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In this paper, we provide an overview of two Computer Science for High School teacher training workshops, offered at Fairfield University in 2012 and 2013. These professional development programs offered the skills necessary to integrate Google Apps education and interactive, metaphor-based computer games tools into middle and high school curricula, to help students learn computer science and engineering...
The Robert E. Noyce program was established by Congress to enhance pre-college mathematics and science teaching and learning. During 2009, the program funding was significantly increased to broaden its impact on a national scale. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce engineering faculty to the Noyce program and to inform faculty about desirable aspects of a Noyce proposal.
After the latest curriculum reform, the educational reform and development of maths teachers have become universal concentration and thought in the field of mathematical education. The study adopting questionnaires and telephone interviews carried out a sample survey to 59 common high school maths teachers from 3 provinces, and analyzed the connection between maths teacherspsila specialism and educational...
This article presents a new deriving method of a simple formula for all kinds of one-dimensional collision. The formula and the method are easy to be learned and remembered for students than traditional equations for one-dimensional collision. The article presents five different ways to deal with the same question, and suggests that teaching students different ways to deal with the same question is...
Project Pathways, an NSF Math Science Partnership professional development project, uses four semester-long courses and professional learning communities (PLCs) with the goal of enhancing teacher knowledge, skills and practice. The unifying concept of function is applied to promote conceptual competence in core content subjects and key problem solving processes. Modules integrating math, science,...
If we are to find effective ways to reverse the trends that point to growing technological illiteracy of the population, teacher preparation and engineer preparation communities need to cooperate. Without effective contributions of the teacher preparation community, engineering schools will face dwindling populations of applicants and will spend their resources on remedial work rather than focusing...
A shortage of skilled people and engineers is one of the most critical issues facing South African government today. One of the problems facing South Africa is the old curriculum, which is outdated and could not address some of the developments in engineering and related fields. The country is embarking on a joint effort by the Department of Education (DoE) and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs),...
Research has shown that a general lack of preparation among secondary school students in the areas of science and technology has contributed to low tertiary-level enrolment. Such inadequate preparation is often the result of an existing teacher population not suitably trained to teach the relevant disciplines and /or a general shortage of laboratory facilities. Consequently, there is a conspicuous...
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