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Luthfiana Tarida; Mega T. Budiarto; Agung Lukito – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2025
Functional thinking is essential for maritime vocational college students, particularly when solving mathematical problems related to navigation safety. However, limited studies have explored functional thinking among vocational maritime students. This study aims to explore the functional thinking processes of maritime vocational college students…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Marine Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills
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Hadjerrouit, Said; Nnagbo, Celestine Ifeanyi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
The purpose of this article is to explore students' and teachers' perceptions of affordances, and their actualization while interacting with the e-assessment system Numbas and its effect in terms of formative feedback delivery. The article uses affordance theory and a qualitative research design approach to analyze data using semi-structured…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Affordances, Formative Evaluation
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Roca-González, Cristina; Martin-Gutierrez, Jorge; García-Dominguez, Melchor; Carrodeguas, Mª del Carmen Mato – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The present study assessed a short training experiment to improve spatial abilities using two tools based on virtual technologies: one focused on manipulation of specific geometric virtual pieces, and the other consisting of virtual orienteering game. The two tools can help improve spatial abilities required for many engineering problem-solving…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Spatial Ability, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Simulation
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Yelamarthi, Kumar – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2016
Many interesting research and design questions occur at the intersections of traditional disciplines, yet most coursework and research programs for undergraduate engineering students are focused on one discipline. This leads to underutilization of the potential in better preparing students through multidisciplinary projects. Identifying this…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Robotics, Engineering Education, Technology Education
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Caudle, Kyle – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2010
In late October 1967, the USS Scorpion was lost at sea, somewhere between the Azores and Norfolk Virginia. Dr. Craven of the U.S. Navy's Special Projects Division is credited with using Bayesian Search Theory to locate the submarine. Bayesian Search Theory is a straightforward and interesting application of Bayes' theorem which involves searching…
Descriptors: Simulation, Probability, Mathematical Applications, Problem Solving
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Chu, Yun; Li, Zheng; Su, Yong; Pizlo, Zygmunt – Journal of Problem Solving, 2010
Isomorphs of a puzzle called m+m resulted in faster solution times and an easily reproduced solution path in a labeled version of the problem compared to a more difficult binary version. We conjecture that performance is related to a type of heuristic called direction that not only constrains search space in the labeled version, but also…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Problem Solving, Puzzles, Navigation
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Kester, Liesbeth; Kirschner, Paul A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2009
Whether fading support for problems affects accuracy of hypertext navigation and problem performance is investigated in this study. In a student-centered e-learning environment conceptual support is added to help domain novices get an overview of the problem domain, while strategic support is provided to help domain novices get insight into the…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Program Effectiveness, Problem Solving
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Riggs, Eric M.; Lieder, Christopher C.; Ballliet, Russell – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2009
Field instruction is a critical piece of undergraduate geoscience majors' education, and fieldwork remains a major part of the work of professional geologists. Despite the central importance of field education, there exists relatively little educational research exploring how students learn to solve problems in geological fieldwork. This study…
Descriptors: Geology, Problem Solving, Undergraduate Students, College Science
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Dabbagh, Nada; Blijd, Cecily Williams – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2009
This study is a third in a series of studies that examined students' information seeking and problem solving behaviors while interacting with one of two types of web-based representations of an ill-structured instructional design case: hierarchical (tree-like) and heterarchical (network-like). A Java program was used to track students' hypermedia…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Graduate Students, Quasiexperimental Design, Problem Based Learning