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Direct linkFerreira, João Elias Vidueira; Lawrie, Gwendolyn Angela – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2019
Teachers select multiple representations and adopt multiple visualization approaches in supporting their students to make meaning of chemical phenomena. Representational competence underpins students' construction of their mental models of concepts thus it is important that teachers consider this while developing instructional resources. In…
Descriptors: Science Education, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Download full textIraj, Hamideh; Fudge, Anthea; Khan, Huda; Faulkner, Margaret; Pardo, Abelardo; Kovanovic, Vitomir – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2021
One of the major factors affecting student learning is feedback. Although the importance of feedback has been recognized in educational institutions, dramatic changes--such as bigger class sizes and a more diverse student population--challenged the provision of effective feedback. In light of these changes, educators have increasingly been using…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Learning Analytics, Feedback (Response), Class Size
Drinkwater, Michael J.; Matthews, Kelly E.; Seiler, Jacob – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
While there is a wealth of research evidencing the benefits of active-learning approaches, the extent to which these teaching practices are adopted in the sciences is not well known. The aim of this study is to establish an evidential baseline of teaching practices across a bachelor of science degree program at a large research-intensive…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Undergraduate Study, Science Departments
Symonds, Matthew R. E. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
Institutes of higher learning are tending to reduce the amount of face-to-face teaching that they offer, and particularly through the traditional pedagogical method of lecturing. There is ongoing debate about the educational value of lectures as a teaching approach, in terms of both whether they facilitate understanding of subject material and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lecture Method, Synchronous Communication, Conventional Instruction
Bone, Elisa K.; Reid, Robert J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
Students in their first year of university face a number of transition issues that can make realising their academic potential difficult. In the sciences, first-year courses cover a large amount of material across broad subject areas, which can make them troublesome for students without background knowledge, and students need to adapt to typically…
Descriptors: High Schools, Prior Learning, Chemistry, Course Content
Fordham, Adrian M. – 1983
This publication describes the first phase of the Classroom Environment: Teaching for Learning Study in Australia, a six-year international research effort to identify correlations between teaching practices and student achievement. The report's first chapter presents a resume of the study and reviews research findings on managerial and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
