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Nash, Ron – Corwin, 2023
Students have an endless capacity of positive energy that can be harnessed into deeper understanding. This notion lies at the heart of "The Power of We." Through a powerful combination of first-hand stories and expert research, author Ron Nash recounts his awakening to the truth that engaging students starts by involving them as active…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Cooperative Learning, Classroom Environment, Learner Engagement
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Igor' Kontorovich; Sina Greenwood – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2024
Coming from a social perspective, we introduce a classroom organizational frame, where students' proofs progress from collaborative construction in small groups, through whole-class presentation at the board by one of the constructors, to a posteriori reflection. This design is informed by a view on proofs as successive social processes in the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Validity, Topology
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Shank, Melissa K. – Preventing School Failure, 2023
Novice teachers report feeling unprepared for classroom management following teacher preparation and requested additional support. Evidence-based, preventative, and nonverbal classroom management strategies help teachers develop positive environments and support active learning. This is a study of how novice teachers' feelings of unpreparedness…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Classroom Techniques, Prevention
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Rubén Abbas; Andrés Sebastián; Jesús Casanova – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Classroom response systems (CRS) represent an innovative educational technology that can be used to promote active learning and student engagement. This study explores the effectiveness of CRS in enhancing student learning and performance across various engineering courses related to heat engines. During five academic years, CRS have been used…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Audience Response Systems, Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology
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Albayrak, Duygu; Ateskan, Armagan – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
This paper presents the findings of a systematic literature review (performed from 2010 to 2020) about classroom management (CM) in higher education. The purpose of this article is to present the state of CM in higher education. Search terms identified 129 papers, from which 42 relevant articles met the inclusion criteria of the current review.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Teacher Education
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Élisabeth Bélanger; Sophie McMullin; Elisabeth Hould; Lorie-Marlène Brault Foisy; Steve Masson – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2025
Through professional learning communities comprising preschool and primary school teachers, we investigated factors that facilitate or impede the implementation of neuroeducational principles, including repeated neuronal activation, active learning, spaced learning, feedback and mindset. Findings from this small-scale qualitative study indicate…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Neurosciences
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Hedieh Najafi; N. Carol Rolheiser; Kelly Gordon – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
This article describes an evaluation of a campus wide Active Learning initiative to examine instructors' experiences teaching in Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs) at a Canadian University. ALCs at this university differ in size, layout, and audio-visual equipment. The participants were 21 instructors from different disciplines who had taught…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Classroom Design
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Mercat, Christian – Open Education Studies, 2022
This introduction presents Active Learning Methodology, surveying its history, main existing tools and supporting evidence, with an emphasis on mathematics and higher education, in particular engineering studies. This work is part of the DrIVE-Math project, developing innovative mathematical teaching strategies in engineering studies.
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Engineering Education, Higher Education
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McCorkle, Sarah – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2021
This qualitative study uses an emergent design to explore the experiences of faculty teaching in a newly renovated, large-capacity Active Learning Classroom (ALC). The present study takes first- and second-order barriers (Ertmer, 1999) into consideration for a specific type of technology-integrated classroom, the ALC, and looks at faculty barriers…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Barriers, Active Learning, Classroom Environment
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Ahmad Aseery – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
Teachers in contemporary elementary classrooms are adopting diverse teaching strategies to encourage learners' motivation and engagement. This study aimed to identify ways of enhancing students' motivation and engagement in religious education classes at elementary levels. The study employed a systematic review design, utilising an online search…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Elementary Education, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
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William L. Goffe; Scott A. Wolla – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
This article's authors describe both the advantages of a literacy-targeted introductory course and how it might be taught by employing evidence-based teaching practices developed by cognitive scientists to maximize learning. This pairing of literacy-focused content with evidence-based pedagogy is intended to enhance student learning while focusing…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Economics Education, Cognitive Science, Educational Strategies
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Donald A. Saucier; Tucker L. Jones; Tiffany J. Lawless; Amanda L. Martens; Conor J. O'Dea; Svyatoslav Prokhorets; Evelyn Stratmoen – College Teaching, 2025
We designed and implemented an innovative teacher learning activity within the context of a graduate course. Course-takers created and completed a teaching demonstration and their "students" (i.e., fellow course-takers) were each assigned a specific role to play (e.g., disengaged) in order to provide the "teachers" with…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Role Playing, Demonstrations (Educational), Learning Activities
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Silvino Antonio Castañeda Rincón; Hayarelis Coromoto Moreno Gudiño; Richard de Jesus Gil Herrera – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2024
In light of the growing diversity of students in the classroom, there is a pressing need to address the potential for discrimination against minorities, arising from cultural, socioeconomic, special needs, learning styles, and other differences. It is, therefore, essential to establish inclusive learning environments that guarantee equitable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Urban Schools, Equal Education
John Mark Watford Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the standardization of calculus education as a Calculus and Analytic Geometry course after the 1950s, curriculum updates have been slow to penetrate the undergraduate mathematics classroom practice, taking decades to manifest. Common struggles with the teaching and learning of calculus, such as relying on a procedural understanding of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Students, Calculus, Educational Change
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Ni Clark; Sungwon Shin – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2024
This design case highlights how two instructional designers initiated, designed, and implemented a K-12 novice teacher training program to address three known challenges teachers face when understanding, designing, and implementing project-based learning (PBL). The design framework comprised three areas: trainees, training program design, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Active Learning, Student Projects, Teacher Education
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