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Title: Science as a critical method for deconstructing diversity discourse: Towards an anti-racist teacher education
Author: Ash, Alfred
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Education, Teachers--Training of, Curriculum planning
Description: This study is informed by an understanding of cultural incongruities in the classroom, and a critical postmodern science framework that recognizes the need for an interpretive and incisive approach for teaching about diversity issues in teacher ed...

Title: Building a Computing Identity: The Role of Middle School Computer Science Courses in Igniting Student Interest to Consider a Career in Software Development
Author: Gann-Carroll, Susan
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Education, Computer science
Description: The purpose of this study was to understand whether students who took computer science courses in a prescribed sequence during middle school developed a strong enough computing identity to show an interest in continuing to take computing courses i...

Title: USING THE MULTIMEDIA STRATEGIES OF LEARNER-GENERATED DRAWING AND PEER DISCUSSION TO RETAIN TERMINOLOGY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
Author: Kasay, Theresa
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Reading, Science--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare and evaluate two types of vocabulary interventions using grade 9 physics vocabulary terms using two lists of 10 words. A quasi-experimental crossover research design was used to compare the two...

Title: Effects of Supported Electronic Text and Explicit Instruction on Science Comprehension by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Author: Knight, Victoria
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: Supported electronic text (eText), or text that has been altered to increase access and provide support to learners, may promote comprehension of science content for students with disabilities. According to CAST, Book Builder(TM) uses supported eT...

Title: James no. 764
Author: Quitadamo, Melissa
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: English literature, Creative writing
Description: Container No. 764 has malfunctioned and its occupant is awake. This was never supposed to happen. It’s to be expected such things would happen under a human’s supervision, but what excuse do the humanoids have? What of the Master Computer who was ...

Title: Using embedded computer-assisted instruction to teach science to students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Author: Smith, Bethany
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Science--Study and teaching
Description: The need for promoting scientific literacy for all students has been the focus of recent education reform resulting in the rise of the Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics movement. For students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and intel...

Title: Effects of Systematic Instruction on Listening Comprehension of Science e-Texts for Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability
Author: Wood, Alyson
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Special education
Description: A multiple probe across participants design was used to examine the effects of systematic instruction (constant time delay and a system of least prompts) on both generating and answering questions about science e-texts for students with moderate i...