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Alvina Atkinson; Patrice Bell; Indhira De La Rosa; Tonya DeGeorge; Lorraine Jonassen; Vinavtee Kokil; Seungjin Lee; Mia Malloy; Katherine Pinzon; Cindy Robertson; Jamye Curry Savage; Rabia Shahbaz; Omar Villanueva; Joshua Wludyga; Joshua Morris – Discover Education, 2024
Student-created videos engage students' interests, creativity, and content knowledge and enrich collaborative learning in STEM education. These videos enhance critical thinking and analytical skills, which are essential tools in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This study presents the results of such an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Cooperative Learning
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Jehan A. Alandejani; Gary Sayed – Cogent Education, 2024
High-impact practices (HIPs) were integrated into teaching and learning activities. These practices are designed to help students overcome the rapid challenges of employment and workforce needs. In this study, we focused on implementing HIPs in the Arabic language, a core competency. Northern Border University (NBU) has been committed to improving…
Descriptors: Arabic, Educational Practices, Program Implementation, Translation
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Thom, Michael – Teaching Public Administration, 2020
Group assignments are a near-universal feature of classrooms around the world. They are broadly viewed as more effective than passive forms of learning and are assumed to position students for success in fields that demand high levels of interpersonal communication, like public affairs. But does research support that view? This article examines…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Assignments, Cooperative Learning, Educational Benefits
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Azeneth Patiño; María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya; Gerardo Ibarra-Vazquez – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
Complex thinking is a desired competency in 21st-century university students, so technology-based teaching and learning strategies must be carefully considered when training them in complex reasoning skills. This systematic review aims to map research on the use of teaching and learning strategies supported by technology to enhance complex…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Thinking Skills
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Doyle, Elaine; Buckley, Patrick – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
While research and practice centred around students and academics working together to co-create in the higher level sector has increased, co-creation in assessment remains relatively rare in a higher education context. It is acknowledged in the literature that deeper comprehension of content can be realised when students author their own questions…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Student Participation, Test Construction, Academic Achievement
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Reyna, Jorge; Hanham, Jose; Meier, Peter – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2017
The notion of students as co-creators of content in higher education is gaining popularity, with an ever-increasing emphasis on the development of digital media assignments. In a separate paper, the authors introduced the Digital Media Literacies Framework, which is composed of three interrelated domains: (1) conceptual, (2) functional, and (3)…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Multimedia Materials, Electronic Publishing, Student Developed Materials
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Zschocke, Karen; Wosnitza, Marold; Bürger, Kathrin – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2016
Small group work is common practice in higher education. However, empirical research on students' emotions related to group work is still relatively scarce. Particularly, little is known about students' appraisals of a group task as antecedents of emotions arising in the context of group work. This paper provides a first attempt to systematically…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Preservice Teachers, College Students, Small Group Instruction
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Loads, Daphne – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
In this paper, I draw attention to a lively and accessible way of helping academics to make sense of their practice as teachers. First, I define "collaborative close reading" and "teaching texts". Then I invite the reader to eavesdrop on three (lightly fictionalised) reading sessions. Finally, I suggest some guidelines for…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Academic Achievement, Critical Reading, Higher Education
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Jiang, Dongmei – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This study investigated the effect of cooperative learning on writing anxiety alleviation through a pre-test/post-test assessment. 120 EFL learners from a Chinese polytechnic institute were assigned into two groups: one experimental (cooperative writing) and the other comparison (solitary writing). Results revealed that cooperative learning…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Cheng, Irene Nga Yee; Chan, Janet Kit Yan; Kong, Suria Suet Yee; Leung, Kenneth Mei Yee – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2016
Blended learning which combines face-to-face and online experiences of students by integrating technology into the curriculum is increasingly prevalent in university education. In a context of long time arguments on the educational value of using social networking websites on teaching and learning, this study was conducted in two higher education…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Media, Social Networks, Course Objectives
Lippincott, Dianna – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed methods classroom research examined if accountability groups in the lower proficiency levels of a university intensive English program would improve students' language acquisition. Students were assigned partners for the study period with whom they completed assignments inside and outside of class, as well as set goals for use of…
Descriptors: Accountability, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Nelson, Trudi J. – English Journal, 2011
As teachers consider ethics, they find that it may often look like a student issue. It may be discussions of plagiarism, social justice, honesty, bullying, privacy, child labor, free speech, inequity. However, even as teachers struggle with ways to model ethics or "teach" ethics, they find that their teaching practices may warrant reflection. One…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Ethics, Teaching Methods
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Van Gaal, Frank; De Ridder, Annemieke – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2013
In this article, the impact of assessment tasks on examination result (measured by examination grades) is investigated. Although many describe the advantages of electronic assessment tasks, few studies have been undertaken which compare a traditional approach using a classical examination with a new approach using assessment tasks. The main…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, Tests
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Brent, Doug – College Composition and Communication, 2012
This article reviews the deeply conflicted literature on learning transfer, especially as it applies to rhetorical knowledge and skill. It then describes a study in which six students are followed through their first co-op work term to learn about which resources they draw on as they enter a new environment of professional writing. It suggests…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Rhetoric, Transfer of Training, Writing Instruction
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Chuang, Yung-Ting – English Language Teaching, 2015
In recent decades, increasing numbers of EMI (English as Medium of Instructions) courses have been added to university course offerings in countries where English is not the first language, as a way of supporting university internalization and addressing the global status of English. However, some studies argue that EMI courses might affect the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
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