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Learning CAD at University through Summaries of the Rules of Design Intent
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Barbero, Basilio Ramos; Pedrosa, Carlos Melgosa; Samperio, Raúl Zamora – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
The ease with which 3D CAD models may be modified and reused are two key aspects that improve the design-intent variable and that can significantly shorten the development timelines of a product. A set of rules are gathered from various authors that take different 3D modelling strategies into account. These rules are then applied to CAD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Models, Design
Impact of a Sustained Cooperative Learning Intervention on Student Motivation
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Fernandez-Rio, Javier; Sanz, Naira; Fernandez-Cando, Judith; Santos, Luis – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: Cooperative Learning has been recently defined as a true pedagogical model. Moreover, in a recent review Casey and Goodyear reported that it can help physical education promote the four basic learning outcomes: physical, cognitive, social and affective. Purpose: The main goal was to investigate the impact of a sustained Cooperative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Intervention, Student Motivation
English as a Medium of Instruction: Evidence for Language and Content Targets in Bilingual Education in Economics
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Hernandez-Nanclares, Nuria; Jimenez-Munoz, Antonio – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
This paper contributes towards a framework for analysing the effect of teaching Economics through a foreign language, in order to discover best practices that foster key content and language skills for Higher Education institutions following language bilingual programmes. The first part of the paper deals with the benefits and problems of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Bilingual Education
Motivational Climate, 2×2 Achievement Goal Orientation and Dominance, Self-Regulation, and Physical Activity in Pre-Service Teacher Education
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Cecchini-Estrada, José-Antonio; Méndez-Giménez, Antonio – European Physical Education Review, 2017
This longitudinal study investigated the effects of a mastery motivational climate in physical education (PE) classes on 2×2 achievement goal orientation and dominance, self-regulated learning (SRL), and physical activity (PA) in leisure time. A total of 408 (264 women, 144 men) university students were randomly assigned to two groups:…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Physical Activities, Motivation, Preservice Teachers
Improving Students' Representational Flexibility in Linear-Function Problems: An Intervention
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Acevedo Nistal, A.; Van Dooren, W.; Verschaffel, L. – Educational Psychology, 2014
This study evaluates the effects of an intervention aimed at improving representational flexibility in linear-function problems. Forty-nine students aged 13-16 participated in the study. A pretest-intervention-posttest design with an experimental and control group was used. At pretest, both groups solved a choice test, where they could freely…
Descriptors: Intervention, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Secondary School Mathematics
Solving Problems in Genetics, Part III: Change in the View of the Nature of Science
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Ibanez-Orcajo, M. Teresa; Martinez-Aznar, M. Mercedes – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
Numerous investigations show that most school science teaching, in Spain and elsewhere, implicitly transmits an inductivist and very stereotyped view of science and conveys an unrealistic image of scientific work. We present some results of an investigation with fourth-level Spanish secondary education students (15 year olds) who were taught…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Investigations, Experimental Groups