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Calderone, Carli E. "Stem Cell Research: Science Education and Outreach." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1268751337.
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Groth, Randall Howard. "Research activity in major research universities and fields of science." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185052.
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The primary purposes of this study were to (1) verify the criteria for selection of variables that are measures of research activity; (2) replicate for 1987 the development of a composite measure of research activity index (RAI) for the top 100 research universities in the United States; (3) cluster the top 100 research universities according to the Carnegie Foundation's classifications and rank each university by its respective RAI within the cluster; (4) evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the RAI and compare the results to those of previous studies; (5) pilot the development of a component Fields of Science and Engineering Research Activity Index (FSERAI) for the top 100 research universities in two specific fields of science (physical and social sciences) and rank the universities according to their respective component FSERAIs; and (6) examine a productivity quotient for each of the top 100 research universities. A review of the literature provided the eleven variables used in the development of the composite RAI. The statistical instrument used to develop the Research Activity Index Score (RAIS) was a subroutine of factor analysis known as principal components analysis. The RAI scores were produced for each institution and ranked in descending order. Ultimately, two comparisons were made. First, the RAIs for the year 1987 were compared with previous RAIs for the years 1980 and 1985. Second, the RAIs for the years 1980 and 1985 were recalculated exclusive of the personnel variables unavailable for the year 1987. Institutions were then clustered according to Carnegie Foundation classifications and were ranked by their respective RAIs within each category. The same basic design, used to produce the composite RAI, was used to produce the composite FSERAI. Of the seventeen variables initially gathered, eight were used in the derivation of the component FSERAI. Ultimately, 48 institutions were ranked in the physical sciences and 67 were ranked in the social sciences. Lastly, a relative productivity index for each of the top 100 research universities was produced.
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King, Jonathan Lee. "Deployable Infrastructure in Support of Science and Education." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76890.
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P.L.U.G. is a prototypical solution to a highly specialized design problem that emerged in support of remote biological field research in the Mahale mountains of Western Tanzania. In collaboration with researchers from the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's (VMRCVM) Bush to Base Bioinformatics(B2B) group a team of students and faculty from the Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design designed, constructed, tested, and deployed the mobile field laboratory which houses up to four researchers and includes clean laboratory space, living accommodation, autonomous electricity generation, and a satellite-based communications network. P.L.U.G. consists of two primary elements, a rigid enclosed laboratory and fabric super structure that are constructed using a series of functionally-complex building components that are designed to be carried and assembled by two researchers, in one day, without the use of tools. (Kaur etal. 2007) The resulting system can be mass produced and utilized in the establishment of infrastructure in remote, environmentally sensitive, and unstable environments and has implication in disaster relief housing, human heath stations, remote research, mobile educational facilities, and any other environment or event that requires rapidly deployable, self-sufficient infrastructure.
The prototype laboratory was successfully deployed during the summer of 2007 and has been field tested by the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) Bush-2-Base Bioinformatics (B2B) research group. Currently the laboratory program exists as part of a newly developed long-term research initiative surrounding Deployable Infrastructure in Support of Science and Education (DISSed Lab) initiated by the author in response to perceived demand for such accommodation.<br>Master of Science
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Bartoszuk, Karin, Cecelia McIntosh, and Brian Maxson. "Integration and Synergy of Research and Graduate Education in Science, Humanities, and Social Science." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6174.
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Hyanes, A. D. "Classroom based research on some current issues in science education." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.376355.
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Hilson, Margilee Planton. "K-12 Science Classroom Action Research as Embedded Professional Development to Improve Student Achievement in Science." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1216068101.
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Mann, Shelley Donna. "Beliefs to practice in postsecondary science education, the value of research/the research value." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0021/NQ37730.pdf.
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Owen-Smith, Jason David. "Public science, private science: The causes and consequences of patenting by Research One universities." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284186.
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Drawing on pooled cross-section time series data and fieldwork based comparative case studies, this dissertation examines the causes and consequences of increased patenting by Research One universities. Academic patenting has increased dramatically in the last two decades, indicating a growing concern with commercial and economic outcomes for university research. Patents are characteristic of private, for profit, science. As such, they differ in consequential ways from publications, the characteristic output of public, or academic, science. Both public and private science are stratified by accumulative advantage mechanisms. Drawing on an 18 year pooled cross-section simultaneous equation model, this dissertation demonstrates that patenting activity and scientific reputation have become increasingly linked in the last fifteen years. The dramatic increase in academic patenting and the concentration of commercial success among a handful of universities can both be explained by changes in the relationship between public and private science over time. Not all universities have benefited equally from the increasingly linkages between commercial and academic science. Drawing on fieldwork conducted at two university campuses, this dissertation argues that a university's ability to capitalize on global changes in the relationship between public and private science depends on its research capacity, technology transfer infrastructure, and institutional ability to support the simultaneous pursuit of patenting and publishing. This combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies enables analysis of university patenting trends across time and at multiple levels. Field level changes in the relationship between commercial and academic science shape an are shaped by organizational adaptations to new ambiguities created by importing private science to the university context. Within the organizations individual activities and possibilities for action are structured by the changing organizational and institutional environments that have resulted from increased research commercialization.
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Stockmann, Dustin. "Action Research Using Entomological Research to Promote Hands-On Science Inquiry in a High-Poverty, Midwest Urban High School." Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10241269.
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<p> The purpose of this mixed-methods action research study was to examine to what extent entomological research can promote students’ hands-on learning in a high-poverty, urban, secondary setting.</p><p> In reviewing the literature, the researcher was not able to find a specific study that investigated how entomological research could promote the hands-on learning of students. The researcher did find evidence that research on learning in a secondary setting was important to student growth. It should also be noted that support was established for the implementation of hands-on science inquiry in the classroom setting.</p><p> The study’s purpose was to aid educators in their instruction by combining research-based strategies and hands-on science inquiry. The surveys asked 30 students to rate their understanding of three basic ideas. These core ideas were entomological research, hands-on science inquiry, and urban studies. These core ideas provided the foundation for the study. The questionnaires were based on follow-up ideas from the surveys. Two interview sessions were used to facilitate this one-on-one focus.</p><p> Because the study included only 30 student participants, its findings may not be totally replicable. Further study investigating the links between entomological research and hands-on science learning in an urban environment is needed.</p>
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Davidson, Rosemary McBryan. "Researching the Real| Transforming the Science Fair through Relevant and Authentic Research." Thesis, University of Missouri - Saint Louis, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3621184.
