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Fitriati, Fitriati; Rosli, Roslinda; Iksan, Zanaton H. – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2023
Planning a mathematics lesson plan is a complex process. Its quality contributes to the effectiveness of mathematics instruction. Given this significance, improving prospective mathematics teachers' lesson planning ability is essential for teacher preparation programs to produce effective teachers. This study examines how a lesson study within a…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Lesson Plans, Mathematics Teachers, College School Cooperation
Khalaily, Hassan – Online Submission, 2019
Previous studies have demonstrated the pedagogical advantages of alternative teaching methods (ATMs) such as project-based learning, exploratory learning, collaborative learning, and technology-integrated teaching. However, their actual implementation rate is low. The research question is which factors most influence teachers to apply ATMs. A…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Nontraditional Education, Teacher Education, Arabs
Magro, Graça; de Carvalho, Joaquim Ramos; Marcelino, Maria José – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
History learning is many times considered dull and demotivating by young students. Probably this is due because the learning process is disconnected from these students' reality and experience. One possible way to overcome this state of matters is to use technology like mobile devices with georeferencing software and local history and heritage…
Descriptors: Local History, History Instruction, Learning Processes, Technology Uses in Education
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Mountrakis, Giorgos; Triantakonstantis, Dimitrios – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2012
Teaching remote sensing in higher education has been traditionally restricted in lecture and computer-aided laboratory activities. This paper presents and evaluates an engaging inquiry-based educational experiment. The experiment was incorporated in an introductory remote sensing undergraduate course to bridge the gap between theory and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inquiry, Geography, College Instruction
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Achuonye, Keziah Akuoma – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
This descriptive survey is hinged on predominant teaching strategies in schools, implications for curriculum implementation in Mathematics, Science and Technology. Target population consisted of teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary schools. However, purposive sample of 900 respondents was drawn from the six BRACED states namely Bayelsa,…
Descriptors: Surveys, STEM Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Osman, Kamisah – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Teaching and learning based on web or web-based learning is a concept which integrates information and technology in education. Teachers and instructors have to assist their learners to learn to function in this information environment. However, teacher trainers and instructors have limited experience in the integration of ICT by using web in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Dalimonte, Cathy – Science and Children, 2013
In the STEM classroom, students can work in collaborative teams to build those essential skills needed for the 21st-century world. In project-based learning (PBL), teams of four to six students are often randomly selected to describe a realistic situation that may occur in today's workplace; this may be done by counting off in fours, fives,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning, Teamwork
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Cavicchi, Elizabeth – New Educator, 2009
A teacher narrates from activities and discussions that arose among undergraduates and herself while doing critical explorations of mirrors. Surprised by light's behaviors, the students responded with curiosity, losing their dependence on answers as the format of school knowledge. Inadequacies in how participants supposed light works emerged in…
Descriptors: Physics, College Science, Scientific Principles, Light
Al-Balushi, Sulaiman Mohammed – Online Submission, 2006
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences has provided educators with a new view of intelligence. It emphasizes that science, math and language are not the only ways to exhibit intelligence. People exhibit intelligence in many different ways. Each type of intelligence is as valuable as the others. Gardner classifies these intelligences…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Creativity, Discovery Learning, Perceptual Development
Vos, Joharrie Hemenway – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1998
A Seattle (Washington) third-grade class's curiosity about the school's neighborhood spiraled into a student-centered, experiential community research project that integrated several curriculum requirements, especially math and writing. Learning through the questioning process, such as by developing hypotheses and interview questions, develops…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Elementary School Students
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 1996
A project is an extended, in-depth investigation of a topic, ideally one worthy of children's attention and energy. This catalog, prepared for an annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, combines articles explaining the project approach in the classroom with summaries of projects displayed at the meeting. It…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development, Discovery Learning
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 2003
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development
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Simpson, Gary – Science Education Review, 2003
WebQuests are a powerful teaching and learning device that have developed rapidly in recent years, especially in the Humanities. In Australia, the use of WebQuests in Science has become popular. The multimedia product of students' investigations can be shared with a variety of audiences. In this article, I will explain what I understand to be a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Internet, Technology Uses in Education
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 2000
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Role, Cartography, Cooperative Learning
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 1998
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development, Discovery Learning
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