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STEMEdhub: Supporting STEM Education Initiatives via the H U Bzero Platform
07 Apr 2015 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Peg A Ertmer, Ann Bessenbacher
Built as one of 60+ hubs on the HUBzero platform, STEMEdhub was developed in 2011 as a resource for research, education, and collaboration in STEM education. The hub currently supports 82 different groups. In this article, the authors describe two specific groups (SLED and AAU) that are taking...
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Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental MaterialFor this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and plexiglass. Students will then become engineers in building a solar oven from the given materials, keeping...
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Problem Based Approach to Instruction
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material:This chapter examines the problem-based learning approach to instructionfrom the perspective of instructional design theory and synthesizes the current knowledge and theory into some universal methods, situational methods, and principles for a theory of...
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PBL Learning Meets Case-Based Reasoning in the Middle School Science Classroom: Putting Learning by Design Into Practice
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material:This article tells the story of the design of Learning by Design™ (LBD), a project- based inquiry approach to science learning with roots in case-based reasoning and problem-based learning, pointing out the theoretical contributions of both, classroom issues...
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PBL Developing a Driving Question
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 PBL: Developing a Driving Question
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PBL Summer 2011 UV Activity Notes
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 UV Bead Activity Experimental Design Notes
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PBL Facilitation and Questioning Strategies
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material
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PBL Challenge Investigating a National and Local Problem
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Supplemental Material Summer 2011 EDCI 627000
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Tips for Add Excel and You Tube Pieces to PowerPoints
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Supplemental Materials
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Using Questioning to Facilitate Discussion of Science Teaching Problems in Teacher Professional Development
17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
Previous research has shown that questioning is a key strategy that facilitators use topromote discussion in Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Yet, there is a lack of detailedunderstanding on what questions facilitators ask and how those questions aff ectdiscussion. In this study we examined diff...
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Designing the Invitational Envirnonment
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Resource: Designing the Invitational Envirnomentfrom Problem Based Learning: an Inquiry Approach, by John Barrell
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Goals and Strategies of a Problem Based Learning Facilitator
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
This paper describes an analysis of facilitation of a student-centered problem-basedlearning group. The focus of this analysis was to understand the goals and strategies ofan expert facilitator in support of collaborative learning. This was accomplished throughinteraction analysis using video...
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Open Learning Environments, Foundations, Methods, and Models
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 ResourceMichael Hannafin- University of GeorgiaSusan Land - The Pennsylvania State UniversityKevin Oliver - University of Georgia
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Strengthening teaching and learning in science through using different pedagogies
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer, Kari Clase
RGS Week 1 Supplemental Resource: Strengthening teaching and learning in science through using different pedagogies
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RGS Week 1 Supplemental Resources Bloom Revised Taxonomy
17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer, Kari Clase
Research Goes to School Week 1 Supplemental Resources: Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Key Words Summer 2011
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RGS Questioning Activities Summer 2011
17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer, Kari Clase
Research Goes to School Week 1 Questioning Activities Summer 2011
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RGS Week 1 Resources Summer 2011
17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer, Kari Clase
Research Goes to School Week 1 list of links to PBL resources from Summer 2011