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<p> This teacher research study documents the processes used to help students in an all-female, religious-based high school create science fair projects that are personally meaningful, scientifically sophisticated and up-to date in terms of science content. One-hundred sixteen young women in an honors chemistry class were introduced by their teacher to the methods used by science journalists when researching and crafting articles. The students then integrated these strategies into their science fair research through collaborative classroom activities designed by their teacher. Data collected during the process included audio and video tapes of classroom activities, student interviews, process work, finished projects, email conversations and the reflective journaling, annotated lesson plans, and memories of the lived experience by the teacher. </p><p> The pedagogical changes which resulted from this project included the use of Read Aloud-Think Alouds (RATA) to introduce content and provide relevance, a discussion based topic selection process, the encouragement of relevant topic choices, the increased use of technology for learning activities and for sharing research, and an experimental design process driven by the student's personally relevant, topic choice. Built in feedback loops, provided by the teacher, peer editors and an outside editor, resulted in multiple revisions and expanded opportunities for communicating results to the community-at-large. </p><p> Greater student engagement in science fair projects was evident: questioning for understanding, active involvement in decision making, collaboration within the classroom community, experience and expertise with reading, writing and the use of technology, sense of agency and interest in science related activities and careers all increased. Students communicated their evolving practices within the school community and became leaders who promoted the increased use of technology in all of their classes. </p><p> Integrating journalistic practices into the research projects of these honors chemistry students also brought about positive changes in the attitude of the students toward science. The pedagogy implemented was successful at increasing the engagement of the participants in their own learning processes as well as increased interest in science. Moreover, the teacher researcher has expanded her skill set and is transitioning toward a more student-centered classroom. While this study focused on 116 honors chemistry students over the course of three years, it identified changes in practices that can be taken up and examined more broadly by science teachers who include science fairs as part of their curriculum.</p>
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Belkin, Nicholas J. "Priorities and Concerns for Education and Research in Library and Information Science." Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105251.
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This is a Plenary Session 4 - Working in Partnership: Priorities and Concerns for the Profession - presentation (in pdf format) on Friday, January 14 at the ALISE 2005 Conference. Professor Nicholas Belkin identifies some priorities for both education and research in library and information science.
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Frias, Ramon. "Science Scores in Title I Elementary Schools in North Georgia: A Project Study." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1098.
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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)'s emphasis of reading, language arts, and mathematics (RLA&M) and its de-emphasis of science has been a source of great concern among educators. Through an objectivist and constructionist framework, this study explored the unforeseen effects of the NCLB on public science education among Title I (TI) and non-Title I (NTI) students. The research questions focused on the effects of NCLB on Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) scores in the high-stakes subjects of reading, language arts, mathematics and the low stakes subject of science among TI and NTI 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students in a north Georgia County during the 2010/2011 school year. This study also compared instructional time TI and NTI teachers dedicated to science. A causal-comparative quantitative methodology was used to analyze Georgia's public domain CRCT scores. Three independent-samples t tests showed that TI schools exhibited significantly lower Science CRCT scores than did NTI students at all grade levels (p < 0.0001). The data also showed CRCT scores in high-stakes subjects between TI and NTI students converging but science CRCT scores between TI and NTI students diverging. The self-report survey indicated no significant differences between TI and NTI teachers' instructional science time (t (107) = 1.49, p = 0.137). A teacher development project was designed to focus on improving teacher science content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge through a formal introduction to the nature of science. With increasing global science competition, science is more relevant than ever, and communities need students with strong science foundations. Further study is recommended to analyze the factors associated with this science gap between TI and NTI students.
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Nyhof, Joyce M. "Action research in gender issues in science education, towards an understanding of group work with science teachers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq28029.pdf.
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Rimington, Keith B. "Expanding the Horizons of Educational Pair Programming: A Methodological Review of Pair Programming in Computer Science Education Research." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/601.
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Educators and researchers continue to explore the benefits, real or imagined, of implementing pair programming as part of the computer science pedagogy. Current reviews of computer science educational research practices do not focus on educational pair programming. This thesis presents a review of the research methods used in recent educational pair programming research. The primary purpose of this review is to inform the ongoing dialogue about and to provide evidence-based recommendations for improving educational pair programming research. Replicating the design of a previous computer science education methodological review, this study inspected a sample of 108 articles from a population of 129 of articles related to educational pair programming published from 2000 to 2008. Articles were classified using a 112-variable taxonomy, identifying report elements, research methodology, research design, kinds of variables inspected, and statistical practices. Major findings include several differences between the methodological characteristics of educational pair programming research when compared to general computer science education research, including: (a) an increased proportion of studies involving human participants, (b) a decreased proportion of quantitative methodologies, and (c) an increased proportion of controlled research designs. There exists some minor evidence that researchers affiliated with institutions in the United States are more likely than their counterparts outside of the United States to inspect only student attitudes and implement a posttest-only research design, and less likely to implement an experimental or quasi-experimental methodology
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Mone, Fisi'ihoi. "Monitoring Standards Of Science Investigation Skill Attainment By Tongan Secondary Science Students." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1991. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1457.
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The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the science investigation skill attainment of Tongan Form 5 (16 years of age) General Science students. Benchmark statements were developed to describe the range of science investigation skills and standard of performance that should be expected of Tongan Form 5 General Science students. A written test of science process skills and a practical test of science apparatus skills, were developed to assess the level of attainment of science investigation skills by students who have completed Form 4 and Form 5 General Science in Tonga. The instruments were piloted twice in Western Australian schools, revised, piloted in Tonga and then administered to students at ten high schools In Tonga. From the written test of science process skills, it was found that more than 60% of the Form 5 students had not attained the benchmark standards. The students performed best on questions regarding collecting and communicating information, and worst on the questions relating to problem analysis, planning and control of variables. From the practical test of science apparatus skills, it was found that more than half of the Form 5 students had not attained the benchmark standards related to using laboratory equipment like a thermometer, Bunsen burner, triple-beam balance, and measuring cylinder.
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Han, Hyosoon. "Developing a research agenda for integrating microcomputer-based laboratory in science teaching /." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487848891515099.
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Dietrich, Cynthia S. "A Phenomenological Study of Social Science Instructors' Assessment Practices for Online Learning." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/930.
