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Xu, Yanhui – Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 2023
This paper describes a model of mathematics bianshi teaching using one problem with several solutions, changes, and applications in an inquiry-based classroom. Based on the model of mathematics bianshi teaching, the author discusses a class-room experience where one Chinese mathematics teacher takes a simple plane geometry problem to guide…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Creativity
Jenny Koce Matitaputty; Nanda Saputra; Loso Judijanto; Nugroho Susanto; Muhammad Hanif; Jems Sopacua; Muhammad Rijal Fadli – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
Digital history-based project-based learning (PjBL) in history learning is a learning medium that can provide a special attraction for students who can improve historical concept skills and historical awareness. However, there are still many teachers who have not used it, so it is very important to study it. This research aims to analyze the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, High School Seniors, Foreign Countries
Catherine Waite – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
This article reflects on the author's experience of developing a standalone geographies of sport module that is taught using an active blended learning (ABL) approach. The article argues that an ABL pedagogy is an effective way of teaching meaningful sports geography to undergraduate students. It discusses how the approach allows a diverse range…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students
A. Abas; Mohamad Amin; I. Ibrohim; Sri Endah Indriwati – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2024
Further analysis of the effectiveness of integrating project-based learning (PjBL) in Invertebrate Zoology courses to improve students' science process skills and conceptual understanding needs to be carried out. This research was aimed to analyze the integration of PjBL in the Invertebrate Zoology course on scientific process skills and…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Student Projects, Active Learning, Science Instruction
Zeleke B. Mekonnen; Destaw D. Yehualaw; Solomon M. Mengistie; Baye S. Mersha – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2024
While computer animations have the potential to assist learners in understanding difficult concepts and eliminating misconceptions, studies supporting this claim are scarce. This study investigated how the 7E instructional model integrated with computer animations affected students' conceptual understanding and misconceptions about food making and…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
Nhase, Zukiswa; Okeke, Chinedu I. O.; Ugwuanyi, Christian S. – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This study explored Grade 3 teachers' use of an inquiry-based approach to mediate the development of basic science concepts among learners within the socio-cultural theory. This study adopted interpretive case study research of the qualitative type, using a sample of four (4) female teachers who use the home language of learners as the language of…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Grade 3, Scientific Concepts
Jeanna de Haan-Topolscak; Merle Ebskamp; Pauline Vos-de Tombe – Design and Technology Education, 2024
This pilot study investigates the way that young students and teachers of a Dutch Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) secondary school subject Research and Design (R&D) reason about the concept of 'model'. The core of the Dutch Technasium secondary school course Research and Design curriculum (R&D is in Dutch called…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, STEM Education
Gunes Keskin Cevik; Hikmet Surmeli – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Learning about the Earth through geoscience education is important in order to make informed decisions about the future of the Earth. The aim of this study is to examine students' conceptual development on geoscience subjects based on inquiry-based learning. 7th grade students participated in this study. The researcher prepared lesson plans and…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Tests, Heuristics, Scientific Concepts
Çigdem Çingil Baris – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
The aim of this research is to examine the effects of laboratory activities based on the predict-observe-explain (POE) strategy on the understanding of photosynthesis and respiration concepts of pre-service science teachers, and their attitudes towards biology science and course and biology laboratory. Pre- and post-test designs with an…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Activities, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Ananias N. Yunzal Jr.; Aubrey Ginelle Rallos; May Noren Nanud; Ma. Lina Ondoy; Jhun Matthew Ares; Marchee Picardal – Science Education International, 2024
With the recent data revealing the performance status of Filipino learners in science aggravated by the negative effects of the pandemic, a concerted effort is directed toward exploring how learners learn science concepts in the current educational landscape to address issues of poor conceptual understanding and a learning gap. This qualitative…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Science Education, STEM Education, High School Students
Cinthia Viviana Rojas-Palacio; Eliana Isabel Arango-Zuluaga; Héctor Antonio Botero-Castro – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2024
This paper explains the design and implementation of a novel didactic strategy based on learning styles for teaching automatic control theory in engineering. Traditional research on engineering education has worked to develop teaching methodologies, educational resources, and assessment tasks without considering the learning styles of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Class Activities, College Faculty, Instructional Design
Nkurikiyimana, Jean de Dieu; Uwamahoro, Jean; Ndihokubwayo, Kizito – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2022
This study assesses the level of application of the 5E's educational model by Rwandan physics teachers and how the model affects the learning of basic classical mechanics in secondary school physics classrooms. For this analysis, quantitative data were collected using the classroom observation tool framed at the 5E's educational model. A sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Lee, Shu Jun; Kriewaldt, Jeana; Roberts, Margaret – Curriculum Journal, 2022
Internationally, there is a clear turn towards inquiry as a core approach to learning secondary school geography. This research critically compares how inquiry learning is expressed and justified in six jurisdictions (Australia, China, England, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA). Through content analysis of national curriculum documents, we found that…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Geography Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Anum Zahra; Zahra Waheed; Tehreem Fatima; Kok Wei Khong – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2024
Embedding environmental concepts in the minds of young students within a traditional classroom setting poses challenges due to the abstract nature of these concepts and the temporal dilemma associated with environmental change, as students are unable to observe the immediate consequences of their actions directly. To address this, innovative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Jiménez, Isabel; Amat, Arnau; Codony, Lídia – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
This study examines the development of the concept of the ecological niche among 10-11-year-old students and their ability to use this concept to give their opinions on the socially relevant and controversial possibility that wolf populations might be established in the mountains surrounding the school. A total of 21 elementary school students…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Science Instruction, Wildlife