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Pengembangan Instrumen Penilaian Ipa Untuk Memetakan Critical Thinking Dan Practical Skill Peserta Didik Smp, Naomi Dias Laksita Dewi, Zuhdan Kun Prasetyo

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) mengembangkan instrumen penilaian berupa tes pilihan ganda critical thinking dan practical skill yang valid dan reliabel (2) memetakan critical thinking dan practical skill peserta didik SMP. Prosedur pengembangan dalam penelitian ini mengacu pada langkah-langkah model prosedural dari Model 4D Thiagarajan. Hasil penelitian adalah sebagai berikut. (1) Instrumen penilaian IPA berupa tes pilihan ganda terdiri atas 36 item yang fit. Instrumen penilaian IPA berupa tes pilihan ganda telah memenuhi validitas isi dengan expert jugdement yang dibuktikan dengan perolehan indeks kesepakatan (indeks Aiken) yang berada pada rentang angka 0,8 hingga 1,00. Kegiatan uji coba (uji empiris) …

Perangkat Pembelajaran Biologi Kegiatan Ecotourism Untuk Mengasah Keterampilan Proses Sains Dan Sikap Peduli Lingkungan, Restu Prabawati Kurnia, I Gusti Putu Suryadharma

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) kualitas perangkat pembelajaran yang dikembangkan dengan kegiatan ecotourism dari aspek isi, penyajian, kebahasaan dan kegrafisan berdasarkan hasil validasi, (2) aspek biologis perkebunan buah naga Sabila Farm sebagai sarana kegiatan belajar bagi peserta didik, (3) kualitas pembelajaran dengan kegiatan ecotourism untuk mengukur keterampilan proses sains dan sikap peduli lingkungan peserta didik, (4) kelayakan dan kesesuaian perangkat pembelajaran dengan kegiatan ecotourism yang dikembangkan dalam proses pembelajaran. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan (research and development) model Borg & Gall dengan melaksanakan: studi pendahuluan, desain produk, penyusunan draft penelitian, validasi instrumen, uji coba dan revisi …

Pembelajaran Fisika Dengan Metode Eksperimen Untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Kognitif Dan Keterampilan Proses Sains, Yuliana Subekti, Ariswan Ariswan

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui ada tidaknya peningkatan hasil belajar aspek kognitif dan keterampilan proses sains ditinjau dari kemampuan awal fisika siswa dengan model pembelajaran inkuiri terbimbing melalui metode eksperimen. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian quasi eksperimen. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas X di SMA Negeri 9 Yogyakarta pada semester genap tahun ajaran 2014/2015 yaitu 192 siswa. Sampel dipilih sebanyak dua kelas dengan menggunakan teknik cluster randomized sampling yaitu 64 siswa. Aspek keterampilan proses sains yang diteliti yaitu pengamatan, pelaksanaan penelitian, pengkomunikasian, peramalan dan penyimpulan. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji MANCOVA dengan taraf signifikansi 0,05. Hasil …

Bringing The Library Into The Lab: Implementing A Library Tutorial At The Point Of Need, Margaret Barkley

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Recognizing the difficulty that biology research poses for first-year students, a science librarian collaborated with biology faculty to create and deliver an online tutorial for an introductory biology lab. This poster will showcase the design and implementation of the library tutorial.

Collegiate Active Learning Calculus Survey (Calcs): Adapting An Instrument And Using Results, Wendy M. Smith

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

When we make changes to a course, we want to know if they "worked." There is often a desire to broaden the definition of success beyond student (passing) grades. We know from research that the further students go in mathematics, their attitudes toward and beliefs about mathematics get more and more negative. Thus, if we slow or even reverse that trend, we might then claim success for our reform efforts. Research teams at the University of Colorado Boulder created the CLASS: Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey; this was originally designed for undergraduate physics, then later adapted for use with …

Balloonsat As An Outreach Platform, Nicholas Jordan, Francis Wessling

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

No abstract provided.

3d Printing & Service Learning: Social Manufacturing As A Vehicle For Developing Social Awareness, Ray Suchow

Journal of Catholic Education

This article describes how a team of educators in a Catholic secondary school integrated 3D printing into the learning environment.