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Online learning has revolutionized higher education in the United States. In 2007, there were 3.9 million students taking at least 1 online course. Assessment in online instruction is a new experience for teachers because of the recent advent of online course delivery. Current research on online learning does not address instructor experiences with learning assessments. This gap may contribute to online instructors being inadequately prepared to teach online. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore online instructors' experiences with assessments in their undergraduate social science courses. The study was guided by constructivism as well as theories associated with assessment for the college classroom. The main and secondary research questions focused on the participants' experiences with assessment in the online learning environment and the challenges and benefits of assessment in that learning environment. Data were collected with in-depth, semistructured interviews and analyzed via Moustakas's modification of van Kaam's method. The main themes are: (a) instructors use a combination of assessment practices, (b) changes to assessments are based on student feedback, and (c) academic honesty. The present study promotes positive social change by providing members of the online learning community with a better understanding of instructors' assessment processes, as well as the challenges and benefits those instructors face in assessing learning in online classes, all of which may contribute to improved instruction for online students.
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Lockwood, Jeffrey Frank. "The effect of research-based science instruction on the attitudes of students, by gender, towards science, scientists, and careers in science." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186605.
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Research-based curriculum is a system of instruction which uses an authentic learning, problem-solving, cooperative learning, hands-on, and inquiry-discovery approach, guided by a constructivist philosophy. Its usefulness has been recognized for many decades but "research in the classroom" has not been adopted as a teaching method by many. This study centers on research done by students in science classrooms. The primary purpose of this study was to measure, both quantitatively and qualitatively; (1) students' understanding, by gender, of the nature of science and, (2) student attitude changes, by gender, toward the nature of science, scientists, and careers in science before and after the completion of research projects. The gender equity problem in science classes is explored and improvements in four process skills were measured for both treatment and control groups. Also, different models of research-based science education are described. The Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) and the Nature of Science Scale (NOSS) were given pre and post to both groups. Several qualitative instruments were given and student journals were analyzed by gender. The results of TOSRA showed gains in positive attitude for students after they experience a research-based curriculum for six of the seven TOSRA scales. However, the control group had similar gains so the mixed design analysis of variance showed no statistically significant differences between control vs. treatment or male vs. female interactions. Much of the qualitative analysis revealed that students' understanding of the nature of science changes considerably after they "do" scientific research. The journal analysis and the "Research is...." question analysis show that students also have a significant affective response to the research experience. Quantitatively, the total NOSS score improvement for the treatment group was substantial (11.4 to 13.8) and better than the control, although it was not a statistically significant difference. Generally, treatment students showed greater improvement on all NOSS scales. Treatment students also had greater gains on the four different process skills measured in this study. Research-based curriculum is an effective way to change students' attitudes towards science and a sound way to increase student understanding about the nature of the research process.
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Valiathazhel, James Daniel. "Science for all - myth or reality?: a research project." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004391.
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Abstract: Transformation at a historically disadvantaged technikon in South Africa : a research project: South Africa is in the seventh year of democracy. During the first term of office, the ANC government proposed radical shift from the system(s) of education that was/were in existence in this country. A change in the education system in South Africa was inevitable. The ANC government have realised the need and proposed plans for a change in the education system in this country. We might be able to overcome the inequalities of the past and have an education system relevant for all South Africans that promote an equal opportunity for success as envisaged by Outcomes Based Education (OBE). This research project, using a qualitative case study methodology, reports on the readiness of Border Technikon in implementing Outcomes Based Education (OBE) as a teaching/lecturing strategy. Since 1998 Border Technikon organised a series of staff training workshops to empower the academic staff in Outcomes Based Education. A preliminary study on the topic was conducted during 1999, in which questionnaires (to 16 academic staff) and semi-structured interviews (with three academic staff) were used to collect data. During 2000, when the second and final round of this study was conducted semistructured interviews were employed with 4 staff members to gather data. Literature review and document analysis was also part of the research. The analysis of data indicated that the very nature of most of the Technikon Programmes demands an OBE approach in teaching/lecturing and hence OBE based teaching/lecturing is largely practised at Border Technikon. However a few areas of concerns were identified. Some of these concerns were: (i) Technikon employed academic staff (from industry, etc...) with no professional qualification in teaching and it was difficult to provide OBE training to such people and (ii) lack of sufficient support from the Technikon Management might be a cause for the poor attendance of academic staff during the training programme. Another aspect emerged from the data analysis was that all academic staff participated in this study expressed the need for further training in OBE and related topics. Abstract: Science for all - myth or reality?: Different educational projects around the world have made Scientific Literacy a world-wide concern. This study through a literature review shows that Scientific Literacy is a term that has many definitions and interpretations. This literature review reveals that, in the present system Science for All is a myth for various reasons. Governments around the world in general, and South Africa in particular, are in the process of introducing different projects such as the Year of Science and Technology (YEAST), science week and science exhibitions for the purpose of popularising science and technology. The Department of Education in Thailand has modified its education system to accommodate Science for All. In this literature review among other issues the status quo in South African science education and the Thailand model were examined. A few recommendations to achieve Science for All are also included in this project. Abstract: Developing and evaluating the use of learning material in science - a constructivist approach towards learning Newton's laws : a research project: The Government of National Unity in 1994 introduced a new educational policy for South Africa. This represented a shift in paradigm from a transmission mode of teaching and learning to a learner-centred education. The shift marks a transformation from a content-based curriculum to an Outcomes Based Education (OBE). Various authors found that different sections in the Physical Science syllabus in South Africa are often misunderstood by students for different reasons. One of the reasons was that students had their own ideas about laws of nature and these (mis)conceptions were resistant to change. From the literature and from the author's personal experience it was found that Bodies in Motion is a topic that is difficult to conceptualise by students of different age groups. The challenge facing educators is how to tackle this issue. In this research project a diagnostic test is developed and used to identify the topics where students have conceptual problems. To address these problem areas further, concept sheets/work sheets where developed and implemented. The different challenges and tasks given in the work sheets/learning material are organised in such a way as to make the students aware of their own ideas about Bodies in Motion in general and the key-concepts in particular and also to make them aware of the ideas of their peers (group members). It was also aimed at offering the learners the scientific alternative to their own beliefs. At the end, it was discovered that, even though the general understanding of the learners has improved in this topic (namely, Bodies in Motion), their original beliefs were largely unaffected. It is the hope of the researcher that the project would be the basis for further research on the development of learning material in science.
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Kreofsky, Tess Marie. "Isn’t Citizen Science a Hoot? A Case-study Exploring the Effectiveness of Citizen Science as an Instrument to Teach the Nature of Science through a Local Nocturnal Owl-Monitoring Project." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2645.
