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From Dissolution to Solution: New approaches to teaching ocean acidification

Creator:: Erickson, Brian and Crews, Tracy
Abstract:: The high school module outlined in this article builds on the strengths of existing resources by incorporating many of their approaches. However, lesson designers intentionally avoided the most common ocean acidification lab (placing shells in vinegar and watching them dissolve) because they found evidence that this experiment reinforces misconceptions about...
Resource Type:: Article

Changing Ocean Chemistry: A High School Curriculum on Ocean Acidification’s Cause, Impacts, and Solutions

Creator:: Erickson, Brian and Crews, Tracy
Abstract:: This five-lesson curriculum seeks to increase students' understanding of ocean acidification (OA) and help them understand that it is an issue they can address. There are five lessons in the unit and a final Call to Action project. Lesson 1 explores a real-life story about the near collapse of the...
Resource Type:: Learning Object
Full Text:: and the humans who rely on them. ● There are ways to reduce ocean acidification. ESSENT IAL QUEST

An analysis of the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system compared to that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students

Creator:: Ruiter, William Wallace, 1925-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system and that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students. For this study 65 students enrolled in basic electricity at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona were used, distributed in two fall semester...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: teaching system is large group teaching and teacher pacing of lessons. This study is not an attempt to

An evaluation of expressed level of aspiration as a determinant of performance in an undergraduate biology course

Creator:: Pearce, Richard Mott
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to determine if the level of aspiration procedure consisting of knowledge of results plus goal-setting possesses a motivational property as reflected in performance on subject matter criterion instruments above that of knowledge of results alone in an undergraduate biology course. In addition the study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Brown-Holtzman Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes. The investigation was conducted at Oregon State

Concurrent remediation for inadequate preparation for the calculus

Creator:: Hunt, Howard C.
Abstract:: This investigation was designed to determine whether a remediation program concurrent to enrollment in the Calculus could be used to reveal and remedy student deficiencies involving pre-calculus topics, promoting a greater degree of success in the Calculus. The instructional model for the program that was investigated consisted of pretesting the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: fractions, and a self-study learning module was constructed to remedy these weaknesses. Evaluation was

Keyboard retraining : Qwerty to Dvorak

Creator:: Lessley, Bradley John
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to provide information pertaining to performance levels of Dvorak keyboard operators through retraining. More specifically, the purposes of this study were: 1. To compare operator performance rates on the Dvorak keyboard with operator performance rates on the Qwerty keyboard. 2. To determine whether keyboard...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Advancement of Teaching in 1932 to make possible a study of the problems of teaching and learning typewriting

Evaluating the quality of teaching in art : a social judgment analysis

Creator:: Browne, Beverly Ann
Abstract:: This study, based on Brunswik's (1952, 1956) lens model, examined the judgment policies employed by 67 art students and faculty when they evaluate instruction. Four groups of subjects, non-art majors, undergraduate art majors, graduate and bachelor of fine arts students, and faculty members, judged a series of 35 hypothetical teacher...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: individuals who contributed their advice and assistance during the completion of this study. I wish to

Aspects of the Nature of Engineering for K-12 Science Education : A Delphi Study

Creator:: Hartman, Brian D.
Abstract:: Recent state and national standards have increased the interest in engineering at the K-12 level. Science standards, in particular, have begun to make the case for including engineering throughout the K-12 scope of study. Despite the increased attention to engineering, the characteristics and uniqueness of the field of engineering are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Science Education: A Delphi Study Abstract approved

Uncovering the Complexity of STEM Faculty Perceptions About Successful Students, and Their Teaching Strategies that Support Them

Creator:: Lenhart, Cindy A., Bouwma-Gearhart, Jana, and Ewing, Benjamin
Abstract:: Multiple factors are known to influence student success in higher education. Barriers to postsecondary success for underrepresented STEM students are numerous and well documented. We detail an exploratory study of STEM faculty notions of successful students and the instructional practices they employ to cultivate student success. We use a conceptual...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , and Their Teaching Strategies that Support Them Cindy Lenhart, Jana Bouwma-Gearhart

STEM Faculty Instructional Data-Use Practices: Informing Teaching Practice and Students' Reflection On Students' Learning

Creator:: Lenhart, Cindy A. and Bouwma-Gearhart, Jana
Abstract:: This paper explores the affordances and constraints of STEM faculty members' instructional data-use practices and how they engage students (or not) in reflection around their own learning data. We found faculty used a wide variety of instructional data-use practices. We also found several constraints that influenced their instructional data-use practices,...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: of student learning to inform their future teaching-related decisions and practices. These calls

ScholarsArchive@OSU

From Dissolution to Solution: New approaches to teaching ocean acidification

Changing Ocean Chemistry: A High School Curriculum on Ocean Acidification’s Cause, Impacts, and Solutions

An analysis of the effectiveness of a learner-centered teaching system compared to that of a conventional teaching of basic electricity to university students

An evaluation of expressed level of aspiration as a determinant of performance in an undergraduate biology course

Concurrent remediation for inadequate preparation for the calculus

Keyboard retraining : Qwerty to Dvorak

Evaluating the quality of teaching in art : a social judgment analysis

Aspects of the Nature of Engineering for K-12 Science Education : A Delphi Study

Uncovering the Complexity of STEM Faculty Perceptions About Successful Students, and Their Teaching Strategies that Support Them

STEM Faculty Instructional Data-Use Practices: Informing Teaching Practice and Students' Reflection On Students' Learning

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