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Laurie Johnson – English in Australia, 2022
There is a persistent view that reading Shakespeare's writings is automatically 'good' for student learning, and its persistence can be traced back to the beginnings of the modern education system as a tool of British imperialism. This article argues that his plays challenge audiences and readers in ways that can represent barriers to learning. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Instructional Innovation, Student Motivation
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van Gog, Tamara; Hoogerheide, Vincent; van Harsel, Milou – Educational Psychology Review, 2020
Problem-solving tasks form the backbone of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curricula. Yet, how to improve self-monitoring and self-regulation when learning to solve problems has received relatively little attention in the self-regulated learning literature (as compared with, for instance, learning lists of items or…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, STEM Education, Self Management, Cognitive Processes
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Johnathan Balzotti; Jamin Rowan; Mat Duerden – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
This essay reevaluates the role of reflection in experiential learning programs, contrasting traditional solitary ref lection methods with contemporary approaches that integrate collaboration and multimodal expression. These new approaches highlight a shift toward more flexible and interactive methods, reflecting the influence of new technologies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Reflection, College Students
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Joni M. Lakin; Jon Wai; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius; Susan Corwith; Danielle Rothschild; David Uttal – Grantee Submission, 2024
Spatial thinking permeates much of our lives and is an asset when solving problems involving well-structured visual information or imagining solutions in physical or digital space. However, an estimated three million US school children have spatial talents that go unrecognized because of the tools commonly used for identification of academic…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics
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Joni M. Lakin; Jonathan Wai; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius; Susan Corwith; Danielle Rothschild; David H. Uttal – Gifted Child Today, 2024
Spatial thinking permeates much of our lives and is an asset when solving problems involving well-structured visual information or imagining solutions in physical or digital space. However, an estimated three million US school children have spatial talents that go unrecognized because of the tools commonly used for identification of academic…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics
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Pawlak, Miroslaw – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Major advances have been made in research on language learning strategies (LLS) since it was triggered by good language learner studies (e.g. Rubin, 1975). Numerous accounts of strategy use have been compiled, key classifications have been proposed, some progress has been made towards furthering our understanding of the complex relationship…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classification
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Santos, Maria Isabel; Breda, Ana; Almeida, Ana Margarida – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Learning environment on mathematics for autistic children is a prototype of a digital environment with dynamic adaptation features designed to offer activities towards the development of mathematical reasoning in children aged 6-12 years, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities
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Kern, Beth; Mettetal, Gwendolyn; Dixson, Marcia D.; Morgan, Robin K. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
In this essay, we explore definitions and taxonomies of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and present a model of the Dimensions of Activities Related to Teaching (DART) which provides a context for SoTL along two dimensions: public/private and systematic/informal. The four quadrants: practice of teaching, sharing about teaching,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Taxonomy, Scholarship, Models
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Case, Jennifer M. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
The relationship between teaching and learning is represented in contemporary higher education research which has looked at the correlations between students' approaches to learning and teachers' approaches to teaching. This article proposes a rethinking of this relationship, building on a critical realist perspective. Here, the teaching-learning…
Descriptors: Interaction, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies
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Kojima, Kazuaki; Miwa, Kazuhisa; Matsui, Tatsunori – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2013
Problem posing, by which learners create new problems by themselves, is an important activity in mathematics education. However, novice learners have difficulty in posing problems, particularly when formulating appropriate solution structures of problems. Although they are provided with example problems that can serve as hints for composing novel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Learning Strategies
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Stewart, Chelsea – Journal of Adult Education, 2014
This article reviews teacher professional development norms as they are shifting toward collaborative practice. It is posed that passive and individual practices are inadequate to prepare teachers to integrate the academic skills that learners need for both workforce and college readiness. Promising practices in professional development are…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Education, Teacher Collaboration, Training Methods
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Sheldrake, Rosie; Watkin, Neal – Teaching History, 2013
The development of communications technology in recent years has not only changed the ways in which students can access their world: it also changes the way they think about it. Sheldrake and Watkin draw here upon work that characterises the way in which the "iGeneration" think about the world around them, and suggest ways in which…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Lesson Plans, Learning Activities, Culturally Relevant Education
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Gonza´lez, Maritza Lau; Haza, Ulises Ja´uregui; Gramagtes, Aurora Pe´rez; Leo´n, Gloria Farin~as; Le Bolay, Nadine – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
A combination of regular classroom teaching with the use of resources available on the Moodle platform has been designed to foster the development of skills for learning to learn for students in an undergraduate general chemistry course. The use of the Moodle platform essentially aimed at strengthening the students' prior knowledge of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes
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Barney, Katelyn; Mackinlay, Elizabeth – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
Reflective journal writing is acknowledged as a powerful method for promoting student learning in higher education contexts. Numerous scholars highlight the benefits of reflective writing and journaling for students and teachers in a wide range of teaching areas. There is however, little discussion of how reflective writing is used in teaching and…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Indigenous Populations, Music Education, Reflection
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Berry, Jack W.; Chew, Stephen L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
Using the principles of the scholarship of teaching and learning, we evaluated 2 learning strategies to determine if they could improve student exam performance in general psychology. After the second of 3 exams, we gave students the option of participating in a specific learning activity and assessed its impact using the third exam. In Study 1,…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Learning Strategies, Maps, Test Results
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