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Citizen science projects present a distinctive opportunity for professional and volunteer scientists to coordinate their efforts to gather unique sets of data that can benefit the scientific and local communities. These projects are assumed to be an effective educational tool to teach nature of science (NOS) to participants (Brossard, Lewenstein, Bonney, 2005). This case study evaluates the effectiveness of participation in a citizen science project as a way to learn about NOS. Through enhancement of the Tryon Creek Owl Monitoring Project the researcher reviewed the characteristics of a citizen science project that were thought to be necessary to impact the volunteers' knowledge of NOS. The study also explored the benefits and limitations to organizing the citizen science protect using the principles of action research. Analysis of participants' knowledge and the effectiveness of active research theory, was evaluated through pre- and post- questionnaires and interviews. Although volunteers were able to explore the core themes of NOS through actively engaging in the scientific process, they did not experience a statistically significant change in their demonstration of understanding. For a multitude of reasons, participants had a positive experience with the presence of an embedded researcher within the project. This case study supports the use of active research as a guide to ensure that within each project the needs of both the scientific community and the volunteer scientists are met.
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Patke, Usha. "Inquiry-based laboratory investigations and student performance on standardized tests in biological science." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1089.
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Achievement data from the 3rd International Mathematics and Sciences Study and Program for International Student Assessment in science have indicated that Black students from economically disadvantaged families underachieve at alarming rates in comparison to White and economically advantaged peer groups. The study site was a predominately Black, urban school district experiencing underachievement. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between students' use of inquiry-based laboratory investigations and their performance on the Biology End of Course Test, as well as to examine the relationship while partialling out the effects of student gender. Constructivist theory formed the theoretical foundation of the study. Students' perceived levels of experience with inquiry-based laboratory investigations were measured using the Laboratory Program Variable Inventory (LPVI) survey. LPVI scores of 256 students were correlated with test scores and were examined by student gender. The Pearson correlation coefficient revealed a small direct correlation between students' experience in inquiry-based laboratory investigation classes and standardized test scores on the Biology EOCT. A partial correlational analysis indicated that the correlation remained after controlling for gender. This study may prompt a change from teacher-centered to student-centered pedagogy at the local site in order to increase academic achievement for all students. The results of this study may also influence administrators and policy makers to initiate local, state, or nationwide curricular development. A change in curriculum may promote social change as students become more competent, and more able, to succeed in life beyond secondary school.
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Fox, James J., and M. A. Conroy. "Historical, Contemporary and Future Issues in Research in Behavior Disorders: The Role of Single Subject Research in Building a Science and Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/142.
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Behavior disorders has varied conceptual and methodological roots. Effective answers to working with students with EBD require pragmatic solutions. One of the most productive approaches has been the behavioral model and single subject methodology. Using research on EBD preschoolers as a focus, we review methodological history, exemplary research findings, and critical issues.
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Lewis, Penelope Anne. "Changing teaching practice in elementary science education using action research, a case study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0012/MQ61452.pdf.
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Finley, Sandra Jean. "Collaboration between a researcher and science teachers as research and professional development : a two-way learning street /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Standefer, Katherine. "Assessment in the Hands-On Science Classroom: A Qualitative Study." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2003. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/736.
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Friend, Jennifer Ingrid Eubanks Eugene E. "Research on same-gender grouping in eighth-grade science classrooms." Diss., UMK access, 2004.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004.<br>"A dissertation in urban leadership and policy studies in education, and education." Advisor: Eugene E. Eubanks. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition. Description based on contents viewed Feb. 23, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-187). Online version of the print edition.
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Hargreaves, P. M. "The training officer : a cost-effective role in a science research organisation?" Thesis, University of Surrey, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.308494.
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Mollohan, Katherine N. "Epistemologies and Scientific Reasoning Skills Among Undergraduate Science Students." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437149185.
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Hutchins, Karen Kelly. "Strengthening the development of community-university partnerships in sustainability science research." Thesis, The University of Maine, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3575452.
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<p>In light of the increasingly complex sustainability problems facing local and global communities, and the need to improve the scientific basis for decision making, sustainability science elevates the role of research collaborations and communication among scientists and stakeholders in developing solutions. Although many universities are heeding the calls for collaborative research and are making progress on bringing diverse groups together to address sustainability issues, disconnections between the production of knowledge and its actual use in society persist. These persistent divisions indicate that we still have a great deal to learn about how to develop university-stakeholder partnerships that facilitate collaboration between the various actors in society. </p><p> Building successful, enduring research partnerships is essential for improving links between knowledge and action. The overarching question addressed in this dissertation is: <i>"In the quest to develop sustainable solutions, what factors may strengthen or hinder the development of robust stakeholder-university research partnerships?"</i> In answering this question, I interrogate the role of communication in partnership development, the influence of communication practices on stakeholder and researcher interactions, and ways that we can use interdisciplinary forms of and approaches to research to improve communication with partners. The goal of this research is to improve university and community capacity for collaborative, problem-focused research to address pressing societal problems. </p><p> Using quantitative and qualitative survey data from the <i>Maine Municipal Official Survey</i> and the <i>Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement Survey,</i> each chapter addresses the overarching research question in different ways. In the first and second chapters, I develop theoretically and empirically supported statistical models to identify a set of factors influencing officials' reported interest in developing a community-university research partnership and factors influencing officials' participation preferences in community-university research partnerships, respectively. The models strengthen the capacity for co-learning by providing data on interest and preference alignment between potential project partners, and they provide data on stakeholder preferences and experiences that may improve communication between partners and inform partnership interactions. The third chapter bridges interdisciplinary theories from social psychology and communication to deepen the conversation about justice in community-university research partnerships. The dissertation concludes with lessons learned about developing community-university research partnerships. </p>
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Goodnough, Karen Catherine. "Exploring multiple intelligences theory in the context of science education, an action research approach." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0026/NQ49853.pdf.
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Olson, Edwin B. (Edwin Brock) 1977. "Otto : a low-cost robotics platform for research and education." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86691.
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Dye, A. H. (Arthur H. ). "Knowledge production and research development in science and technology at higher education institutions in the Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52315.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aims of this study were to establish whether there had been discernable changes
in the nature of knowledge production at higher education institutions in the Eastern Cape
since the transition to democracy, and to relate these to international and national trends in
the way knowledge is produced. In view of the emphasis in government policy on the
development of science and technology, the study was focused on researchers in this area and
on the administration of research in this context. The research was conducted through
structured interviews with administrators and active researchers at the three technikons and
five universities in the province.
