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Fitzpatrick, Alexa; Andreopoulos, Stavroula; Freedman, Leora – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2021
Many large, undergraduate science courses, which still heavily rely on traditional lecture-based dissemination of content, passive learning, and exam-based assessments, have been forced online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To address the challenges facing students in regards to engagement, self-directed learning, and the development of soft…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Undergraduate Students, College Science, Online Courses
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Sleeter, Nate; Schrum, Kelly; Swan, Amy; Broubalow, Justin – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2020
This article discusses authentic inquiry-based learning in a hybrid graduate course, "Teaching Hidden History," taught in 2015 and 2016. Students in this course created online history learning modules based on their own scholarly research. They defined their intended audience and crafted modules tailored specifically for those learners.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Graduate Students, History Instruction
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Dealey, Jill – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2020
Active learning, with students engaging in research or activities within the community, is a favoured approach in contemporary higher education. To support this approach, the Criminology and Forensic Studies programmes at the University of Winchester have included student research into miscarriages of justice. The students interrogate evidence…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Institutionalized Persons, Justice, Criminal Law
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Pastushkova, Marina A.; Savateeva, Oxana V.; Trotsenko, Alla A.; Savateev, Dmitry A. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
The article presents comparative analysis of modular training as a teaching tool against traditional methods and techniques in educational institutions, particularly in higher education. Being one of the forms of interactive learning, modular training ensures efficient intermutual development of all members of educational process. It increases…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, First Aid, Interaction, Safety Education
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Hati, Sanchita; Bhattacharyya, Sudeep – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2016
A project-based biophysical chemistry laboratory course, which is offered to the biochemistry and molecular biology majors in their senior year, is described. In this course, the classroom study of the structure-function of biomolecules is integrated with the discovery-guided laboratory study of these molecules using computer modeling and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Active Learning, Student Projects, Laboratory Training
Geiger, Vince; Date-Huxtable, Liz; Ahlip, Rehez; Herberstein, Marie; Jones, D. Heath; May, E. Julian; Rylands, Leanne; Wright, Ian; Mulligan, Joanne – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to describe the processes utilised to develop an online learning module within the Opening Real Science (ORS) project--"Modelling the present: Predicting the future." The module was realised through an interdisciplinary collaboration, among mathematicians, scientists and mathematics and science educators that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Preservice Teachers
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Collison, Christina G.; Cody, Jeremy; Smith, Darren; Swartzenberg, Jennifer – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
A novel studio-based lab module that incorporates student-centered activities was designed and implemented to introduce second-year undergraduate students to the first-semester organic chemistry laboratory. The "First Day" studio module incorporates learning objectives for the course, lab safety, and keeping a professional lab notebook.
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Modules, Student Centered Curriculum
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Desiatov, Tymofiy – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
The new approach to the higher education modernization based on the realization of competency-building modular programs has been considered. This approach closely supports competency-building approach to professional training of modern specialists within the context of current theoretical and methodological principles. The European dimension of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Program Implementation, Learning Modules, Global Approach
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Pook, Gayle – Primary Science, 2013
Consider the extent to which primary science teaching has evolved since it became a core subject in England with the introduction of the National Curriculum in 1988, and the pace at which theory-driven classroom practice has advanced. It is no wonder that, given the recent economic restructuring and boom in technological development in China,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Workshops
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Friesem, Yonty; Quaglia, Diane; Crane, Ed – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2014
The Elizabeth Thoman Archive at the Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island, has the last complete kit of one of the milestones in the early chronology of media literacy, the 1972 Media Now curriculum. This curriculum was the first of its kind, using self-contained lesson modules that were part of a larger series…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Curriculum Research, Educational History, Curriculum Design
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Chilson, P. B.; Yeary, M. B. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
Learning modules provide an effective means of encouraging cognition and active learning. This paper discusses several such modules that have been developed within a course on weather radar applications intended for students from Electrical Engineering and Meteorology. The modules were designed both to promote interdisciplinary exchange between…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Meteorology, Science Education
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Collison, Christina G.; Cody, Jeremy; Stanford, Courtney – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
A novel S[subscript N]1-S[subscript N]2 studio-based lab module that incorporates inquiry-based learning was designed and implemented. The studio module was taught in a newly renovated lab space designed with an integrated classroom. The students were divided into two groups for the lesson with one group conducting a studio-module lab and the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Organic Chemistry, Inquiry, Science Laboratories
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Norton, Geoff; Taylor, Mathew; Stewart, Terry; Blackburn, Greg; Jinks, Audrey; Razdar, Bahareh; Holmes, Paul; Marastoni, Enrique – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The pedagogical value of problem-based and inquiry-based learning activities has led to increased use of this approach in many courses. While scenarios or case studies were initially presented to learners as text-based material, the development of modern software technology provides the opportunity to deliver scenarios as e-learning modules,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Superintendents and principals can have a positive and decisive impact on student achievement and higher graduation rates. Their essential leadership can illuminate the path to excellence for faculty and students. In upgrading curriculum and instruction, school leaders need to keep abreast of practices proven effective in other districts and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Best Practices, High Achievement, Graduation Rate
Haynes, Mariana – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2014
As one of only six states receiving a federal Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grant, Pennsylvania has designed and implemented an innovative program that focuses on improved instruction and interventions to ensure every student is literate and graduates from high school ready for college and a career. This report describes Pennsylvania's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Student Improvement, Comprehensive Programs
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