleges, Annette Njei

CMC Senior Theses

Black women are significantly underrepresented within the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). To address this, the Association of American Colleges & Universities crafted ten high-impact practices to increase student engagement and promote retention. This research paper examines how three specific high-impact practices (learning communities, mentoring, and undergraduate research experience) are utilized in STEM education.This research paper explores and compares the best high impact approaches that successfully teach and retain Black women within the various fields of STEM within the differing academic environments of historically Black colleges & universities ( HBCUs) and predominantly white liberal art colleges (PWLACs). …


Enrollment In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Courses After Enactment Of Texas' House Bill 5, Carlana Cla'shette Allen Jan 2023

Enrollment In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Courses After Enactment Of Texas' House Bill 5, Carlana Cla'shette Allen

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Student participation and performance in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have been an education concern in the United States for years. In 2013, Texas lawmakers passed House Bill 5 (HB5) to support increases in STEM awareness, particularly among ethnic minority and female students. To date, no studies have been conducted on the impact, if any, of HB5 on Texas high school students’ course selections in STEM areas. Further, it is unknown whether the impact that does exist is equally distributed across socioeconomic status (SES), race/ethnicity, and gender groups. The purpose of this nonexperimental correlational quantitative study was to determine …


Instructional Practices Teachers Use To Improve Elementary School Students’ Mathematics Achievement, Kwanza Lee Atkinson Jan 2023

Instructional Practices Teachers Use To Improve Elementary School Students’ Mathematics Achievement, Kwanza Lee Atkinson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Since 2016, third to fifth-grade students at a Title I elementary school have not met adequate yearly progress because 70% of students have not scored proficient on the end-of-grade mathematics assessment. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the instructional approaches that elementary school teachers use to teach mathematics to students at the Title I school and to investigate which instructional strategies teachers believed to be the most effective in improving mathematics test scores. This study was grounded in social constructivism, based on the impression that the individual creates knowledge based on mental ability. Data for this …


Elementary Teachers’ Experiences And Responses To Student Engagement While Teaching Eureka Math Virtually During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jamika D. Hill Jan 2023

Elementary Teachers’ Experiences And Responses To Student Engagement While Teaching Eureka Math Virtually During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jamika D. Hill

Theses and Dissertations

The Covid-19 Pandemic shifted the structure of public education by forcing public schools in Georgia and across the world to shift from a traditional, face-to-face model to a virtual model. This study was conducted to explore elementary teachers’ experiences and responses to issues with student engagement in their virtual Eureka Math classrooms during the Covid-19 Pandemic. A qualitative research design was used to conduct a hermeneutic, phenomenological study that included a document analysis, classroom observations, and semi-structured interviews using six elementary school teachers as participants. The resulting data was coded and triangulated using the thematic analysis of overarching themes, which …


Weaving A Science Story: Narratives And Language As Tools In The Science Classroom, Claudia Moncada Jan 2023

Weaving A Science Story: Narratives And Language As Tools In The Science Classroom, Claudia Moncada

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The Standards of Learning (SOL) for Virginia public schools, and other national standards, set expectations for student achievements throughout the school year for many subjects, including science. Because educators must prepare their students for end-of-course exams based on the SOL, classroom discussion and deeper understanding of topics can be lessened. Middle school students show declines in motivations and attitudes toward science, and challenges are greater for English-learning (EL) students. Incorporating storytelling into science classrooms can be helpful to EL and non-EL students because it presents challenging topics and vocabulary in a simpler and more engaging way than traditional textbooks. This …


Place-Based Estuary Science Education At Machicomoco State Park, Anna Caputo Jan 2023

Place-Based Estuary Science Education At Machicomoco State Park, Anna Caputo

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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This experiential estuary science field trip program was initially created as a master's capstone project by Anna Caputo in partnership with Machicomoco State Park, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), and the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR). The ultimate goal of the project is to strengthen community estuarine literacy in the local area by teaching students who will be future marine scientists, community leaders, watermen, and environmentally conscious citizens. The program is designed to highlight the coastal habitats at the state park, the issues those habitats are facing, and how science and monitoring efforts done …


The Impact Math Interventions Have On Student Achievement In An Urban School Setting, Jennifer A. Bellinger Jan 2023

The Impact Math Interventions Have On Student Achievement In An Urban School Setting, Jennifer A. Bellinger