The study found that there had indeed been changes, both in the way research is
managed, and in the nature of the research itself. Research has become more applied over the
last five years and there has been a move towards multidisciplinary, multi-institutional
research, although administrators tended to underestimate the extent of this change. Research
management has also become businesslike with the establishment of dedicated
Deans/Directors of research on most campuses. Administrators ascribe these changes to new
government policies and to changes in the requirements of funding agencies. Researchers,
however, generally ascribe the changes to factors more directly related to themselves, such as
changes in institutional research policy, more opportunities for multidisciplinary work and to
greater linkage with the private sector. The study also found that many of the changes were
already underway some time ago and that there was a degree of proactiveness in the way some
institutions had realigned their research. The study found that there are significant differences between formerly advantaged
institutions and their historically disadvantaged counterparts. The latter are dominated by less
well qualified staff and produce fewer research outputs than the former. Research cultures are
less well developed and researchers complain of a lack of institutional support for research.
Despite this, research continues to be a significant activity on these campuses. In general, staff
at technikons are more positive about the future of research than their colleagues at
universities, irrespective of historical advantage.
The study found that knowledge production has assumed some of the characteristics
of so-called Mode 2 knowledge production as a result of a variety of national and international
influences, and historically advantaged institutions have been able to initiate adjustments to
the way in which research is done in anticipation of new policies. Publication of government
policy on science and technology and on higher education may have accelerated the change
but did not initiate it. The historically disadvantaged institutions, however, appeared to have
done little in anticipation of new policy and have been forced to be reactive to recent
government initiatives.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie was om ondersoek na die voorkoms van waarneembare
veranderinge in die karakter van die lewering van kennis by hoer-onderrig institute in die Oos-
Kaap, na die oorgang van demokrasie, in te stel. Verder is gepoog om hierdie veranderinge in
verband met internasionale en nasionale tendense, met betrekking to die wyse waarop kennis
voortgebring word, te bring. In die lig van die regering se beleid aangaande die ontwikkeling
van wetenskap en tegnologie was die studie op navorsers in hierdie rigting, sowel as die
aanpassing van navorsing in hierdie konteks, gefokus. Die ondersoek was deur middel van
gestruktureerde onderhoude met administrateurs en aktiewe navorsers aan die drie tegnikons
and vyf universiteite in hierdie provinsie uitgevoer.
Die ondersoek het aangedui dat veranderinge in die wyse waarop navorsing bestuur
word en in die karakter van navorsing op sigself, inderdaad plaasgevind het. Navorsing het
gedeurende die afgelope vyf jaar toenemend toepaslik geword en hoewel administrateurs
geneig het om die omvang daarvan te onderskat, was daar 'n merkbare verplasing na multidissiplinere
en multi-institution ale navorsing. Die administrasie van navorsing het ook, na die
aanstelling van teogewyde Dekane/Direkteurs van navorsing by die meerderheid kampusse,
toenemend bedryfsgerig word. Administrateurs skryf hierdie verplasing toe aan die nuwe
staatsbeleid sowel as die veranderinge in die voorskrifte van befondsingsliggame. Op hul beurt
skryf navorsers die varanderinge egter aan faktore wat meer op hulself van toepassing is, toe.
Hierdie faktore sluitveranderinge in die institutionele beleid, die toename in geleenthede met
betrekking tot multi-dissiplinere werk, sowel as die toename in skakeling met die private sektor, in. Dit is gevind dat verskeie van hierdie veranderinge al 'n geruime tyd onderweg is
en dat daar 'n mate van pro-aktiwiteit met betrekking tot die wyse waarop sommige institute
hul navorsing hers poor het, bestaan.
Die studie het bevind dat betekenisvolle verskille tussen voormalige bevoorregte
institute en hul histories onbevoorregte ekwivalente voorgekom het. U it die resultate het dit
duidelik geword dat die personeel van die laasgenoernde institute oor die algemeen minder
gekwalifiseerd is en dat 'n laer navorsingsopbrengs geproduseer word. Die navorsingskultuur
is minder ontwikkel en navorsers is ontevrede oor die gebrek aan institutionele ondersteuning
wat navorsing aanbetref. Ten spyte hiervan is navorsing voortdeurend 'n betekenisvolle
akwitiwiteit op hierdie kampusse. Personeel verbonde aan tegnikons is oor die algemeen meer
positief oor die toekoms van navorsing in teenstelling met hul kollegas verbonde aan
universitiete, ongeag die historiese agtergrond.
Die studie het ook bevind dat, weens die verskeidenheid nasionale en internasionale
invloede en die oorspronklike aanpassings wat historiese bevoorregte institute tot stand laat
kom het met betrekking tot die wyse waarop navorsing, met die oog op nuwe beleid, uitgevore
word, die produksie van kennis van die eienskappe van "Mode 2" aangeneen word. Die
bekendmaking van die staatsbeleid aangaande wetenskap en tegnologie en hoer-onderrig kon
uit eie beweging hierdie veranderinge bespoedig het, maar het dit nie geinisieer nie. Histories
onbevoorregte institute het tot dusver min werk gemaak van die vooruitsigte van die nuwe
beleid en word genoodsaak om op onlangse regerings inisiatiewe te reageer.
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Holzbaur, U. D. "Linking research education and education for sustainable development via projects." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 11, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/325.
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Published Article<br>One of the main tasks of universities is to prepare students for an academic or
professional career, and to make them responsible members of society by giving
them the motivation and skills to create a better future. Education for Sustainable
Development is a core feature of education in a university of the 21th century and
in society. In a university, it has two aspects: firstly, to educate students and to
help future academics to contribute to sustainable development, secondly, to
contribute to sustainability and to spread education for sustainable development
in the community. We consider examples of successful cooperation between the
university and its stakeholders via projects that are relevant for education for
sustainable development. We analyse the success factors and the educational
and sustainability impacts of these projects.
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Beer, Paula. "Exploration of 'playful paired-collaboration' in computer science : a design-based research study." Thesis, Edge Hill University, 2018. http://repository.edgehill.ac.uk/10559/.
