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Varadarajan, Sujatha; Ladage, Savita – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
The need for shifting the expository laboratory instruction style to inquiry-based approaches is widely acknowledged. Problem-based learning (PBL), one of the inquiry-based approaches, advocates students' self-directed learning. The literature indicates that scaffolding students' independent learning is necessary for a PBL environment. In our…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
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Miloševic Zupancic, Vesna – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2018
Research from the field of non-formal education (NFE) in youth work emphasises the central role of experiential learning and learning in groups. The present paper aims to research teaching methods and teaching forms in NFE in youth work. The research sought to answer the following research questions: 'What teaching forms can be found in NFE for…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Teaching Methods, Nonformal Education, Youth
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Chen, Hui; Kelly, Michelle; Hayes, Carolyn; van Reyk, David; Herok, George – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
Teaching of pathophysiology concepts is a core feature in health professional programs, but it can be challenging in undergraduate medical/biomedical science education, which is often highly theoretical when delivered by lectures and pen-and-paper tutorials. Authentic case studies allow students to apply their theoretical knowledge but still…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Physiology, Pathology, Simulation
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Waldman, Tina; Harel, Efrat; Schwab, Götz – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The paper presents a telecollaboration project between 54 pre-service teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) studying at a teacher training college in Israel and a university in Germany. The telecollaboration involved a collaborative Project Based Learning Task (PBLT) in which the students compared and evaluated the ways EFL is taught in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning
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Engbers, Trent A – Teaching Public Administration, 2016
The teaching of research methods has been at the core of public administration education for almost 30 years. But since 1990, this journal has published only two articles on the teaching of research methods. Given the increasing emphasis on data driven decision-making, greater insight is needed into the best practices for teaching public…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Political Science, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Straub, Jeremy – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2014
The development of software for spacecraft represents a particular challenge and is, in many ways, a worst case scenario from a design perspective. Spacecraft software must be "bulletproof" and operate for extended periods of time without user intervention. If the software fails, it cannot be manually serviced. Software failure may…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer Science Education, Educational Technology
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Skinner, Kay Lesley; Hyde, Sarah J.; McPherson, Kerstin B. A.; Simpson, Maree D. – Journal of Learning Design, 2016
Health professional students must be equipped with the skills necessary to interact with patients. Effective interpersonal skills are difficult to both learn and teach, requiring development, practise and evaluation in both educational and clinical settings. In professions such as physiotherapy, traditional approaches to teaching these skills have…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Student Improvement, Experiential Learning
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Straub, Jeremy; Whalen, David – Education Sciences, 2013
This paper analyzes the educational impact of the OpenOrbiter Small Spacecraft Development Initiative, a CubeSat development program underway at the University of North Dakota. OpenOrbiter includes traditional STEM activities (e.g., spacecraft engineering, software development); it also incorporates students from non-STEM disciplines not generally…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Space Sciences, STEM Education, Science Course Improvement Projects
Velez-Rubio, Miguel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teaching computer programming to freshmen students in Computer Sciences and other Information Technology areas has been identified as a complex activity. Different approaches have been studied looking for the best one that could help to improve this teaching process. A proposed approach was implemented which is based in the language immersion…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Programming, Improvement, Teacher Improvement
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Sahin, Mehmet – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2009
This paper reports the results of an exploratory study aimed to determine university students' expectations and beliefs in a problem-based introductory physics course, how those expectations compare to that of students in other universities, and change as a result of one semester of instruction. In total, 264 freshmen engineering students of Dokuz…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Physics, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
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Savery, John R. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2006
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional approach that has been used successfully for over 30 years and continues to gain acceptance in multiple disciplines. It is an instructional (and curricular) learner-centered approach that empowers learners to conduct research, integrate theory and practice, and apply knowledge and skills to develop…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Definitions, Learner Controlled Instruction, Theory Practice Relationship
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Greene, H. Carol – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
This paper reports the findings from a pilot study that investigated the uses of computer-mediated communication in an educational psychology course for pre-service teachers that focused on problem-based learning via CD-ROM-based case analysis. Thirty-nine pre-service teachers and eight practicing teachers participated in the development of an…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Psychology, Preservice Teachers