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Mavric, Maruša – Journal of Montessori Research, 2020
I present a brief overview of the key elements of personalized learning and Montessori education, a related pedagogical approach, aiming to examine common theoretical principles and key elements. I discuss the common features of personalized instruction and the Montessori approach of education. Both personalized instruction and the Montessori…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Individualized Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Implementation
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Sakarneh, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
The aim of this study is to describe and then contrast the New South Wales Department of Education and Training's model of quality teaching with the Jordanian Ministry of Education's conception of quality teaching, looking particularly at potential differences in interpretation. A content analysis methodology was used. Each perspective has been…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Instructional Effectiveness
Faleye, Sunday – Online Submission, 2011
This research report presents a new teaching and learning model in engineering classes. The proposed learning model is called the CCAILM (constructionist computer aided instructional learning model). This new model was derived from the constructionist learning theory, the media-affects-learning hypothesis and the multiple representation principle.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Study, Computer Assisted Instruction, College Instruction
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Cox, Becky J.; Cox, Betty J.; Vann, Martha – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2012
Successful teachers strive to ensure that their students learn to their maximum abilities. Is action research a valuable way for graduate students to review their effectiveness as teachers? Do students learn more through varied teaching strategies and techniques? The authors examined graduate students' perceptions of action research projects…
Descriptors: Action Research, Graduate Students, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models
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Reed, Stephen K. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
Many types of learning require the mapping of information across situations. The proposed organizational framework extends the cognitive study of mappings across problems to include mappings across representations, solutions, and sociocultural contexts. I apply one-to-one, one-to-many, and partial mappings to analyze representative cases that…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cognitive Processes, Logical Thinking, Information Transfer
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Gil, Juana M. Sancho; Sanchez, Joan-Anton – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
This article is based on a research project aimed at analysing the teaching and learning models explicit and implicit in the different uses of e-learning platforms. From qualitative analysis of the interview with the coordinator of the Virtual Campus of the University of Barcelona (VC-UB) and the focus group with the 8 lecturers, emerged both the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Instructional Innovation, Constructivism (Learning)
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Pang, Katherine; Ross, Catherine – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2010
The most effective pedagogies are those that foster students' metacognition and their learning effectiveness. This paper presents a new model of activity-based learning in which students construct knowledge using practices that include constructs of engagement, motivation, and affect that drive deeper processing and higher levels of metacognitive…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Integrated Activities, Student Improvement, Teaching Methods
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Honigsfeld, Andrea; Giouroukakis, Vicky; Cohan, Audrey; Walsh, Maureen – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2009
A comprehensive approach for integrating technology into a TESOL teacher preparation program is described. Ten specific ways to assure constructivist technology use in teacher education are highlighted. These techniques have been synthesized into a compact model with three pillars: (a) electronic assessment system (e-portfolios for individual…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Program Evaluation, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology
Fluellen, Jerry E., Jr. – Online Submission, 2007
Power Teaching weaves four factors into a seamless whole: standards, teaching thinking, research based strategies, and critical inquiry. As a prototype in its first year of development with an urban fifth grade class, the power teaching model connects selected district standards, thinking routines from Harvard University Project Zero Research…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Pilot Projects, Grade 5, Urban Education
Li, Tiancheng; And Others – 1995
The major purposes of this study are: (1) to investigate and compare the effectiveness of two instructional strategies, modeling and coaching on helping students to articulate and support their decisions in a case-based learning environment; (2) to compare the effectiveness of modeling and coaching on helping students address essential criteria in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Constructivism (Learning), Decision Making
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Fischetti, John; And Others – Teacher Educator, 1996
Creates a framework for understanding the paradigm shift in teaching and learning, describes how the shift applies to instructional practices, and synthesizes principles and indicators guiding the observation of teaching. The new paradigm is based on cognitive development research and constructivist theory and is antithetical to the old paradigm…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Principles, Educational Strategies
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Grier, Leslie K.; Ratner, Hilary Horn – Child Study Journal, 1996
Examined kindergartners' and third graders' recall to test the effects of four learning strategies applied to items involving three conceptual relations--taxonomic, contextual, and unrelated. Found that (using a constructivist framework for interpretation) learner activity and causal processing improved memory when memory was not supported by…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
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Lord, Thomas R. – Innovative Higher Education, 1997
A study compared student learning in two sections of an introductory college biology course for nonmajors. Groups were taught in the traditional teacher-centered, lecture/laboratory format (n=86 students) and in a student-centered constructivist format (n=98). The latter group performed significantly better on the same tests, maintained a better…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Biology, Classroom Techniques