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Hong, Dae S. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
We examined widely used popular calculus textbooks to explore opportunities to learn the limit concept. Definitions, worked problems, and exercise problems were coded to examine if these tasks allow students to use informal thinking to coordinate domain and range processes to understand the infinite process of limit. Results revealed many exercise…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Genetics
Gregory, Kenneth J.; Lewin, John – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
Big ideas, sometimes referred to as key, core, fundamental or threshold concepts, are widely applicable concepts at the heart of disciplines that are or have been central and influential for their fields. Attention here is particularly directed to meta-concepts common to sister disciplines in the sciences. "Learning thresholds",…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines, Learner Engagement
Injeong Jo; Jessie Jungeun Hong-Dwyer – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
Empirical evidence is insufficient on the specific roles GIS learning plays in developing students' understanding various spatial concepts. The present study aims to draw attention to common struggles of learning some spatial concepts in geography and offer directions for future research on GIS learning and the development of student spatial…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Geography Instruction, Spatial Ability, Concept Formation
Barradell, Sarah; Fortune, Tracy – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
The threshold concepts framework provides educators with a useful way of thinking about the struggles students have in coming to know essential, hard to grasp knowledge. A threshold concept is often best understood through reference to eight characteristics that together describe what is critical to effective knowledge acquisition. This conceptual…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Learning Processes, Epistemology, World Views
Onur Bakir – Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, 2024
Although teachers are eager to facilitate community of inquiry (CoI) in their classrooms, they also fear being unable to convey the necessary knowledge to their students in an inquiry due to the inherent involvement of conflicting views, confusion, and a lack of strict definitions about the concepts. The author argues that the banking model of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Conflict, Banking
Hsu, Jeremy L.; Lo, Stanley M.; Sato, Brian K. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
Promoting student understanding of biological concepts is a key part of biology education, and the ability to "understand" a concept forms one of the six categories of the oft-used Bloom's Taxonomy. Despite this, there remains no consensus as to what it means to understand a concept. While several formal definitions have been offered, we…
Descriptors: Biology, Taxonomy, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Engeström, Ritva; Käyhkö, Leena – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2021
Background: Recent alternative concepts of school knowledge emphasize knowledge creation via networks of learning around real-world phenomena. We studied entrepreneurship education as an example of new epistemic activity which opens institutional boundaries for active engagement with society in learning. Methods: We used a case-study strategy and…
Descriptors: Networks, Entrepreneurship, Case Studies, Middle School Students
Fedj, Samia; Benaissi, Fawzia Bouhass – Arab World English Journal, 2018
In the last three decades, the construct of learner autonomy has been a voguish word in the educational literature. It has been explored from a variety of perspectives and spheres, for it is a multifaceted notion that involves several parameters and tenets such as: taking control over learning, assuming responsibility, conducting independent…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Professional Autonomy, Correlation, Student Centered Learning
Tekin-Sitrava, Reyhan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
This study investigates middle school students' concept images of algebraic concepts which are term, constant term, variable, and coefficient. Also, the study aimed to explore their performances in defining these concepts correctly. A phenomenological method was used to support methodological perspective and to reveal the findings of the study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Concept Formation
Rawson, Katherine A.; Dunlosky, John – Educational Psychology Review, 2016
Declarative concepts (i.e., key terms and corresponding definitions for abstract concepts) represent foundational knowledge that students learn in many content domains. Thus, investigating techniques to enhance concept learning is of critical importance. Various theoretical accounts support the expectation that example generation will serve this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Concept Formation, Experiments, Learning Processes
Schoor, Cornelia; Narciss, Susanne; Körndle, Hermann – Educational Psychologist, 2015
This article reviews the terms and concepts that have been used for describing regulation of learning during cooperative and collaborative learning and suggests differentiating them on the basis of which parts of a regulatory feedback loop model are being shared. During cooperative and collaborative learning, not only self-regulation but also the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Self Management, Group Dynamics, Vocabulary

Derr, Richard L. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1977
Applies the philosophical method of concept elucidation to determine whether there are rules governing the use of "curriculum" in educational discourse that would provide guidelines as to which ones are the correct ones. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
Thompson, J. L. – Adult Education, 1976
Argues that though there is a clear distinction between the aims of teaching and training, there need be no such distinction between the methods and mental processes involved, and that customary definitions have distorted the concept of training, which should be seen as a particular and worthwhile aspect of education. (WL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Concept Formation, Definitions, Education

Klausmeier, Herbert J.; Feldman, Katherine Voerwerk – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
The combined use of rational sets of concept instances and of a concept definition is validated as a powerful controllable variable in instructional material that is designed to facilitate concept attainment. (Author)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Definitions, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes

Miller, William C. – Educational Leadership, 1973
Article evaluated the merits of career education and defined its purpose for the curriculum. (RK)
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
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