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Peter W. Cookson Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2025
The use of artificial intelligence is growing, but it's unclear how much it is expanding human knowledge. Peter W. Cookson Jr. discusses the potential of AI use for learning. He suggests that humans learn by making connections in ways that AI cannot replicate. The kinds of experiences that promote these connections require students to experiment…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Educational Innovation, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Megan Barker; Batool Mutawe; Katie Simons; Noah McDowell; Benjamin Wiggins – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Graduate students in STEM fields undertook a 9-month training program focusing on practice-based development of active teaching methods. As instructors of record in their own senior-level courses, these trainees were observed on their independently designed classroom sessions using the COPUS classroom observation tool. Compared to a large sample…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Graduate Students, Teaching Methods, Active Learning
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Lisa Marie Parker; William P. Bintz – Voices from the Middle, 2024
How can educators engage students in learning, thinking, and inquiring? One consideration is teaching with a set of two contradictory texts--texts that have some contradiction between them. The authors find that when students read these books in tandem, they show an innate response of actively wanting to learn, think, and inquire in powerful ways.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Active Learning, Historical Interpretation
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Olena Stepanenko; Tatyana Valentieva; Ivanna Parfanovich; Ivo Svoboda; Olga Marukhovska-Kartunova – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
The purpose of this study was to identify the effectiveness of the project method as an innovative tool for the teaching of humanitarian subjects. The research used such methods as follows: questionnaire, observation, experiment, as well as statistical methods for data processing. In the course of the research, it was determined that the students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Faculty, Active Learning
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Segev, Einav; Hochman, Yael – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
Although self-disclosure is of great importance in the profession, there is scarce writing and discussion on this topic in social work education, and specifically on developing new pedagogical methods of implementing it in the classroom. Within the framework of a Working With Individuals in Their Environment course, we have developed pedagogical…
Descriptors: Self Disclosure (Individuals), Social Work, Professional Education, Active Learning
Anna Rosevsky Saavedra; Amie Rapaport – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
For many students, project-based learning (PBL) can be more engaging than more traditional instructional approaches. Over the past 15 years, Anna Saavedra and Amie Rapaport studied seven inquiry-based approaches. Their research shows that PBL has a positive effect on students' achievement and development of important soft skills. Schools can…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement
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Cristiano Morini; Edmundo Inacio Junior; Anibal Tavares de Azevedo; Francisco Elíseo Fernandes Sanches; Eduardo Avancci Dionisio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucial in sustainable development. To this end, they must infuse sustainability into all their endeavors. This study aims to delve into the unique vertically integrated project (VIP), a project-based learning approach and its impact on students' skills and the surrounding community.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Colleges, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Sukontawaree, Nudjaree; Poonputta, Apantee; Prasitnok, Orrasa – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
Considering problem-solving ability as an important qualification in the 21st century that could be developed by instructional methods that allow learners to construct their knowledge via questioning through cooperative learning activities, we conducted action research with the purpose of investigating the effectiveness of inquiry-based and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Science Education, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Jessica Mantei; Lisa Kervin – Qualitative Research Journal, 2025
Purpose: Being "literate" is well established as key to active civic participation, right from the earliest years of life. Young children's natural curiosity and motivation to understand the world and their places within it through playful explorations offers rich opportunities for learning. Reported here are findings from a STEAM…
Descriptors: Play, STEM Education, Story Telling, Creative Activities
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Joel Bruno da Silva; Diogo Silva; Marta Barbosa; Mariana Rodrigues – Journal of Social Science Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper explores the potential of students' participation in the HW educational intervention programme based on participatory methodologies in promoting their environmental citizenship. Design/methodology/approach: Using a quasi-experimental design, 126 students were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups and filled…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary Schools, Secondary School Science
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Michal Sigron; Dorothy Langley; Stanislaw Dylak; Edit Yerushalmi – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Response to the continuing call to integrate scientific inquiry activities into high school education has taken different forms varying in student ownership, physical setting, time span, and mentoring resources. Important issues are how students perceive central dimensions of their experience, and the extent to which the inquiry framework design…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Physics, Secondary School Science
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Zhimeng Jiang; Bing Wei; Sitong Chen; Lihua Tan – Science & Education, 2024
A major concern in science education is how to help students form science identity to increase their aspiration for STEM careers. Given the key role of experiences in individual's science identity formation, STEM experiences related to project-based learning (PBL) have received increasing attention in recent years. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Education, Sciences
Kelsey M. Jutila – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines the impact of outdoor learning, including constructivist theories on student development in natural resource curricula. It highlights the importance of experiential, hands-on learning that connects students with nature. This approach challenges traditional methods by exploring active participation and sensory-rich…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Camps
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Yuqin Yang; Carol K. K. Chan; Gaoxia Zhu; Yuyao Tong; Daner Sun – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2024
Knowledge building (KB) competencies are crucial for undergraduates' creative knowledge work and academic success. While there is substantial research on KB discourse, there are limited efforts in examining how KB competencies in the conceptual, metacognitive, socio-emotional, and epistemic dimensions are demonstrated in KB discourse and how the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Undergraduate Students, Reflection
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Pei-Ying Wu; Sharon Arias; Shareen Abramson; Emilie Zuzlewski – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The water station in The Pond Room had always been a popular option especially since in this region the summer heat is extremely intense. The Master Teacher noticed that Zach, a 3-year-old with special needs and an IEP from the local school district, returned to the water station over and over again and was very focused on his activities. His…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, STEM Education, Learner Engagement, Play
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