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The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Pre-Service Teachers' Technology Attitudes and Skills
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Alexander, Curby; Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda; Tyler-Wood, Tandra; Bull, Glen – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2014
Researchers in this study looked at the effect of content-specific, technology-rich project-based learning activities on EC-8 pre-service teachers' competencies and skills, as well as pre-service teacher's attitudes toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Researchers employed a quantitative design involving participants in…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Preservice Teachers, STEM Education, Student Teacher Attitudes
Project-Based Learning for Middle School Students Monitoring Standby Power: Replication of Impact on STEM Knowledge and Dispositions
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Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Middle school students participating in energy-monitoring activities guided by their teachers during 2009-2011 gained (p < 0.05) in content knowledge and became more positive in their dispositions toward STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). No comparison group data were gathered for this initial study. Activities were…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Middle School Students, STEM Education
Measuring Student Career Interest within the Context of Technology-Enhanced STEM Projects: A Cross-Project Comparison Study Based on the Career Interest Questionnaire
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Peterman, Karen; Kermish-Allen, Ruth; Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda; Tyler-Wood, Tandra – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
This article describes Energy for ME and Going Green! Middle Schoolers Out to Save the World, two Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs with the common goal of improving students' attitudes about scientific careers. The authors represent two project teams, each with funding from the National Science…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Vocational Interests, STEM Education, Technology Uses in Education
Developing an Innovation Attitude Survey for Middle School Students
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Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald – Journal of Technology Education, 2022
This article describes the development and validation of an Innovation Attitude Survey (IAS) composed of 16 Likert-type items selected to measure middle school students' attitudes toward innovation and leadership in the advancement of new ideas. The goal of developing the IAS was to identify desirable dispositions that may be related to future…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Likert Scales, Test Construction, Test Validity