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This doctoral study explores the use of playful collaborative learning in computer science. The researcher undertook a pilot and an iterative main study, using a design-based research method, through which to investigate a fresh approach for teaching computer science to secondary age students (11-16). The design was realised through collaboration with school-based colleagues, resulting in a responsive sequence of lessons, each evaluated and adapted. An explorative picture was drawn of the students’ experience through live observation, and through analysis of audio data. It was expected that the approach would capitalise on the benefits of play and collaboration as described by the influential theorists Bruner (1976) and Mercer (2007). The initial framework for the analysis was based on Mercer’s ‘sociocultural discourse analysis’ to evaluate collaboration, and on a qualitative analysis of the presence of ‘play’ as defined by Bruner (1976). Close analysis of the recorded transcripts of the students’ paired discussions, however, revealed little exploratory talk and the type of ‘play’ present did not often conform to Bruner’s specific characteristics. It was instead frequently humorous or ‘ludic’. This suggested a need for further elaboration of types of play, beyond Bruner’s categories. Moreover, thematic analysis of the collaboration between the teachers engaged in the design and ongoing evaluation of the sessions suggested a tension between the teachers’ personal pedagogy of play and their professional performance in the classroom. This tension influenced the extent to which playful and collaborative learning could be designed for. The tension is particularly marked in a phenomenon here newly named as ‘play-stops’, which occur when a student embarking on a playful episode is diverted back to the ‘task’ in hand by a fellow student or a teacher. A number of approaches for further developing and nurturing knowledge of computer science are articulated in the latter phase of the thesis. These recommendations respect the restrictions of contemporary computer science education while also valuing a contemporary playful pedagogy that understands the need for time, space and personal motivation to be developed and shared with the students.
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Guinan, Emer M., Emer M. Barrett, Freda Neill, et al. "Attitudes to Interprofessional Education Among Health Science Students Engaging in a Multidisciplinary Workshop Series." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/ijhse/vol5/iss1/2.
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Introduction: Interprofessional education (IPE) provides an opportunity for students from single-professions to interact with other disciplines. Student attitude to IPE can impact engagement and change in attitude may provide an indicator of the impact of IPE. This study examines pre-workshop attitudes to IPE and change in attitude following a series of three IPE workshops.
Methods: Preworkshop attitudes were examined using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) and the Interprofessional Education Perception Scale (IEPS). The IEPS was repeated at the start of Workshop 1 and at the end of Workshop 3. Data were analyzed using linear regression analysis and linear mixed methods for repeated measures.
Results: 405 students participated (pre-workshop n=122; workshop 1 n=244; workshop 3 n=236). Pre-workshop attitudinal scores were high. While male gender and studying medicine negatively predicted attitude across some domains, previous experience of a joint patient treatment session on clinical placement positively predicted attitude in the domain of Perception of Actual Cooperation (standardised Beta 0.283, p=0.005). Attitude to IPE improved across all domains of the IEPS from online preparation to the end of workshop 3 (pCompetency and Autonomy, and in the domain of Perceived Need for Cooperation improved only following online preparation, while the domain of Perception of Actual Cooperation improved following both online preparation and participation in the workshops.
Discussion: The results presented reflect positively on student readiness for IPE. Attitudes were further improved following engagement in a structured series of IPE workshops.
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McLelland-Crawley, Rebecca. "Program evaluation of a high school science professional learning community." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1121.
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Teachers may benefit more from a professional learning community (PLC) than from professional development initiatives presented in single day workshops. The purpose of this program evaluation study was to identify characteristics of an effective PLC and to determine how the members of the PLC have benefitted from the program. Fullan's educational change theory provided the framework for the study, which refers to learning experiences of teachers when collaborating with peers. The sample consisted of 9 biology teachers during the 2012-2013 school year. Data were collected through online surveys and face-to-face interviews regarding effective PLCs. The online survey questions were asked to identify the characteristics of PLCs. Interviews were conducted to examine how biology teachers benefited from PLCs. Survey data were analyzed for descriptive statistics. Interview transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis for emergent themes. According to study findings, PLCs are used for shared teaching vision and practices. Sustained use of PLCs in schools could help create supportive professional learning environments for teachers to improve their teaching practices through purposeful collaboration.
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Schuster, Christopher Louis. "Weed science education and research : the agronomy learning farm and mesotrione and sulfonylurea herbicide interactions." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/262.
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Eilon, Batia. "Integration of web-based instruction in primary school science teacher education : an action research approach." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394132.
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Vedovello, Conceicao. "Science parks and university-industry links : a case-study of the Surrey Research Park." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282105.
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Budd, John M. "The Organizational Culture of the Research University: Implications for LIS Education." Association for Library and Information Science Education, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105883.
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The organizational culture school of thought is a relatively recent notion in the field of organizational theory and is a response to the perceived shortcomings of other modes of thinking that may miss some important aspects, not just of organizing and the purpose of organizations, but of the real workings of organizations. The organizational culture of the research university is highly complex, because, in part, of the multifarious demands on and activities of the institution. This article examines the culture that pervades the research university, the problematic conflict between the cultures of university and of discipline, the implications of organizational culture for meaning formation and the reduction of uncertainty. Since this is the culture in which many LIS programs exist, the implications of the culture, especially regarding determination of success, are explored.
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McKeown, Tammy. "Validation Study of the Science Literacy Assessment: A Measure to Assess Middle School Students' Attitudes Toward Science and Ability to Think Scientifically." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5080.
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This study investigated validity evidence for the Science Literacy Assessment, an instrument designed to assess middle school students’ ability to think scientifically as well as their motivation and beliefs about science (Fives, Huebner, Birnbaum, & Nicolich, 2014). Specifically, three sources of evidence were considered; internal structure, concurrent criterion-related, and predictive criterion-related. Exploratory factor analysis was utilized to examine the underlying factor structure of each of the instrument’s two components, motivation and beliefs related to science and demonstrated scientific literacy. Pearson product-moment correlations were calculated to determine the relationship between scores on the motivation and belief component of the Science Literacy Assessment and two instruments widely used to assess students’ attitudes toward science, the Modified Attitudes Toward Science Inventory (Weinburg & Steele, 2000), and the STEM Career Interest Survey (Kier, Blanchard, Osborne, & Albert, 2014). Finally, the extent to which scores on the Science Literacy Assessment predict scores on a general science knowledge instrument was assessed with the use of bivariate linear regression. Results suggested that, for the middle school student sample, the Science Literacy Assessment has appropriate psychometric properties for use with middle school students. Due to an insufficient high school sample size, validity evidence for this group was inconclusive.
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Gabriel, Rachel, J. Lester, and Renee Rice Moran. "Performing Research to Examine Critical Issues in Education." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3600.
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Wang, Yueyue. "Fair use and file sharing in research and education." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/67657/.
