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Joachim Svärd; Konrad Schönborn; Jonas Hallström – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: Authenticity in schools has been highlighted as important for improving students' engagement and learning, and to prepare them for future job markets, especially in science and technology. Purpose: This study investigates students' perceived authenticity of a developed innovation project when implemented in an upper secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Authentic Learning
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Yang Wang; Yating Zhang – Distance Education, 2024
With the development of technology and the normalization of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control, asynchronous online learning is becoming popular. However, it is still to be explored on how to enhance students' learning engagement and knowledge construction. Based on this, we used content analysis to explore the roles of teaching strategies…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Asynchronous Communication, Electronic Learning
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Scott Thorne; Nathan Mentzer; Greg J. Strimel; Scott Bartholomew; Jason Ware – Journal of Technology Education, 2024
Learning by Evaluating (LbE) is an instructional approach that involves students making comparative judgements of pairs of artifacts, such as student work, portfolios, prototypes, or curated images related to a topic of instruction to enhance critical thinking and decision-making skills. Situated as a primer for learning, the efficacy of LbE stems…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Secondary School Students, Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods
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Chan, Cecilia K. Y.; Luo, Jiahui; Lee, Katherine K. W.; Wong, Hannah Y. H.; Liu, Emma K. Y. – Curriculum and Teaching, 2020
Scholars are calling increasingly for educational reform to embed meaningful out-of-class events in the current curriculum, in order to enhance students' generic competency development. Towards this goal, featuring self-confidence as an important generic competency, this mixed-method study explores key characteristics of extracurricular activities…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Learner Engagement, Extracurricular Activities, Secondary School Students
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ElSayary, Areej – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This study explores and explains teachers' perceptions and practices in using a reflective practice model to teach STEM education in a blended learning environment. The study was conducted before the COVID-19 lockdown and continued after the quarantine till the end of the semester. The transformative learning and the experiential learning theories…
Descriptors: Reflection, STEM Education, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning
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Warren, James E.; Otto, Karen – English in Texas, 2019
The recently adopted TEKS for English I-IV that will be implemented in 2020-2021 require students to write for a variety of purposes and audiences, to practice the writing process, and to engage in reflective writing. These standards can be difficult to meet when literacy instruction is confined to classroom borders, where students often write…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Reflection, Writing Processes, Standardized Tests
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Gooda, Theresa – English in Education, 2019
This paper explores the value of writing journals for both students and teachers beyond English lessons and without insistence on evidencing writing progress. Keeping a journal or undertaking regular reflective writing is an unfamiliar experience for some students, and schools may offer limited privacy for writing. Used in a comprehensive school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Journal Writing, Reflection, Memory
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An, Yunjo; Mindrila, Diana – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2020
Learner-centered education has the potential to meet the needs of individual students and better prepare them for a rapidly changing global world. However, it can be a challenging task to implement learner-centered education in the current education system which was designed for sorting rather than learning. Although an increasing number of…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers