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Gumisirizah Nicholus; Joseph Nzabahimana; Charles M. Muwonge – Cogent Education, 2024
In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on innovative teaching methods in secondary education as educators seek to enhance students' critical thinking abilities and motivation to lean. This research focuses on evaluating the impact of a video-based Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach on the performance and critical thinking ability of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Problem Based Learning, Academic Achievement
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Ching-Yi Chang; Intan Setiani; Jie Chi Yang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2025
Traditional teaching methods often limit interactive learning, negatively impacting students' motivation and learning achievement. Moreover, fostering collaborative awareness and problem-solving skills is crucial for developing the core competencies of future nursing professionals. To address these challenges, this study proposed an escape…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Puzzles, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Kaeedi, Azam; Esfahani, Ahmad Reza Nasr; Sharifian, Fereydoon; Moosavipour, Saeed – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
Research methods is an essential ingredient of postgraduate programs across a wide range of social science disciplines. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) and lecture-based learning (LBL) approaches to teaching research methods through a mixed-methods approach in an explanatory sequential…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Research Methodology
April Dawn Sanders – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Educators are often looking for ways to increase engagement and academic achievement in their classrooms; therefore, the problem addressed in this study is the decrease in academic achievement caused by a low level of classroom engagement amongst high school seniors. The purpose of this qualitative action research study is to increase academic…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational Principles, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
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Kossybayeva, Umitzhan; Shaldykova, Bagit; Akhmanova, Danna; Kulanina, Svetlana – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
The study describes an innovative methodology for teaching natural and mathematical sciences in the context of distance learning using modern technological solutions and based on the concepts of active social learning that involves constructivist, problem-oriented, project and research approaches. The proposed methodology was tested on 80 students…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Natural Sciences, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
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Duarte, José; Robert Nogueira, João – Education Sciences, 2019
This paper presents protests from academically successful students who privately conveyed to the researchers their feelings of personal discontent with schools. The criterion to select this "sample" was that these students, dissatisfied with school but having good marks, would reveal what others, academically less successful, could not…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Yu, Wei-Chieh Wayne; Lin, Chunfu Charlie; Ho, Mei-Hsin; Wang, Jenny – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
The impact of particular learning environments and self-regulation could be a beneficial area for research focus. More specifically, there has not been sufficient attention given to the role played by disposition or "will" in facilitating self-regulation to be successful. A student can possess the skills or ability to think critically…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Attitude Change, Pretests Posttests
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Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2007
This study investigated the impact of students' conceptions of constructivist learning activities on academic achievement and drop-out. Although constructivism represents an influential view of learning, studies investigating how students conceptualize this perspective have not been conducted before. A structural equation modelling approach was…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Learning Activities, Constructivism (Learning), Academic Achievement
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Chung, Jenny; Chow, Susanna – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2004
This study, adopting an action-learning approach, aimed to redesign an existing problem-based learning (PBL) subject curriculum to accommodate the learning potential and interests of students. Based on students' perceptions of learning and learning experiences with PBL, a Subject Planning Team (SPT) consisting of both students and teachers was…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation, Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers