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Toma, Radu Bogdan – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022
Guided and open inquiry stands as a valuable instructional strategy for science education. Yet, confirmation and structured inquiry, which provides higher levels of teacher guidance, is more often enacted. These approaches, though more workable, remain unexplored in their effectiveness in improving achievement motivations. This study draws on…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Learning Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Science Education
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Martorell, Ingrid; Medrano, Marc; Sole, Cristian; Vila, Neus; Cabeza, Luisa F. – Educational Gerontology, 2009
With the increasing number of older people in the world and their interest in education, universities play an important role in providing effective learning methodologies. This paper presents a new instructional methodology implementing inquiry-based learning (IBL) in two courses focused on alternative energies in the Program for Older People at…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Older Adults
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Moreno, Amparo; Martin, Elena – Curriculum Journal, 2007
In this article, we describe how the concept of "learning to learn" has developed in Spain, and give you an overview of relevant Spanish projects. First, we sketch out how this approach has developed in Spanish educational laws. We then give examples of research projects, assessment instruments and instructional programmes pertinent to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Learning Strategies
Jimenez-Aleixandre, Maria Pilar; Diaz de Bustamante, Joaquin – 1997
This study is part of a larger study on the problems that high school students' have in the interpretation and production of drawings and graphic representations in practical work in the biology laboratory, specifically with the use of the microscope. This part of the study focuses on classroom discourse among students and teacher as they use the…
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries, Grade 11