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Marshall S. Pike – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The projected number of engineering professionals will increase in the next decade. Implementing instructional technology to support engineering students in creating design solutions to authentic problems may lead to a more significant number of engineering graduates. The problem is knowing the extent to which parametric 3-dimensional…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Software, High School Students, Engineering Education
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Othman, Oziah; Iksan, Zanaton H.; Yasin, Ruhizan Mohammad – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the impacts of enrolling in the creative teaching module in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education from high school students' perspectives. This study applied a case study and qualitative research approach involving 26 Grade 11 students and 31 Grade 8 students. The creative teaching-STEM…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, STEM Education, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Tanya Venee Stitt – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how high school teachers describe problem-based learning as an instructional model for student learning in various academic disciplines in the United States. The research was grounded in constructivist learning theory and Problem-based learning (PBL). The study addressed two research…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Instructional Design
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Hendry, Adam; Hays, Gavin; Challinor, Kurt; Lynch, Daniel – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2017
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the introduction, implementation, evolution, hybridization, and initial research into the constructivist instructional models deployed within a secondary (high) school in Australia. A concomitant aim is to relate some of the consequences of whole school pedagogical change, which have included the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Mudrikah, Achmad – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
The research has shown a model of learning activities that can be used to stimulate reflective abstraction in students. Reflective abstraction as a method of constructing knowledge in the Action-Process-Object-Schema theory, and is expected to occur when students are in learning activities, will be able to encourage students to make the process of…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Theories, Mathematics Education
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Vennix, J.; den Brok, P.; Taconis, R. – Learning Environments Research, 2017
We investigated and compared the learning environment perceptions of students, teachers and guides who participated in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-based outreach activities in secondary education. In outreach activities, schools and teachers work together with companies and other external institutions in learning…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Secondary Education, High School Students
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Pellas, Nikolaos; Peroutseas, Efstratios – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
While pedagogical and technological affordances of three-dimensional (3D) multiuser virtual worlds in various educational disciplines are largely well-known, a study about their effect on high school students' engagement in introductory programming courses is still lacking. This case study presents students' opinions about their participation in a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Games, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment
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Pecore, John L. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2013
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a constructivist method of instruction aligned with the science educational reform movement to increase scientific literacy for all Americans. As such, PBL instruction is an increasingly popular topic for professional development workshops offered to teachers in secondary learning environments. This research…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Workshops
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Ferreira, Maria M.; Trudel, Anthony R. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2012
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a constructivist pedagogical approach to learning in which students work together to find solutions to a complex problem. This study used a mixed-method approach to examine the impact of PBL on student attitudes toward science, problem-solving skills and their perceptions of the learning environment. Forty-eight…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Chemistry
Davidson, Leavery Y. Jefferson – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Federal mandates require technology use in the classroom, but not all English language arts (ELA) teachers have implemented technology as an integral part of teaching. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate why ELA teachers in 2 local high schools rarely or never use technology as an instructional tool. The study was…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Language Arts
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Goodnough, Karen – Teaching in Higher Education, 2006
This self-study was designed to explore problem-based learning (PBL) as an instructional approach in the context of a pre-service science education methods course. Through the development and implementation of PBL curriculum, the author's goals were to improve her classroom practice and her understanding of that practice, to contribute to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Methods Courses, Action Research