Enhancing Learning Opportunities Through Student, Scientist, and Teacher Partnerships

Enhancing Learning Opportunities Through Student, Scientist, and Teacher Partnerships

Author: Farland-Smith, Donna

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-03-05

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1799849678

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Student-scientist-teacher interactions provide students with several advantages. They provide opportunities to interact with experts and professionals in the field, give students a chance at meeting a role model that may impact students' career choices, and increase awareness of available career options combined with an understanding of how their skills and interests affect their career decisions. Additionally, it enhances attitudes and interest toward STEM professions for students and grants opportunities to connect with scientists as human beings and see them as "real people," replacing stereotypical perceptions of scientists. Moreover, there are many advantages for the teacher or informal educator when these partnerships are established. For these reasons and more, numerous studies are often conducted involving the partnerships of students, scientists, and teachers. Enhancing Learning Opportunities Through Student, Scientist, and Teacher Partnerships organizes a collection of research on student-scientist-teacher partnerships and presents the models, benefits, implementation, and learning outcomes of these interactions. This book presents a variety of different scientist-student-teacher partnerships with research data to support different learning outcomes in settings like schools, after-school programs, museums, science centers, zoos, aquariums, children's museums, space centers, nature centers, and more. This book is ideal for in-service and preservice teachers, administrators, teacher educators, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students interested in research on beneficial student-scientist-teacher partnerships/models in formal and informal settings.


Learn Excel 2007 from Mr Excel

Learn Excel 2007 from Mr Excel

Author: Bill Jelen

Publisher: Tickling Keys, Inc.

Published: 2007-10-27

Total Pages: 874

ISBN-13: 1932802274

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Covers how to effectively use Microsoft Excel using examples of real-world business problems.


Learning How to Learn

Learning How to Learn

Author: Barbara Oakley, PhD

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 052550446X

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A surprisingly simple way for students to master any subject--based on one of the world's most popular online courses and the bestselling book A Mind for Numbers A Mind for Numbers and its wildly popular online companion course "Learning How to Learn" have empowered more than two million learners of all ages from around the world to master subjects that they once struggled with. Fans often wish they'd discovered these learning strategies earlier and ask how they can help their kids master these skills as well. Now in this new book for kids and teens, the authors reveal how to make the most of time spent studying. We all have the tools to learn what might not seem to come naturally to us at first--the secret is to understand how the brain works so we can unlock its power. This book explains: Why sometimes letting your mind wander is an important part of the learning process How to avoid "rut think" in order to think outside the box Why having a poor memory can be a good thing The value of metaphors in developing understanding A simple, yet powerful, way to stop procrastinating Filled with illustrations, application questions, and exercises, this book makes learning easy and fun.


Elixir for Excellence

Elixir for Excellence

Author: Robin Mathew

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781637540404

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Everyone has an inherent desire to do well or rather excel in their studies. Students involved with studies as well as their parents, teachers, and other well-wishers will want a student to excel in studies. However, only a few students excel in their studies, whereas the majority perform average or even poor. Elders and peers can motivate a student and the teachers can teach the subject content. Still, the mechanics of "How to study" is the gap that most students cannot bridge. The students who understand the mechanics of how to study are the ones who constantly excel in their studies. This book will bring out the finer details about the mechanics of "How to Study".This book deals with the practical aspects that the student will encounter during studies. It provides a holistic approach right from the beginning when the student becomes aware of a forthcoming academic journey and provides guidance right until the final stages of final examinations. The major focus is on planning and preparations for various activities that the student will have to indulge in during his academic journey. Time management and the need for goal-oriented effort in every study session have been deliberated upon to utilize time and effort efficiently. This book advocates smart hard work using associative learning instead of rudimentary rote learning.This book will be immensely valuable for students with a basic developed understanding capability, i.e. the age group starting twelve years of age. It will serve well even the students enrolling for professional courses or even competitive examinations. The parents of young students who want their kids to excel in their studies will also be hugely benefitted from this book. Apart from them, the teachers at various academic institutions would also find this book insightful and quite helpful in training their students in the art of systematic learning methodologies. Educational establishments like schools and colleges, training establishments like coaching institutes and even specialization training establishments would also benefit from this book.


Instructional Communication Competence and Instructor Social Presence: Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Online Environment

Instructional Communication Competence and Instructor Social Presence: Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Online Environment

Author: Sherwyn Morreale

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2024-05-16

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 2832549136

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The coronavirus pandemic mandated unexpected 'instant transitions' to remote learning and accelerated student demand for online courses. As a result, colleges and universities in the U.S. and around the world began and have continued to expand their online courses and degree programs. The online learning industry is projected to pass $370 billion by 2026 and one third of post-secondary school administrators indicate they will continue to offer both remote and online course options even after their campuses completely resume offering in-person, face-to-face courses. Students have demonstrated there is an increased demand for online courses as well. A national survey of 1,413 students, registered at U.S. higher education institutions in fall 2020 and spring 2021, said their experiences with learning remotely during the pandemic left them with a positive attitude toward online and hybrid courses. This increased interest calls attention to the need for more scholarly examination of online teaching and learning.


Current Perspectives on the Value, Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of Design in STEM Education

Current Perspectives on the Value, Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of Design in STEM Education

Author: Jeffrey Buckley

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2023-08-25

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 2832532527

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Design is a central activity within Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Within enacted practice, design can feature within intended learning outcomes, for example in learning to design, and it can feature within pedagogical methodologies, for example by learning through design. Often holding differing disciplinary interpretations such as design as cyclical problem solving, iterative design, conceptual design, or design with or without make, understanding the educational merits of the ill-defined and open nature of authentic designerly activity is paramount. This Research Topic sets out to gain a more nuanced understanding of the value and role(s) of design within STEM educational contexts. This Research Topic focuses on design within STEM educational contexts, particularly in terms of teaching, learning, and assessment. The aim is to contribute to the evidential basis which can be used to guide the incorporation of design into educational practice. The topic has two central research objectives. The first is to generate evidence regarding what design is in STEM education. For example, is the ability to design a singular or manifold construct? Is the capacity to design, or are factors of this ability, both learnable and teachable? How transferable is designerly knowledge between contexts? How do different disciplinary contexts influence the interpretation of design? The second is to further our understanding of how best to incorporate design within STEM education contexts. For example, how much emphasis should be placed on learning to or through design in school? How should design be assessed within formal education? Where and when is design best incorporated into education? In posing these questions, the goal of this research topic is to provide scholarly discourse which supports critical reflection and the challenging of assumptions regarding design in education.


Teacher Equity

Teacher Equity

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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