Understanding Of Size And Scale And Order-Of-Magnitude Reasoning In Secondary Science: A Teaching Experiment With Worked Examples As Educational Scaffold [PDF]
Understanding size and scale (USS) and order-of-magnitude reasoning (OMR) are critical for scientific literacy. This study examines an educational approach to enhance these skills in high school science, considering the cognitive prerequisites and challenges. It explores worked examples (WEs) as an effective method to teach USS and OMR, comparing their
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In Praise of Teaching Assistants [PDF]
Teaching assistants (TAs) are an indispensable part of the dynamics and economics of higher education today. Without their dedication, patience, and knowledge, most college and university programs—especially highly technical ones like marine science ...
Tom Garrison
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Plastination represents the most advanced technique for preserving biological specimens, widely adopted in education, scientific research, and popular science.
Wen-Bin Jiang+6 more
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ASPIRE: Teachers and researchers working together to enhance student learning
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines have become key focus areas in the education community of the United States. Newly adopted across the nation, Next Generation Science Standards require that educators embrace innovative ...
Lollie Garay+5 more
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The mobile information and educational environment of higher educational institution [PDF]
In the modern world in the conditions of informatization of society and high level of competition at the labor-market the problem of preparation of specialists appears to the use of modern information and of communication technologies. Modern higher educational establishment must become the core of innovative education with problem preparation of ...
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Animating the Past: Reconstruct Trilobite via Video Generation [PDF]
Paleontology, the study of past life, fundamentally relies on fossils to reconstruct ancient ecosystems and understand evolutionary dynamics. Trilobites, as an important group of extinct marine arthropods, offer valuable insights into Paleozoic environments through their well-preserved fossil records.
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Philosophy of Science and Educational Research: Strategies for Scientific Effectiveness and Improvement of the Education [PDF]
This article is a theoretical study on the effectiveness of educational research in the context of Philosophy of science. This topic of discussion, in the area of educational research, has been the subject of intellectual debate and arises again at the beginning of the 21st century.
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New textbooks of science and their reference to the application of scientific method based on the aquatic resources. [PDF]
A new didactical curriculum model for teaching science based on aquatic resources has been applied to a group four hundred and fourteen students from primary education, just in establishments situated on the coastal edge of the Tenth Region of Los Lagos,
Héctor Toledo Muñoz+2 more
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A Systematic Literature Review of Undergraduate Data Science Education Research [PDF]
The presence of data science has been profound in the scientific community in almost every discipline. An important part of the data science education expansion has been at the undergraduate level. We conducted a systematic literature review to (1) portray current evidence and knowledge gaps in self-proclaimed undergraduate data science education ...
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