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Heather L. Schwartz; Melissa Kay Diliberti – RAND Corporation, 2024
Teaching deeper learning involves cultivating the critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills that students need to be successful in their college, career, and civic life. It also involves encouraging students to be active participants in their learning. Public schools across the United States often work to help students develop…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Administrator Surveys, School Districts
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Ayesha Sadaf; Larisa Olesova; Hajeen Choi – Online Learning, 2024
This study investigated the dynamics of complex interactions within inquiry-based (IB) discussions by visualizing patterns using social network analysis. Researchers explored network measures when learners participated in inquiry-based discussions with Practical Inquiry Model (PIM) and non-PIM questions while playing the weekly moderator's role.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Inquiry
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Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Flook, Lisa; Efland, Emily; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
Gateway Public Schools--a middle and high school serving a diverse group of about 800 students in San Francisco--was founded in 1998 by parents of students with learning disabilities seeking a supportive environment for their children. As a public charter organization with a lottery entrance system, Gateway seeks to admit a student body that…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Diversity
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Nitecki, Danuta A.; Simpson, Katherine – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2016
Lack of commonly used vocabulary for informal learning environments hinders precise communication concerning what is observed, assessed, and understood about the relationship between space and learning. This study empirically extends taxonomies of terms and phrases that describe such relationships through content analysis of descriptions of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Taxonomy, Vocabulary, Content Analysis
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Schnittka, Jessica; Schnittka, Christine – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2016
The 21st century has brought an increasing demand for expertise in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Although strides have been made towards increasing gender diversity in several of these disciplines, engineering remains primarily male dominated. In response, the U.S. educational system has attempted to make engineering…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Group Dynamics, Active Learning, Student Projects
Brown, Brentt; Vargo, Merrill – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2014
California has embarked on a major new wave of curriculum reform with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the new English Language Development (ELD) standards, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The adoption of the CCSS builds a legacy of standards-based education reform in California that began with the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
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Levy, P.; Aiyegbayo, O.; Little, S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
This paper explores the relationship between practitioners' pedagogical purposes, values and practices in designing for inquiry-based learning in higher education, and the affordances of the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) as a tool for creating learning designs in this context. Using a qualitative research methodology, variation was…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Inquiry, Active Learning, Higher Education
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Toth, Eva Erdosne; Morrow, Becky L.; Ludvico, Lisa R. – Innovative Higher Education, 2009
This article reports on the development of a methodology that integrates virtual and hands-on inquiry in a freshman introductory biology course. Using a two time x two order-condition design, an effective combination (blend) of the two environments was evaluated with 39 freshman biology participants. The quantitative results documented no…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Blended Learning, Introductory Courses
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Jindal-Snape, D.; Hannah, E.; Smith, E.; Barrow, W.; Kerr, C. – School Psychology International, 2009
This article presents an innovative model of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) that has been used in Scotland to encourage research and to develop research skills amongst applied educational (school) psychologists. This is a process-based CPD model rather than the traditional "attendance at CPD workshops" model, leading to active…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Research Methodology, School Psychologists, Professional Continuing Education
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Mayhew, Matthew J.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Research in Higher Education, 2008
We investigated curricular conditions and educational practices that influenced the development of life-long learning orientations among 405 undergraduate students. Results suggest that growth in life-long learning orientations was facilitated by instruction that included opportunities for reflection, active learning, and perspective-taking and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Educational Practices
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Chen, Charlie; Wu, Jiinpo; Yang, Samuel C. – International Journal on E-Learning, 2008
Weblog technology is an alternative medium to deliver the case-based method of learning business concepts. The social nature of this technology can potentially promote active learning and enhance analytical ability of students. The present research investigates the primary factors contributing to the adoption of Weblog technology by students to…
Descriptors: Intention, Active Learning, Information Technology, Social Influences
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Camara, Joan E.; Carr, B. Nathaniel; Grota, Barbara L. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2007
The principal focus of this study is an investigation of whether students' grade point average (GPA) is a viable criterion for forming student work groups in the undergraduate Legal Environment of Business course. More specifically, the research focuses on the impact of: (1) GPA-homogeneous (HO) and GPA-heterogeneous (HE) groups upon student…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Active Learning, Group Dynamics, Business Education
Romero, Julie – 1996
This paper focuses on two questions: (1) Can visual arts be an effective way for students to express what they have learned in social studies?; and (2) Can creative activity improve motivation, participation, attitude, and enhance learning in social studies? The sample for study was drawn from 75 fifth-graders in 3 classes in a school located in a…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Cultural Activities
Morrow, Lesley Mandel – 1996
An 8-month study tracked 166 second graders of various ethnic backgrounds in an urban setting while they were being motivated to read through a literature-based reading and writing program. The classrooms in which the research was conducted used basal readers and did not have well-designed literacy centers. Collaboration was not an integral part…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing, Classroom Environment
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Clements, Andrea D. – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Reports on two studies of student responses to increased emphasis on experiential activities in an undergraduate developmental psychology course. Finds that students in the experiential sections rated the value of and interest in the subject matter higher. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Course Descriptions, Developmental Psychology
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