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Data Analysis in Middle School Students: What is the current performance level?
This paper presents the results of an investigation of 8th grade science students’ quantitative literacy skills. A unit assessment from 36 regular education students at Centennial Middle School in Casper, WY was analyzed ... -
Games as Learning Tools: A Literature Review
Student engagement has been referenced as one of the most important factors associated with improved learning. However, as students enter the middle grades, their engagement and motivation declines. This obstacle of ... -
Impacts of Place-Based Professional Development on Teachers
The qualitative case study investigated the relationship between high-quality professional development for place-based education and long-term impacts on teacher practices. The case study focused on a small subset of ... -
Long-Term Effects on Conceptual Change and Affect for Preservice Teachers One Year After a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) Experience, The
The current research evaluated the long-term effects of a cave automatic virtual environment (CAVE) experience on preservice teachers' conceptual change and affect. To evaluate the lasting effects, four students from a ... -
Is This More Than a Field Trip? Exploring Memories of Teton Science Schools' Field Education Program
For more than two decades, upper elementary students in one of the larger school districts in Wyoming have participated in Teton Science Schools' Field Education Program (TSS). During this time, the district has sent ... -
Conceptual Change Theory's Potential to Support Collaborative Environmental Problem Solving : Analogous Values and Convergent Properties
Contemporary understanding of our nervous system supports the contention that environment is inexorably linked to learning; that all experiences are learning experiences and all learning is experiential (Gooding & Metz, ... -
Auditing Higher Order and Creative Thinking Skills in Teacher Created Instructional Units for Elementary Gifted and Talented Students : An Action Research Study
The action research project focused on formative assessment in the context of an elementary education gifted and talented program. The project took place over the course of ten months in a mid-sized district in northeastern ... -
Know Thyself : Using Student Self-Assessment to Increase Student Learning Outcomes
Student assessment in the classroom is necessary to support student growth and increase students' content knowledge. Formative assessment, or assessment that helps guide instruction and learning, can take many forms. One ... -
NGSS and Science Museums : How Learning Progressions Can Inform Field Trip Lesson Planning for Informal Science Centers
Many states, including Wyoming, have adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or a very similar version of science standards. Research shows that in order to remain competitive in the field trip market, science ... -
Impact of Teacher Beliefs on Integrated Unit Design, The
Teacher beliefs are personal constructs that develop over a lifetime and are influenced by a teacher's personal experiences, experience with schooling and instruction, and experience with formal knowledge. A teacher's ... -
How Students, Schools, and the Community Benefit from Garden-Based Education : Frameworks for Developing a Garden-Based Education Center
Gardens can be used as a valuable tool in schools to teach curriculum, improve student behavior and self-confidence, instill a sense of responsibility in participants, and strengthen connections between schools and the ... -
Curriculum Alignment and Science and Engineering Practices in the Classroom
The release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in 2013 introduced educators to the three dimensions of science literacy, which are the (a) Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs), (b) Cross-Cutting Concepts (CCCs), and ... -
Analysis of Latino Outdoors' Organizational Performance : A multiple Constituency Approach
Large demographic shifts are occurring in the United States and one of the largest growing groups is Latinos. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Latinos are expected to account for 28% of the population by 2060. An annual ... -
Educational Lessons and Strategies for Wildlife Educators and Teachers at Animal-Associated Wildlife Centers
Increasing industrialization and urbanization are causing a decreasing amount of non-urban wildlife interaction and nature experiences. Less contact with the natural world is potentially creating a lack of interest in the ... -
Developing a Curriculum Framework for Field Studies Using Experiential and Environmental Educational Theory
Experiential and environmental education are educational philosophies with significant overlap. Experiential and environmental education are mutually supportive, and linked through five key components, (a) direct experience, ... -
Creating a Context-Adapted Evaluation Tool for the Outdoor Leadership Development Series of the Outdoor Program at the University of Wyoming
I created a literature based, context-adapted evaluation tool at the University of Wyoming for the Outdoor Leadership Development Series (OLDS) of the Outdoor Program (UWOP). I developed this summative survey to assess the ... -
Role of Critical Pedagogy in Place-based Education : An Extensive Literature Review, The
Self-discovery, sense of place, and experiential education have been largely disregarded in the United States' Education System, and replaced with test scores and standardization. Incorporating place in education focuses ... -
Role of Secondary STEM Teacher Professional Development in Integrating Critical Thinking Skills Through Teacher Perception and Classroom Observation, The
Following the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), drastic shifts in science teaching will be necessary to meet the standards. Because critical thinking skills are an underlying component of the NGSS, ... -
Best Practices in Co-teaching Mathematics, Teacher Efficacy, and Teacher and Student Perceptions
Students that qualify for special education services, with a learning disability in math, may receive these services through a variety of formats. Co-teaching is an instructional teaching model that provides an opportunity ...
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