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Project-Based Learning Groups of Friends and Acquaintances: The Role of Efficacy Beliefs
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Hanham, José; McCormick, John; Hendry, Adam – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This school-based study explored the role of collective and proxy efficacy beliefs in the performances of project-based learning teams comprising friends and acquaintances. Participants were 162 male students in Grade 8 who attended a Catholic high school, located in Sydney, Australia. Students were organized into 20 acquaintance groups and 21…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Males, Catholic Schools
Introducing a Project-Based Assignment in a Traditionally Taught Engineering Course
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Gratchev, Ivan; Jeng, Dong-Sheng – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
This study seeks to explore whether a combination of traditional teaching methods with project-based learning (PBL) activities can improve the student learning experience in an engineering course of soil mechanics. As an alternative to the traditional type of assignment that consisted of several textbook problems, a project-based assignment was…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Engineering Education, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Work-Integrated Learning: Linking Research and Teaching for a Win-Win Situation
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Xia, Jianhong; Caulfield, Craig; Ferns, Sonia – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper establishes a framework for linking research and teaching (LRT) by developing industry-oriented student projects based on work-integrated learning theory (WIL). The major components of the WIL experiences and their relationships are identified. The scope of student projects may vary from a minor assignment project to a medium…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Workplace Learning, Case Studies, Active Learning
Using the Work System Method with Freshman Information Systems Students
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Recker, Jan; Alter, Steven – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
Recent surveys of information technology management professionals show that understanding business domains in terms of business productivity and cost reduction potential, knowledge of different vertical industry segments and their information requirements, understanding of business processes and client-facing skills are more critical for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Information Systems, Information Technology
MicroWorlds and Learning in Teacher Education
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Reynolds, Nick – Australian Educational Computing, 2006
The introduction of an open-ended MicroWorlds based assignment in a pre-service teaching degree produced interesting results. Students engaged with the task at very high levels and produced work of high quality; so much so that marking trends were reversed. This paper explores the design and implementation of the task and how for many students it…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Assignments, Non English Speaking, Preservice Teacher Education
Teaching IT Project Management to Postgraduate Business Students: A Practical Approach
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Tatnall, Arthur; Reyes, Gina – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
While most Information Systems (IS) professionals spend much of their time in the implementation or management of projects, the curriculum of university Information Technology (IT) courses does not always reflect this. While most university IT courses cover some aspects of project management, some do not go into this topic in any depth, and many…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Assignments, Information Technology, Educational Technology