STEM student research handbook / Darci J. Harland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harland, Darci J., 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Arlington, Va. : National Science Teachers Association, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive resource for STEM teachers and students, outlines the various stages of large-scale research projects, enabling teachers to coach their students through the research process. This handbook provides enough detail to embolden all teachers-even those who have never designed an experiment on their own-to support student-researchers through the entire process of conducting experiments.

Contents:

Contents; Dedication; Preface; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch 1 - Beginning a STEM Research Project; Ch 2 - Research Design; Ch 3 - Background Research and Note Taking; Ch 4 - Writing Hypotheses; Ch 5 - Proposal Writing; Ch 6 - Organizing a Laboratory Notebook; Ch 7 - Descriptive Statistics; Ch 8 - Graphical Representations; Ch 9 - Inferential Statistics and Data Interpretation; Ch 10 - Documentation and Research Paper Setup; Ch 11 - Writing the STEM Research Paper; Ch 12 - Presenting the STEM Research Project; Appendixes; A - Research Project Due Dates Checklist

B - Research Presentations Observation SheetC- Research Paper Grade Sheet; D - Research Paper Grading Rubric; E - Oral Presentation Rubric; F - Judge's Score Sheet for STEM Research Projects; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-936137-41-0

OCLC:

796384608