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Ashlyn Ringenary – Online Submission, 2025
Creative spaces and experimental practices being used by teachers can create intrinsic motivation in students. Previous research has shown that intrinsic motivation in students can be cultivated using student interests while also finding a balance for creating challenges for the students while also not making something so challenging that the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Art Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation
Munna, Afzal Sayed; Kalam, Md Abul – Online Submission, 2021
Economic development has encouraged innovation in a range of industries; however, the education industry has been following traditional modes of teaching until recently across the world. This has not only affected the capabilities of the youth but has also led to the problem of unemployment and diminished success rates at the workplace. One of the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Game Based Learning, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
Omaga, Jervil Formilleza; Alieto, Ericson Olario – Online Submission, 2019
The role of play is critical to the learning process in early childhood education settings. International researches indicate the advancement of children's learning when engaged in active play. However, little research has been conducted in Philippine settings on the use of play in teaching literacy in early childhood education classrooms. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Play, Teaching Methods
Nix, Rebekah K. – Online Submission, 2018
Twenty years after its first application, the Integrated Science Learning Environment model (ISLE) proved still-useful in catalyzing novel thinking about the role of artifacts in shaping Holocaust remembrance at the graduate level. Drawing on new ideas from museum science and technology design, an updated framework, called Provocative Artifacts…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Khalaily, Hassan – Online Submission, 2019
Previous studies have demonstrated the pedagogical advantages of alternative teaching methods (ATMs) such as project-based learning, exploratory learning, collaborative learning, and technology-integrated teaching. However, their actual implementation rate is low. The research question is which factors most influence teachers to apply ATMs. A…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Nontraditional Education, Teacher Education, Arabs
Suphi, Nilgün; Yaratan, Hüseyin – Online Submission, 2016
In this study the effect of Discovery Learning and course evaluation based on Bloom's Taxonomy on the academic success of undergraduate students in Northern Cyprus was investigated. One demographic questionnaire was distributed to 829 students and two questionnaires were distributed to these students' instructors in order to collect information on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Discovery Learning, Course Evaluation
Aydin, Mehmet; Baki, Adnan; Yildiz, Cemalettin; Kögce, Davut – Online Submission, 2012
This study was conducted with the aim of determining the views of mathematics teachers on the role of the student in learning mathematics. The case study method was used in the study. The study was conducted during the fall term of 2007-2008 academic year, with four mathematics teachers working in the public secondary and primary schools in…
Descriptors: Student Role, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
Salazar, Douglas A. – Online Submission, 2012
This study aimed to improve the van Hiele levels of geometric understanding, proof-construction performance and beliefs about proofs of the research respondents: future mathematics teachers exposed to the traditional (instructor-based) method and the enhanced-group Moore method. By using the quasi-experimental method of research, the study…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematical Logic, Validity, Preservice Teachers
Wang, Haohao; Posey, Lisa – Online Submission, 2011
Linear algebra is a standard undergraduate mathematics course. This paper presents an overview of the design and implementation of an inquiry-based teaching material for the linear algebra course which emphasizes discovery learning, analytical thinking and individual creativity. The inquiry-based teaching material is designed to fit the needs of a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Discovery Learning, Instructional Materials, Algebra
McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2009
The author of this paper posits that inquiry-based learning (IBL) enacted via a modified Moore method (MMM) is a content-driven pedagogy; as such it is content-centred not instructor-centred or student-centred. The MMM is a philosophy of education where student must master material by doing; not simply discussing, reading, or seeing it and that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Inquiry, Active Learning, Educational Change
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2011
This document presents the proceedings of 16th Annual Research Forum held June 15, 2011, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included herein are the following 25 action research papers: (1) The Effects of Prompted Math Journaling on Algebra 1 Students' Achievement and Attitudes (Heidi I. Arnold); (2) Group Work and Attitude…
Descriptors: United States History, Listening Comprehension, Photography, Current Events
Costley, Kevin C. – Online Submission, 2005
When is a gifted child ready for the discovery of a new idea? When is this child ready for independent searching and inquiry? Sometimes in many traditional educational settings, it seems as if a student must wait until graduate school before he is allowed to carry out independent inquiry. At the turn of this century, there is more to learn and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Discovery Learning, Academically Gifted
Al-Balushi, Sulaiman Mohammed – Online Submission, 2006
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences has provided educators with a new view of intelligence. It emphasizes that science, math and language are not the only ways to exhibit intelligence. People exhibit intelligence in many different ways. Each type of intelligence is as valuable as the others. Gardner classifies these intelligences…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Creativity, Discovery Learning, Perceptual Development
Fritz, Megan Lynne – Online Submission, 2005
This ethnographic study investigated how first grade students used handheld computers to learn in collaboration with others throughout the learning process. This research focused specifically on how the use of handheld computers impacts students' learning outcomes and relates to technology standards. A qualitative methodology was used to capture…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Ethnography, Cooperative Learning, Computers