Tag: students

• Student Engagement Theories

  What I hope to achieve through the pedagogies of student-created digital media projects and 3D choice is to improve student engagement and creativity in STEM classes. To do this requires a basic understanding of both; they deserve an entire book each to adequately discuss, and I hope to write such books someday. For the purposes…

  davidvblack

  June 19, 2024

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  bronfenbrenner, creative flow, csikszentmihalyi, ecological systems model, education, Fisher engagement model, Groccia engagement model, influences on students, learning, meaningfulness in education, reasons for disengagement, Schlechty engagement model, social reconstructionism, student engagement theory, students, students as change agents, students making a difference, teachers, teaching, vygotsky, zone of proximal development

• Results of the Pilot Contest

  As we approached the fall of 2023, I had hoped to have my dissertation proposal ready to go and to gain approval before our first Science Communication competition began, but that was not to be. I was a bit over-optimistic on how long it would take me to wrestle through the theoretical and practical implementation…

  davidvblack

  May 13, 2024

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  6th grade standards, clark planetarium, cosmic creator challenge, design thinking, digital art and stem education, education, games in education, learning, peer critique, project revision, project-based learning, science communication contest, steam education, student-created digital media projects, student-created games, students, teachers, teaching, utah seed standards