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Bee Leng Chua – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2023
Path analysis is used to provide estimates of the magnitude and significance of hypothesized causal connections among sets of variables displayed using path diagrams. It is an extension of multiple regression analysis and holds strength as a methodology as it allows researchers to assess both direct and indirect effects of multiple independent…
Descriptors: Prediction, Problem Based Learning, Preservice Teachers, Learning Strategies
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Lee, Yuan-Hsuan – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Implementing English medium instruction (EMI) has become a proliferating measure in higher education to embrace globalization. Nevertheless, university students reported various challenges in taking EMI courses. Objectives: This study investigated the effect of the computer-mediated terminology pretraining on university students' EMI…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
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Chan, Selena – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2020
This book gathers work from over a decade of study, and seeks to better understand and support how learners become tradespeople. The research programme applies recent concepts from neuroscience, educational psychology and technology-enhanced learning to explain and help overcome the challenges of learning in trades-learning contexts. Due to the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Building Trades, Neurosciences, Educational Psychology
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Bergstrom, Cassendra M.; Pugh, Kevin J.; Phillips, Michael M.; Machlev, Moshe – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
Conflicting research results have stirred controversy over the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) compared to direct instruction at fostering content learning, particularly for novices. We addressed this by investigating effectiveness with respect to recognition learning and transfer and conducting an aptitude-treatment interaction…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Grade Point Average
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Rosander, Michael; Chiriac, Eva Hammar – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate how first-year students view the purpose of tutorial groups in problem-based learning. In all, 147 students from 24 groups participated, providing 399 statements. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed a focus on both learning and social influence. Learning involved the tutorial as…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Problem Based Learning, Group Dynamics, Data Analysis
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Murphy, P. Karen; Andiliou, Andria; Firetto, Carla M.; Bowersox, Carissa M.; Baker, Markus; Ramsay, Crystal M. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
Facilitating students' acquisition of higherorder thinking skills is imperative in the 21st century. Although some types of text have been shown to enhance higherorder thinking, the effects of many novel forms of text have yet to be investigated. As such, the purpose of the present study was to explore the extent to which a relatively novel form…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Persuasive Discourse, Beliefs, Comprehension