| Title |
Grable, Trent_MED_2020 |
| Alternative Title |
Gifted Learners' Field Testing of Utah Science With Engineering Education Standards |
| Creator |
Grabele, Trent |
| Collection Name |
Master of Education |
| Description |
Gifted students who are not in an enriching learning environment are not provided adequate opportunities to fully develop their abilities and become invested in their own direction of learning. The purpose of this action research was to determine how effective gifted students, working in small groups and using the Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) standards as a problem-based curriculum, would be at developing standards-based proficiency scales and effectively use them to evaluate their own selfselected and self-developed work in order to enrich their learning throughout selfdirected science instruction. Participants for this study included 24 ninth grade students within a middle school who were selected based on Joseph Renzulli's (1978) three-ring conception of giftedness-above-average ability, creativity, and task commitment. Students, working together in small groups, field tested new science standards through a self-guided, problem-based instructional setting. Evaluation from an expert panel showed that students strongly favored producing scales that are content heavy but lacked incorporation of science and engineering practices. Based on follow-up discussion, selfguided instruction provided students a challenging learning environment that enhanced their learning throughout the science problem-based curriculum. Further study showed that more accurate results were achieved over the course of three terms in a school year as opposed to one single term. After receiving multiple opportunities to evaluate their work, students were able to more precisely develop scales reflective of science and engineering practices that could be implemented within their own classroom. The emotional responses of gifted students were evaluated in connection with their progress of learning scientific skills. |
| Subject |
Education; Education--Research--Methodology; Education--Study and teaching |
| Keywords |
Gifted students; Enriching learning environment; Small group work; Problem-solving |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Date |
2020 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6zps5xw |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96814 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6zps5xw |
