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Complete College America, 2025
For 15 years, Complete College America (CCA) has been building movements for scaled systemic change and transforming institutions. While CCA has expanded their efforts over the past 15 years, they have studied the best ideas and co-designed the most promising practices to move the needle on college completion. They have learned a lot about how to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Colleges, Graduation Rate, Program Implementation
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Noa Ragonis; Rinat B. Rosenberg-Kima; Orit Hazzan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
Computational thinking is accepted today as a collection of cognitive and social skills required for functioning in the 21st century. The paper presents a conceptual view at computational thinking that encompass concepts, problem-solving skills, application skills, and social skills. To impart those perceptions and skills the paper proposes the…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Natalie Simper; Amanda Berry; Katarina Mårtensson; Nicoleta Maynard – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This study follows a network-based Assessment Redesign Project at a Canadian university to investigate engagement and sustained implementation. The following strategies were employed in the project: mini-grants, embedded support, a community of practice, and social networks. Assessment facilitators worked in discipline clusters to achieve mutual…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Critical Thinking
Culver, K. C.; Harper, Jordan; Kezar, Adrianna – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2021
This toolkit helps design teams engage in this process of implementing the "Design for Equity in Higher Education" model. For each phase of the model, this toolkit provides a short description and offers some questions and suggestions to guide practice. [For the companion report, "Design for Equity in Higher Education," see…
Descriptors: Design, Program Implementation, Equal Education, Higher Education
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R. Tyler Derreth; Katie E. Nelson; Charlie H. Nguy?n; Alexandria Warrick Adams; Mindi B. Levin – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
In response to continued calls for research centering community perspectives in service-learning and community engagement, this mixed-methods article examines the experiences of community fellows who were a part of a university service-learning development program. The purpose of the program was to train faculty and community partners in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
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Rebecca S. Rivard – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
Escape rooms are collaborative puzzle solving activities that require the participants to utilize logical reasoning and teamwork. With a slight refocusing on previously acquired knowledge, escape rooms can also be used to test and promote learning of certain topics. This paper describes the development of a one-hour in-person STEM focused escape…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Solving, Educational Games, Learner Engagement
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Narayanan, Soumya; Sarin, Pradeep; Pawar, Nitin; Murthy, Sahana – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and new directions.] We present the pedagogical design and implementation of "ESSENCe": Experimental problem solving using Staging, Scaffolding, Embedded information sources, iNstruments, and Collaboration. Research in experimental physics requires…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Skill Development, Physics, Science Experiments
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Iris Lim – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Teaching soft skills like team dynamics and critical thinking in content-heavy higher education curriculum can be challenging. Employing educational escape rooms is a novel game-based learning strategy in various disciplines, including health sciences. Escape rooms provide the opportunity for a group to work together as they solve puzzles within a…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Educational Games, Program Design, Program Implementation
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Wu, Joseph; Chui, Wing Hong – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2022
This paper reports the design, delivery, and evaluation of a mentoring programme which aimed to promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills in Chinese university students. Several new elements in this mentoring programme distinguish it from many previous such programmes within the context of higher education. These new elements include…
Descriptors: Mentors, Critical Thinking, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style
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Coffield, Julie A.; Choi, Jasmine; Choi, Ikseon; Walker, Brandy B.; Walters, Katherine; Hill, Janette R.; Kim, Sejin; Rechtman, Janet E.; Carmichael, K. Paige; Pidaparti, Ramana; Welch-Devine, Meredith – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
The fast-paced advances in technology and scientific knowledge in the 21st century call for learners to possess professional skills that complement their technical skills to make meaningful contributions in communities. This article introduces a cross-disciplinary leadership training program, Graduate Scholars Leadership, Engagement, and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Leadership Training, Professional Development, Problem Solving
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Sunismi, Sunismi; Setiawan, Yayan Eryk – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2022
This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of the issue, discussion, establishment, and application (IDEA) learning model in embedding mathematical concepts understanding. It is a quantitative study with a quasi-experimental approach. This research was conducted at Malang Islamic University with students majoring Mathematics education…
Descriptors: Models, Learning Processes, Mathematical Concepts, Foreign Countries
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Cynthia J. Metz; Michael J. Metz; Jeff C. Falcone – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Changes in the national examination structures have renewed interest in the development of test-taking strategies for professional students in the health sciences. It is often assumed that these high-achieving students have developed proficient test-taking skills and abilities before admittance. However, the assessments in these programs and for…
Descriptors: Student Improvement, Test Wiseness, Student Evaluation, Skill Development
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Hermanns, Jolanda – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Educational Scaffolding was first mentioned in 1976 by Wood et al. Several examples for scaffolding in chemistry are also known from the literature. As written scaffolds, stepped supporting tools to support students while solving problems in organic chemistry were developed, applied, and evaluated. Although the students rated the tool as very…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Rachman, Nurmah; Rahayu, Gemi; Maay, Jems K. R.; Omar, Rosmaria; Azman, Mohamed N. A. – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
Interprofessional education (IPE) is a method that can support the collaboration of two or more health professions to create ideal teamwork. This study aims to evaluate the implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) in the learning process among three (3) departments of health professions in the Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Professional Education, Vocational Education, Problem Solving
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McClure-Brenchley, Kimberly J.; Picardo, Kristin; Overton-Healy, Julia – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Learning outcomes can structure and enhance the undergraduate research experience, building skills such as critical thinking/problem solving, communication, and teamwork/collaboration. These skills often correspond to what employers desire in their recruitment of recent college graduates: students possess career competencies that result from…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Transfer of Training, Critical Thinking
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