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024

Intense intervention is needed for students who have persistent math challenges and perform below grade level. In the classroom setting, teachers need to provide additional support for some students based on their specific needs. This correlational study was an examination of interventions' impact on student achievement in math. The sample comprised students enrolled in Algebra I during the 2021–2022 school year. The results of this study showed that interventions may have a positive impact on student performance, especially when carried out in the proper educational setting. The findings from the research showed that there is no significant statistical correlation between …


การพัฒนาความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์และการรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีมของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนต้นโดยใช้กระบวนการเรียนรู้แบบรวมพลัง 5 ขั้นตอน, อธิวัฒน์ สิมบุตร Jan 2023

การพัฒนาความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์และการรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีมของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนต้นโดยใช้กระบวนการเรียนรู้แบบรวมพลัง 5 ขั้นตอน, อธิวัฒน์ สิมบุตร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ (1) ศึกษาผลของการจัดการเรียนรู้โดยใช้กระบวนการเรียนรู้แบบรวมพลัง 5 ขั้นตอน ที่มีต่อความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์ของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 (2) เพื่อศึกษาผลของการจัดการเรียนรู้โดยใช้กระบวนการเรียนรู้แบบรวมพลัง 5 ขั้นตอน ที่มีต่อสมรรถนะการรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีมของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 และ (3) เพื่อศึกษาแนวปฏิบัติที่ดีในการจัดการเรียนรู้ผ่านกระบวนการเรียนรู้แบบรวมพลัง 5 ขั้นตอน ที่ช่วยพัฒนาให้นักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 มีความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์และสมรรถนะการรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีม โดยเก็บรวมรวมข้อมูลจากแบบวัดความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์ แบบประเมินสมรรถนะการรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีม แบบบันทึกหลังสอนของครู และแบบบันทึกอนุทินของนักเรียน กลุ่มเป้าหมาย คือ นักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 จำนวน 39 คน สถิติที่ใช้คือ ค่าเฉลี่ยเลขคณิต ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน ค่าร้อยละ สถิติทดสอบทีแบบไม่อิสระต่อกันและการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา ผลการวิจัยพบว่า (1) นักเรียนมีความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์หลังเรียนสูงกว่าก่อนเรียนอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ .05 (2) ผลการประเมินสมรรถนะการรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีมเพิ่มขึ้นและ (3) เมื่อจบวงจรปฏิบัติการ พบว่านักเรียนที่มีผลการประเมินอยู่ในระดับดีมาก คิดเป็นร้อยละ 94.87 และระดับดี คิดเป็นร้อยละ 5.13 สำหรับแนวปฏิบัติที่ดีในการจัดการเรียนรู้คือ (3.1) ครูควรใช้คำถามให้นักเรียนทราบถึงความถนัดของตนเองที่มีต่อภาระงานเพื่อเอื้อให้นักเรียนที่มีความถนัดต่างกันได้มีโอกาสเป็นผู้นำในกิจกรรมที่แตกต่างกัน (3.2) ครูใช้สถานการณ์เชิงอุปมาอุปมัยที่น่าสนใจให้นักเรียนเปรียบเทียบและรวมพลังสร้างชิ้นงาน ทำให้นักเรียนช่วยกันคิดวิเคราะห์โดยใช้การรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีม (3.3) ให้นักเรียนมีส่วนร่วมในการเลือกสมาชิกและเปลี่ยนบทบาทหน้าที่ในกลุ่มจะช่วยให้นักเรียนมีความเป็นผู้นำและผู้ตามได้ดีขึ้น (3.4) ใช้กระดาษโน้ตในการเขียนระดมความคิด จะช่วยให้นักเรียนกล้าจะแสดงความคิดเห็นและวางแผนร่วมกัน (3.5) ครูควรจัดกิจกรรมให้แต่ละทีมแข่งขันกันโดยมีการเสริมแรงทางบวก และการทดสอบท้ายคาบเป็นทีมและ (3.6) ครูควรให้นักเรียนร่วมกันสร้างชิ้นงานและนำเสนอผลงานหน้าชั้นเรียน เพราะทำให้นักเรียนช่วยกันคิดวิเคราะห์โดยใช้การรวมพลังทำงานเป็นทีม