Stem Stories, October 2016, #4, Ryan Lockard

STEM Stories

Faculty Profile - Ali Tabei

Benefits Of Using R For Dber, Jordan Harshman

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

When carrying out quantitative discipline based educational research projects, researchers have a variety of choices when it comes to which statistical package s/he chooses to use. In this presentation, I will convey how one programming language, R, has not only provided an abundance of advantages, but has transformed the way I see data analysis. R is a free program with thousands of add-in packages capable of doing a majority of basic and advanced statistical techniques and graphics. By investigating a hypothetical data set through cluster analysis, I will present how 1) defining custom functions efficiently allows for iterative exploratory investigations, …

Setting A Standard For Chemistry Education In The Next Generation: A Retrosynthetic Analysis, Gregory T. Rushton, Andrew Dewar, Herman E. Ray, Brett A. Criswell, Lisa Shah

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Faculty Publications

A diverse and highly qualified chemistry teaching workforce is critical for preparing equally diverse, qualified STEM professionals. Here, we analyze National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) data to provide a demographic comparison of the U.S. secondary chemistry teaching population in high-needs and non-high-needs public schools as well as private schools during the 2011–2012 academic year. Our analysis reveals that the chemistry teaching workforce is predominantly white and significantly lacks in-field degrees or certification across school types, though high-needs and private schools are most affected by this lack of teacher qualification. Given these results, we attempt …

Quantitative Reasoning - Mathematical Modeling In The Sciences, Robert L. Mayes Dr.

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Life: A Computational Approach To Teaching Mathematics To Biology Students, Dmitry Kondrashov

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Designing And Mentoring In A Research Experience For Undergraduates, Alex Capaldi

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Stem Stories, October 2016, #3, Mir Ashfaquzzaman

STEM Stories

Featured Event - Undergraduate Research Experience Program

Teaching Nonlinear Dynamics To Biology Freshmen Improves Math Interest And Physics Performance, Jane Shevtsov, Alan Garfinkel, William Conley, Kevin Eagan, Erin Sanders, Blaire Van Valkenburgh

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Clicker Use In Introductory Biology: Impacts On Exam Performance, Joanna K. Hubbard

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

In-class response systems, or clickers, are useful formative assessment tools that support learning by providing real-time feedback that can be used to correct misconceptions through peer discussion and instructor guidance. Previous research has shown that peer discussion improves conceptual understanding within a class period. In this study, we asked whether the benefits of peer discussion could be detected on a longer time scale. We asked exam questions that were isomorphic to in-class clicker questions and found students that participated in peer discussion scored higher than students that were not in class for the discussion. We also examined the effect of …

Learning Form And Function By Dance-Dramatizing Cultural Legends To Drum Rhythms Wearing Student-Made Animal Masks, Phyllis Gray, Audrey C. Rule, Gloria Kirkland Holmes, Stephanie R. Logan, Andrea L. Alert, Cynthia A. Mason

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This study examined the self-efficacy in science, art, dance, and music; attitudes concerning contributions of people of various ethnic/cultural groups; and science learning of students involved in an after-school arts-integrated science enrichment project. Students dramatized three traditional animal legends from African, Native American, and Mexican cultures to drum beats while wearing student-made papier-mâché helmet crest masks of the animal characters. They learned the structure and functions of the featured animals through slide shows, embedded explanations in the play scripts, and hands-on form and function analogy materials that related the form and function of animal body parts to manufactured items. Although …

Third Graders Explore Sound Concepts Through Online Research Compared To Making Musical Instruments, Kyrie D. Borsay, Page Foss

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This study is an exploration of several lessons on sound taught to third grade students using one of the Next Generation Science Standards (3-5-ETS1) and arts integration. A counterbalanced, pretest- posttest- distal posttest design experiment was conducted to compare student knowledge and attitudes between the control and experimental conditions. Control activities included learning about either stringed or percussion instruments (whichever not addressed in the experimental condition) through online searches for information and writing a factual paragraph; experimental activities included creating a percussion or stringed instrument using classroom art materials purchased with an imaginary budget. One group experienced the experimental condition …

Shadow Puppet Plays In Elementary Science Methods Class Help Preservice Teachers Learn About Minority Scientists, Phyllis Gray, Audrey C. Rule, Anneliese Gentzsch, Denise Tallakson

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This practical article describes an arts-integrated project with engineering design and science concepts from the Next Generation Science Standards, art principles from the National Arts Standards, as well as ideas under the theme of “Culture” from the National Council for the Social Studies Standards. Preservice teachers in an undergraduate science methods class researched the background, life, and accomplishments of a minority scientist by reading books and articles about the person. They created a script to present the experiences and contributions of the scientist to other preservice teachers and, eventually, elementary students. Shadow puppets were constructed out of cardboard to portray …

Preschoolers Explore Greenhouses By Visiting A Greenhouse, Making A Model, And Growing Plants, Leann M. Perkins, Dessy Stoycheva

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This practical lesson on greenhouses implements standards of the Next Generation Science Standards (K-2 ETS I-2; K-LS1-1) and the preschool objectives from the Teaching Strategies GOLD. Teaching Strategies GOLD is an assessment tool available online and in print that can be used with any developmentally appropriate early childhood curriculum. The lesson structure follows the 5E’s Learning Cycle Constructivist Model for teaching and the project-based, hands-on approach to learning. The preschool-aged children went on a field trip to a working greenhouse and then collaborated in groups to produce a three-dimensional model of a greenhouse as arts integration into this science project. …

