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Cook, Nicole D.; Weaver, Gabriela C. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2015
Research Goes to School (RGS) is a professional development program that focuses on high school teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. This collective case study examines RGS participants and their use of project-based learning (PBL) as they implemented curricular units that they developed at the RGS summer…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Faculty Development, Secondary School Teachers
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Hoffenberg, Rebecca; Saxton, Emily – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2015
"A Framework for K-12 Science Education," the foundation for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), identifies scientific explanation as one of the eight practices "essential for learning science" (National Research Council, 2012, p. 41). In order to design professional development so teachers can implement these new…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Best Practices