How do thinking styles and STEM attitudes have effects on computational thinking? A structural equation modeling analysis

H Jiang, AYMA Islam, X Gu… - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Computational thinking (CT) is vital for success in numerous domains. However, the nature,
definition, and scope of CT are ill‐defined, and research on how best to develop CT is very …

[HTML][HTML] A randomized controlled trial study: An analysis of virtual professional development and virtual mentoring and coaching for mainstream teachers serving …

MD Vargas, BJ Irby, R Lara-Alecio, F Tong… - Teaching and Teacher …, 2023 - Elsevier
Preparing mainstream in-service teachers of emergent bilinguals (EBs) to provide engaging
instruction is key to the academic and linguistic outcomes of EBs. Pre-and post-classroom …

Exploring pre-service science teachers' understanding of scientific inquiry and scientific practices through a laboratory course

F Özer, D Sarıbaş - Science & Education, 2023 - Springer
The intervention study presented in this paper explored pre-service science
teachers'(PSSTs) understanding of scientific inquiry (SI) and scientific practices (SPs) during …

CyberQ: Generating Questions and Answers for Cybersecurity Education Using Knowledge Graph-Augmented LLMs

G Agrawal, K Pal, Y Deng, H Liu… - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2024 - ojs.aaai.org
Building a skilled cybersecurity workforce is paramount to building a safer digital world.
However, the diverse skill set, constantly emerging vulnerabilities, and deployment of new …

Quality of Performance Assessment Instruments for Educators in Higher Education: Implementation of Factor Analysis And Generalizability Theory

H Djidu, E Istiyono… - Jurnal Penelitian Dan …, 2023 - journal-center.litpam.com
Assessing the quality of learning in higher education is one of the efforts to ensure its
standards. Typically, the assessment of the quality of learning implementation involves …

Pre-service teachers' conceptual understandings of models and modelling in a STEM methods course

C Faikhamta, S Khan, T Prasoplarb, A Praisri… - Research in Science …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Models and modelling play a critical role in science education to engage students
more fully in science practices. Few studies have investigated the nature of models and …

Comparing the use of two different approaches to assess teachers' knowledge of models and modeling in science teaching

G Carroll, S Park - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Science teacher knowledge for effective teaching consists of multiple knowledge bases, one
of which includes science content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge. With the …

Applying Rasch measurement to assess knowledge-in-use in science education

P He, X Zhai, N Shin, J Krajcik - … in Applications of Rasch Measurement in …, 2023 - Springer
This study applied the many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM) to assess students'
knowledge-in-use in middle school physical science. 240 students completed three …

A professional development program to foster science teachers' professional competence, enhance classroom practice, and improve student outcomes related to …

R Sannert, M Krell - Progress in Science Education (PriSE), 2023 - e-publishing.cern.ch
Background: Developing scientific reasoning competencies that enable students to
understand how scientific knowledge develops is considered an important goal of science …

Development and Validation of an Integrated STEM Teacher Classroom Observation Protocol

S Zhou, HE Merzdorf, KA Douglas… - Journal of Pre-College …, 2023 - docs.lib.purdue.edu
This study aimed to develop a K-12 classroom observation protocol to assess K-12 teachers'
implementation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) integration …