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Sini Davies; Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen; Kai Hakkarainen – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2024
This study analyzed collaborative invention projects by teams of lower-secondary (13-14-year-old) Finnish students. In invention projects, student teams design and make materially embodied collaborative inventions using traditional and digital fabrication technologies. This investigation focused on the student teams' knowledge creation processes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Intellectual Property
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Virranmäki, Eerika; Valta-Hulkkonen, Kirsi; Pellikka, Anne – Journal of Geography, 2021
This paper centers on to evaluate whether and to what extent the learning objectives of the geography curricula emphasize students' higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), and whether students are capable of answering to HOTS-questions by using the Finnish upper secondary geography education as an example. The revised Bloom's taxonomy was used as a…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Geography Instruction, Taxonomy, Secondary School Students
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Niiranen, Sonja – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2021
Many studies have shown how practical learning and the hands-on activities help students to conceptualize technological knowledge and develop their intellectual processes. Researchers have also pointed out that a variety of cognitive skills and higher-order thinking skills can be nurtured through their application to a practical context. Learning…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Handicrafts, Experiential Learning
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Pihlainen-Bednarik, Kaisa; Keinonen, Tuula – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2011
Knowing "what do I know" and thinking about "how do I learn", that is metacognition, is an important element in learning. The Finnish curriculum points out metacognition in the choice of the studying methods. The methods should help the students to become aware of their own learning, to develop better learning strategies, and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Learning Processes
Ojanen, Sinikka – 1996
This paper discusses the need for the renewal of teacher education programs in Finland in order to bring practicing professionals into contact with new knowledge and ideas. To inject new knowledge requires a theoretical understanding of the mechanism of professional change and the process of evaluating professional development. The central factor…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection