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A Meta-Analysis of Studies on the Effects of Active Learning on Asian Students' Performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Subjects
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Ting, Fridolin S. T.; Shroff, Ronnie H.; Lam, Wai Hung; Garcia, Raycelle C. C.; Chan, Chi Lok; Tsang, Wing Ki; Ezeamuzie, Ndudi O. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
The objective of this study is to perform a meta-analysis of published data on the effects of active learning on Asian students' performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. This comprehensive meta-analysis study includes a systematic review of papers related to various active learning approaches and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Active Learning, Asians, Academic Achievement
Problem-Based Teaching in International Management: A Political/Economic Risk Assessment Exercise
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Daly, Paula S.; White, Marion M.; Zisk, Daniel S.; Cavazos, David E. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2013
This article draws from the current literature to examine problem-based learning (PBL) as a management education tool, and provides an example of how to incorporate PBL into an undergraduate international management course. Also included are an explanation of, and specific guidelines for, a PBL exercise focused on the analysis of "country risk"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Problem Based Learning, Administrator Education, Business Administration Education
Turning the Instruction over: How to Invite Engagement through Community Connection and Civic Action
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Pate, Joseph A.; Tobias, Toby; Johnson, Corey W.; Powell, Gwynn – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2012
The Critical Issues Investigation combines experiential education philosophy with service-learning methods to situate a section of a course in both personal and professional development utilizing active and engaged citizenship for college age students. Through the use of the National Issues Forum materials, critical issues facing a variety of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Community Needs, Investigations, Service Learning
Biochemistry De-Natured--How Unstructured Outdoor Play Can Support Later Learning
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White, Harold B. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2009
The concurrent improvement in average grades earned by college graduates would seem to indicate better quality students, although some observers attribute that to grade inflation. From the author's perspective derived from almost four decades of teaching at one institution, students are intellectually as good as ever; however, the author sees a…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Grade Inflation, Academic Achievement, Epistemology
Why Minimal Guidance during Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching
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Kirschner, Paul A.; Sweller, John; Clark, Richard E. – Educational Psychologist, 2006
Evidence for the superiority of guided instruction is explained in the context of our knowledge of human cognitive architecture, expert-novice differences, and cognitive load. Although unguided or minimally guided instructional approaches are very popular and intuitively appealing, the point is made that these approaches ignore both the structures…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Structures, Learning Processes
Problems as Possibilities: Problem-Based Learning for K-12 Education.
Torp, Linda; Sage, Sara – 1998
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an experiential form of learning centered around the collaborative investigation and resolution of "messy, real-world" problems. This book offers opportunities to learn about problem-based learning from the perspectives of teachers, students, parents, administrators, and curriculum developers. Chapter 1 tells…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Problem-Based Teaching and Learning in Technology Education.
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Putnam, A. R. – 2001
Research on how the brain works has resulted in wider-scale adoption of the principles of problem-based learning (PBL) in many areas of education, including technology education. The PBL approach is attractive to curriculum developers because it is based on interdisciplinary learning, results in multiple outcomes, is integrated and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adoption (Ideas), Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education