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This work was inspired by the well-ventilated current problems around the use of digital file sharing technologies and their promotion of infringement of copyright leading to the alleged destruction of entertainment industries. Different legal systems have applied different analyses to such problems, and there is no clear and coherent answer to the question of whether file sharing, especially in the form of peer-to-peer (P2P), is legal. The particular focus of this thesis flows from the realisation that litigation around file sharing has uniformly explored it from the perspective of users downloading entertainment materials such as music and videos. Comparatively little attention has been paid to whether research and educational users have, or should have, rights to use the same digital file sharing technologies to access copyright materials important to their work. If digital file sharing is declared illegal by the courts at the behest of the entertainment industries, then what will happen to research and educational users of these networks? To explore this key problem, this thesis focuses on how fair use doctrine, the most important exception and limitation to copyright, has transferred from the traditional copyright environment into the context of digital file sharing. By undertaking a study of relevant legislation and cases, such as the well known Napster, Grokster and MP3.com, the “who” issue, namely, who is the party entitled to benefit from a fair use defence will be highlighted. Having established that fair use as a defence operates ineffectively in the digital file sharing environment, the thesis then looks at existing alternative or “fared” use models, and particularly the disadvantages of “fared” use system in serving research and educational file sharing. Finally the thesis turns to what is termed the “voluntary model”: a model in which copyright owners make their works available to academic users for free, via an institutional repository, the authors gaining non-pecuniary benefits while the commercial publisher being cut out as a “middleman”. Although future work to develop the details of this approach would be required, the thesis asserts this is a promising way towards ensuring access to copyright works in research and education thus benefiting society, whilst at the same time establishing fair compensation to authors for their efforts.
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Gabriel, Rachel, Jessica Nina Lester, Anne McGill-Franzen, and Renee Rice Moran. "Performances of Research." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3610.
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In this alternative session, we invite the audience to participate in readings of three performative texts that explore the conflicts, contradictions, and tensions found in the everyday practices of: literacy assessment, special education meetings, and academic progress monitoring. As an alternative format for disseminating research, performance ethnography creates a space for stories to be told and retold, while providing readers and audiences a chance to participate in the retelling.
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Shrikumar, Aditi. "Designing an Exploratory Text Analysis Tool for Humanities and Social Sciences Research." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3616576.
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<p> This dissertation presents a new tool for exploratory text analysis that attempts to improve the experience of navigating and exploring text and its metadata. The design of the tool was motivated by the unmet need for text analysis tools in the humanities and social sciences. In these fields, it is common for scholars to have hundreds or thousands of text-based source documents of interest from which they extract evidence for complex arguments about society and culture. These collections are difficult to make sense of and navigate. Unlike numerical data, text cannot be condensed, overviewed, and summarized in an automated fashion without losing significant information. And the metadata that accompanies the documents – often from library records – does not capture the varied content of the text within. </p><p> Furthermore, adoption of computational tools remains low among these scholars despite such tools having existed for decades. A recent study found that the main culprits were poor user interfaces and lack of communication between tool builders and tool users. We therefore took an iterative, user-centered approach to the development of the tool. From reports of classroom usage, and interviews with scholars, we developed a descriptive model of the text analysis process, and extracted design guidelines for text analysis systems. These guidelines recommend showing overviews of both the content and metadata of a collection, allowing users to separate and compare subsets of data according to combinations of searches and metadata filters, allowing users to collect phrases, sentences, and documents into custom groups for analysis, making the usage context of words easy to see without interrupting the current activity, and making it easy to switch between different visualizations of the same data. </p><p> WordSeer, the system we implemented, supports highly flexible slicing and dicing, as well as easier transitions than in other tool between visual analyses, drill-downs, lateral explorations and overviews of slices in a text collection. The tool uses techniques from computational linguistics, information retrieval and data visualization. </p><p> The contributions of this dissertation are the following. First, the design and source code of WordSeer Version 3, an exploratory text analysis system. Unlike other current systems for this audience, WordSeer 3 supports collecting evidence, isolating and analyzing sub-sets of a collection, making comparisons based on collected items, and exploring a new idea without interrupting the current task. Second, we give a descriptive model of how humanities and social science scholars undertake exploratory text analysis during the course of their work. We also identify pain points in their current workflows and give suggestions on how systems can address these problems. Third, we describe a set of design principles for text analysis systems aimed at addressing these pain points. For validation, we contribute a set of three real-world examples of scholars using WordSeer 3, which was designed according to those principles. As a measure of success, we show how the scholars were able to conduct analyses yielding otherwise inaccessible results useful to their research.</p>
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Beddoes, Kacey. "Practices of Brokering: Between STS and Feminist Engineering Education Research." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77992.
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This project documents my efforts to publish STS- and gender theory-informed articles in engineering education journals. It analyzes the processes of writing and revising three articles submitted to three different journals, aiming to shed light on the field of engineering education, gender research therein, and contribute to feminist science studies literature on the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary work across women's studies and STEM fields. Building upon Wenger's concept of brokering, I analyze how I brought previously underexplored STS and feminist theory literature into engineering education journals. In producing this dissertation, I aim to illuminate some of the efforts and challenges of bringing STS and Women's Studies (WS) topics into engineering education journals – thus producing an account of brokering practices and an example of scalable scholarship.
The first chapter introduces engineering education research (EER) as a field of inquiry, situates my project with respect to current feminist science studies, summarizes the framework of brokering that informs my analyses, and describes my methodology. The second chapter describes my initial attempts at brokering by identifying and bridging differences and the preliminary brokering practices that emerged through writing and revising the first of my three articles. It discusses an article published in Journal of Engineering Education that analyzes the uses of feminist theory in EER and argues that further engagement with a broader range of feminist theories could benefit EER. The third chapter describes how some of these practices were reinforced, but also supplemented, while writing and revising the second article. It discusses an article published in International Journal of Engineering Education that analyzes problematizations of underrepresentation in EER and argues that further reflection upon and formal discussion of how underrepresentation is framed could benefit EER. The forth chapter describes how the established brokering practices guided writing the third article, making the process easier as I had become more comfortable with the requirements and challenges of brokering. It discusses an article submitted to European Journal of Engineering Education that analyzes feminist research methodologies in the context of EER, using data from interviews with feminist engineering educators. The fifth chapter concludes by summarizing the brokering practices and discussing their respective challenges, discussing the implications of this project for STS and WS, and, finally, by discussing other implications for peer review engineering education. The Appendix contains aims, scope, author guidelines, and review criteria for the three journals.
Chapters 2, 3, and 4 each begin with a narrative recounting of the practices of brokering that went into producing and revising each article. The narratives describe processes of writing and preparing to submit the articles, reviews received, and subsequent revision processes. The published or submitted articles appear after the brokering narrative.<br>Ph. D.
