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Steven C. Pan; Eduardo González-Cabañes; Andy Z. J. Teo; Inez Zung; Faria Sana; James E. Cooke – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2025
Do undergraduate students know and use "distributed practice," the strategy of spacing apart learning opportunities over time, and "interleaved practice," the strategy of alternating between topics during learning? What beliefs do students hold about how learning should be scheduled, and how are common learning activities--such…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Student Experience, Student Attitudes
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Psathas, Georgios; Tegos, Stergios; Demetriadis, Stavros N.; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2023
Despite their potential to deliver a high-quality learning experience, massive open online courses (MOOCs) pose several issues, such as high dropout rates, difficulties in collaboration between students, low teaching involvement, and limited teacher-student interaction. Most of these issues can be attributed to the large number, diversity, and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, MOOCs, Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities
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De-Chih Lee; Ching-Yi Chang – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
During the digital age, self-directed learning has emerged as an effective teaching strategy in designing class activities within the educational sphere, prompting an investigation into its impact on the effectiveness of instruction in the K-12 context. This article presents a meta-analysis aimed at examining the efficacy of self-directed learning…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Independent Study, Active Learning
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Wang, Qi; Peng, Yan; Wang, Huimin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is an important method in STEM courses that can help learners acquire knowledge by discovering, organizing, and integrating materials. However, learners may not perform well without scaffolding, which results in purely participation in tasks without solid knowledge acquisition. To guarantee SRL effectiveness,…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Academic Achievement, STEM Education
Enoch Kabinaa Suglo – Online Submission, 2024
The study aimed to investigate the impact of incorporating deep learning strategies in mathematics instruction on students' problem-solving abilities, critical thinking skills, academic achievement, and mathematical skills development. The study population consisted of 280 students, with a sample size of 162 participants. Employing a purely…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement
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Alexiou, Aikaterini; Paraskeva, Fotini – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2020
Purpose: Undergraduate students often find it difficult to organize their learning activities and manage their learning. Also, teachers need dynamic pedagogical frameworks and learning technologies for supporting learners to advance their academic performance. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of an ePortfolio intervention on…
Descriptors: Social Media, Undergraduate Students, Learning Activities, Educational Technology
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Li, Shuang; Wang, Shuang; Du, Junlei; Pei, Yu; Shen, Xinyi – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Failure to effectively organize and manage learning time is an important factor influencing online learners' performance. Investigation of time-investment patterns for online learning will provide educators with useful knowledge of how learners engage in and regulate their online learning and support them in tailoring online course…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Time Management, Time Factors (Learning), Learning Strategies
Shannon L. Myers – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Professional learning continues to be one of the most widely used methods for raising student achievement and teacher development, yet school districts continue to use antiquated models that often dismiss the core features needed to be effective (Desimone, 2009). These core features include being content focused, active learning opportunities,…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
Maureen Patricia Fennessy – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Reading and writing are central to the conception of science and the work of scientists. While recent scholarship on science literacy suggests the benefits of integrating reading and writing in science teaching, less is known about the extent to which science teachers implement such integration. This naturalistic study examines two sixth-grade…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Beliefs
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Du, Shengnan – English Language Teaching, 2021
With a development history of more than half a century, the learner-centered approach has become a new teaching paradigm worldwide. The approach can produce effective and significant learning focusing on learners' development, learning, and learning outcomes. This study aimed to determine how a learner-centered approach can increase students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ayers, Natasha L.; Kiley, Margaret; Jones, Narelle; McDermott, Marie-Louise; Hawkins, Martine – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
This paper reports on implementing learning plans at an Australian university and their perceived use in supporting doctoral candidates' professional and academic development. The implementation of individualised learning plans for doctoral candidates was the outcome of university-wide discussions regarding coursework in the PhD. Based on a review…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement, Professional Development, Individualized Instruction
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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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Adesope, Olusola O.; Zhou, Mingming; Nesbit, John C. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether achievement motivations influence the adoption of learning strategies and learning strategies influence studying behavior in an online learning environment. The Goal Orientation Questionnaire was used to measure achievement motives, and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Study Habits, Learning Strategies
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Wiersema, Janice A.; Licklider, Barbara; Thompson, Janette R.; Hendrich, Suzanne; Haynes, Cynthia; Thompson, Katherine – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
College students' implicit theories (or mindsets) about intelligence can affect not only their motivations toward learning, but also their cognitive habits and behaviors while learning thus impacting academic achievement. In this paper we describe learning experiences we used with our learning community to 1) introduce students to the concept of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Intelligence, Learning Experience
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Vita, Aida Carvalho; Kataoka, Verônica Yumi – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
The objective of this paper is to discuss how blind students learn basic concepts of probability using the tactile model proposed by Vita (2012). Among the activities were part of the teaching sequence "Jefferson's Random Walk", in which students built a tree diagram (using plastic trays, foam cards, and toys), and pictograms in 3D…
Descriptors: Probability, Blindness, Disabilities, Learning Strategies
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