Designing An Earthquake-Proof Art Museum: An Arts-And Engineering-Integrated Science Lesson, Anastasia Carignan, Mahjabeen Hussain

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

In this practical arts-integrated science and engineering lesson, an inquiry-based approach was adopted to teach a class of fourth graders in a Midwest elementary school about the scientific concepts of plate tectonics and earthquakes. Lessons were prepared following the 5 E instructional model. Next Generation Science Standards (4-ESS3-2) and the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards for fourth grade (Visual Arts: Creating 1.14a, Visual Arts: Creating 2.1.4a, and Visual Arts: Creating 3.1.4a) were addressed challenging students to create an earthquake-resistant structure to support a clay sculpture in a model of an art gallery for an earthquake-prone area. First, content knowledge …

Editorial: Welcome To The Journal Of Stem Arts, Crafts, And Constructions, Audrey C. Rule

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

The Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions is a scholarly journal that seeks to engage professionals, including preK-12 teachers, in a conversation about the benefits of arts integration; the ways that the STEM subjects can be integrated with the arts to produce effective teaching (STEAM Education); and how the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), can be effectively implemented with integrated arts, crafts, or constructions. Manuscripts, including guest editorials, are blind peer-reviewed by usually two reviewers and an associate editor or by three reviewers. This editorial explains the Journal’s origin in a faculty professional learning community. The Journal has a …

Stem Stories, October 2016, #2, Mir Ashfaquzzaman

STEM Stories

Student Profile - Shannon Sturgeon

Designing The Future Of Learning: A Partnership Approach, Lori Trent

Learning Showcase 2016: A Celebration of Discovery, Transformation and Success

• Most of today's educational system teaches students standardized content that fails to represent the real world in which they live and will work.
• Often Educational practices lack a problem-solving methodology, and fail to engage students enough to choose a career in STEM fields.
• Subject matter is standardized across disparate communities, regions, and cultures and often students are disengaged and teachers struggle to make STEM come alive in the classroom.
• However, the PAST Foundation has revolutionized how we teach STEM today and are providing their innovative approach to schools across the state and nation.
• The new PAST Innovation Lab model can …

Teaching And Research In Scil 101: Science And Decision-Making For A Complex World, Jenny Dauer

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

SCIL 101 “Science and decision-making for a complex world” is the new introductory core class for all of the students in CASNR. The learning objectives are targeted toward developing students’ science literacy skills. The course will be described, as well as findings from on-going science literacy research that investigates indicators of formal and informal decision-making in the course.

Hope, Expectation, Math Anxiety, And Achievement In College Algebra Students: Examining An Instructional Strategy Using Multi-Level Modeling, Kathleen A. Gibson-Dee

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

American students no longer lead the world in quantitative skills. This decline in mathematical ability has potentially significant negative national and personal consequences. Math anxiety, low self-efficacy in relation to math, and a sense of hopelessness about math are all possible barriers to being successful in learning and using math, not only in school but ultimately in many aspects of adult life. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between hope, expectation, math anxiety (positive and negative affect related components), and students’ final course scores in College Algebra within the context of an instructional strategy intended to …

A Framework For Problem-Based Learning: Teaching Mathematics With A Relational Problem-Based Pedagogy, Carmel Schettino

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

One recommendation for encouraging young women and other underrepresented students in their mathematical studies is to find instructional methods, such as problem-based learning (PBL), that allow them to feel included in the learning process. Using a more relationally centered pedagogy along with more inclusive instructional methods may be a way to foster an interest in studying mathematics in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. However, many mathematics teachers are at a loss in not only how to instruct with PBL methods but also how to create the environment that encourages optimal learning.

Patent Law, Copyright Law, And The Girl Germs Effect, Ann Bartow

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] "Inventors pursue patents and authors receive copyrights.

No special education is required for either endeavor, and nothing

precludes a person from being both an author and an inventor.

Inventors working on patentable industrial projects geared

toward commercial exploitation tend to be scientists or engineers.

Authors, with the exception of those writing computer code, tend

to be educated or trained in the creative arts, such as visual art,

performance art, music, dance, acting, creative writing, film

making, and architectural drawing. There is a well-warranted

societal supposition that most of the inventors of patentable

inventions are male. Assumptions about the genders …

Math Education Matters, October 2016, Western Michigan University

Mathematics News

• Mathematics Education at WMU
• Fulbright Scholarship
• Visiting Student
• Curriculum Internship
• Calculus Initiative
• Research on Children’s Thinking
• News from Graduates
• New Elementary School Math Major
• Upcoming Presentations

Ua64/2 The Challenge: Magazine For The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 40, Fall 2016), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman Editor

Gifted Studies Publications

No abstract provided.