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Arthur, Debbie. "THE EFFECT OF INQUIRY-BASED INSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS' PARTICIPATION AND ATTITUDES IN A THIRD GRADE SCIENCE CLASSROOM." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3660.
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The National Science Education Standards (1996) support inquiry-based instruction. According to the National Science Education Standards. When children or scientists inquire into the natural world they: ask questions, plan investigations and collect relevant data, and organize and analyze collected data. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of inquiry-based instruction on third-grade students' attitudes and participation in an elementary science classroom. Students were encouraged to ask and answer their own questions. In this study, analysis of data gathered form: pre and post survey, student journals, teacher field notes, and student interviews were triangulated to provide the support for findings reported in this study. Findins showed that inquiry-based science experiences positively affected students' attitudes in science and their participation. In addition, student worked collaboratively, made connections to other experiences, and demonstrated confidence in their ability to ask and answer their own questions through inquiry-based experiences.<br>M.Ed.;<br>Department of Educational Studies<br>Education<br>K-8 Mathematics and Science Education
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Laux, Katie. "Changing High School Science Teacher Beliefs on Student Voice Through Action Research." Scholar Commons, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7838.
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The purpose of this dissertation research was to explore how engagement in action research influenced high school science teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices related to student voice and participation. This included exploring any affordances or obstacles they experienced with attempting to increase student voice and participation in their classrooms. I facilitated individual action research projects with the teachers, and they were able to discuss individual action research plans and share ideas with colleagues. Four high school science teachers began this research. While all four teachers were selected as cases, only two of the teachers designed and followed through with their action research plans. The teachers were provided with a hierarchy of student participation and examples of each of the four levels of the hierarchy in order to guide and design their action research. Collected data included transcripts from the action research group meetings, classroom observations, teacher journals, and interviews with teachers. A combination of direct interpretation and thematic coding was used to analyze the data. Direct interpretation involved writing narratives based on what I saw and interpreting events as I experienced them. The teachers either maintained their positive beliefs or formed new beliefs related to the inclusion of student voice. In addition, both teachers successfully used action research as a way to overcome obstacles and increase student voice and participation in their classrooms. This study has implications for teachers who want to use action research to better understand their teaching related to student voice, administrators and teacher educators who want to provide PD opportunities and support to meet individual teacher needs, and researchers who are interested in studying student voice.
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Presley, Morgan L. "Investigating how participatory action research and the use of assessment instruments can support college instructors' science assessment literacy." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10182612.
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<p> The purpose of this dissertation study was to investigate how engaging in participatory action research (PAR) and using assessment instruments can support a college science instructor's science teacher assessment literacy. This study also examined the benefits and challenges college science instructors face when engaging in PAR and using assessment instruments in the college science classroom.</p><p> I used a case study approach within the context of PAR focused on implementing assessment instruments. Multiple data sources were used in this study - interviews, observations, recordings of lesson planning sessions and reflections, and artifacts-to build the case.</p><p> The findings of this study demonstrate that engaging in PAR and using assessment instruments can support the development of science teacher assessment literacy in several ways. This experience helped my participant gain confidence in his beliefs about teaching, learning and assessment, expand his knowledge of formative assessments strategies, and develop his knowledge of interpretation of assessment data. In addition, our PAR collaboration and use of assessment instruments supported the participant in integrating his knowledge in ways that supported changes in his practices. Furthermore, this study illustrates how departmental policies and mandates regarding assessment can constrain this process.</p><p> This study also demonstrates that assessment instruments can be useful resources for college science instructors in several ways. First, assessment instruments can help science faculty develop learning activities and labs that address student misconceptions. Second, assessment instruments can help science faculty incorporate higher level thinking questions into their instruction and assessments. Third, having access to articles on assessment instruments that consequently outline student misconceptions can not only inform but also validate science faculty members' understanding of students.</p><p> This study also demonstrates that engagement in PAR by science faculty and science education researchers can be a feasible and an effective form of professional development that is tailored to the specific needs and unique teaching contexts of faculty members; the participant found this experience preferable to, and much more effective than, attending a workshop.</p><p> This study has implications for science education researchers and science faculty interested in PAR, professional developers and assessment instrument developers. This study raises questions about the extent to which faculty science assessment literacy may be constrained by departmental guidelines and policies for assessment, as well as the degree to which PAR can achieve its emancipatory aims in environments where faculty have limited academic freedom regarding course policies.</p><p> This study highlighted the importance of establishing an open and trusting relationship between science faculty and researchers, the need to understand the teaching context of the science faculty member and the constraints it poses, and explicit discussion of goals for the collaboration. These enhance the ability of PAR to provide professional development that is tailored to the individual faculty member's needs and circumstances.</p><p> This study highlighted several barriers to faculty use of assessment instruments, including access and usability of the instruments themselves. A central database of assessment instruments in formats that can be easily adapted by faculty would enhance the ability of college science faculty to implement these high-quality assessment resources into their practice. </p>
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Centurino, Victoria A. S. "Using TIMSS 2015 to Examine Parental Influences on Fourth Grade Students’ Science Achievement and Attitudes Toward Learning and Doing Science:." Thesis, Boston College, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109071.
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Thesis advisor: Ina V.S. Mullis<br>More than ever before, countries are relying on their experts in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields to find solutions to serious global problems, such as climate change, hunger, and disease. Unfortunately, the growing demand for these experts is outpacing supply. At each stage in the educational pipeline from the primary grades through university, there is substantial attrition in the number of students studying STEM subjects.From the early grades, students’ home environment has a powerful influence on their science achievement. However, there has been little research into the factors that have the most influence on inspiring young students to continue studying science. This dissertation extended investigations by Swedish researchers who used TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 data and structural equation modeling to show that that fourth grade students with higher achievement in science had well-educated parents who had many books at home, and spent time engaging their child in early learning activities, such that the child began school with basic skills already developed. After replicating the Swedish TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 Common Model with TIMSS 2015 data and finding good agreement, additional variables were systematically examined with a focus on the role of attitudes. Extending the explanation of the influence of parents’ education to include their educational expectations for their child and updating the model to include home digital resources elaborated on this Base Model. However, the hypothesis that parents’ attitudes toward mathematics and science would have a role in explaining science achievement was not supported. Analyzed either as a second independent variable with parents’ education or as a mediating variable, the effect was negligible. Finally, parents’ education levels had little or no relationship with the degree to which students like learning science, but a notable relationship with students’ confidence in their ability to do science. Clearly, more research into how parents’ attitudes and other home factors can influence students’ to study science throughout their academic careers is warranted<br>Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2021<br>Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education<br>Discipline: Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation