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Lee, Jae Ki; Ban, Sun Young – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2021
Two case studies were conducted to examine whether inquiry-based learning (IBL) can help students in understanding normal distributions, and to determine if IBL methods have any effect on students' conceptual and computational capabilities. There were 16 students in the traditional class and 17 students in the IBL-implemented class who…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Liuta, Anastasiia V.; Perig, Alexander V.; Afanasieva, Marharyta A.; Skyrtach, Violetta M. – Industry and Higher Education, 2019
This article reports research into the didactic processes of a creative gamified learning process for hydraulics in an undergraduate technical university curriculum, enhanced by industry collaboration. It is based on the use of educational theories of didactic transposition, competency building, learning gamification and emotional intelligence. It…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes, Hydraulics
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Corwin, Lisa A.; Kiser, Stacey; LoRe, Sondra M.; Miller, Jillian M.; Aikens, Melissa L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Quantitative skills are an important competency for undergraduate biology students and should be incorporated early and frequently in an undergraduate's career. Community colleges (CCs) are responsible for teaching introductory biology to a large proportion of biology and prehealth students, and quantitative skills are critical for their careers.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biology, Statistical Analysis, Skill Development
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Hora, Matthew T.; Blackburn Cohen, Chelsea A. – Community College Review, 2018
Purpose: Community and technical college student employability is a pressing concern in the United States and China. Policy makers focus on developing students' human capital in the form of credentials and cognitive skills. However, the focus on completion overlooks the role that noncognitive skills and contextual factors may play in student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Institutes, College Students, Cultural Capital
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Altvater, Fran – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2009
This course, "Words on the Wadsworth," was the Humanities Honors course for the spring of 2009 at Hillyer College, the two year Associates degree program at the University of Hartford. Combining the content of a chronological survey of modern art with the new technology of podcasting and the venue of the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Surveys, Art History, Handheld Devices
De los Reyes, Maria Oralia – ProQuest LLC, 2008
In order to explore the differences in engagement levels between entering and returning community college students, the researcher analyzed 13,300 surveys from the 2007 Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) pilot data set utilizing a quantitative methodology. This study focused on analyzing engagement levels of entering and returning…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction