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Zhang, Ling; Carter, Richard Allen; Qian, Xueqin; Yang, Sohyun; Rujimora, James; Wen, Shuman – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
This paper aimed to provide a holistic view of research that investigated online learning in higher education around the globe during COVID-19 utilizing a bibliometric analysis. The researchers used co-citation analysis and text mining afforded by VOSviewer to document and analyze research patterns and topics reported in peer-reviewed documents…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Electronic Learning, Higher Education
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Neber, Heinz – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2020
Implementing programs for gifted students requires solutions on multiple levels of the education system. In this article, Heinz Neber suggests streamlining the topic with five interacting, systemic levels. Each level requires its own definitions and clarifications. These should be coordinated and prioritized according to prominent goals and…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Academically Gifted, Instructional Improvement, Program Implementation
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Cherif, Abour H.; Gialamas, Stefanos; Stamati, Angeliki – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Every object we think of or encounter, whether a natural or human-made, has a regular or irregular shape. In its own intrinsic conceptual design, it has elements of mathematics, science, engineering, and arts, etc., which are part of the object's geometric shape, form and structure. Geometry is not only an important part of mathematics, but it is…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Skill Development, Mathematics Instruction
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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
Yarborough, Harvey – 1999
This paper discusses a pedagogical technique called the discovery approach in teaching remedial and college algebra. Examples of how to introduce and enhance some algebra topics using this approach in mathematics classrooms are illustrated. It is argued that student performance would improve if more topics were presented in a discovery fashion.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Algebra, College Mathematics, Discovery Learning
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Jacobson, Trudi E.; Xu, Lijuan – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Discusses methods for enhancing student motivation, particularly in information literacy courses in higher education. Topics include Keller's ARCS (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction). motivation model; course design; teaching behaviors; teacher enthusiasm; clarity in presenting materials; interaction; active engagement; cooperative…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discovery Learning, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Morgan, Gordon D. – 1985
This booklet can help college instructors breathe life into sociology classes by showing students how sociology is "done" in the real world. Twenty-nine exercises demonstrate to students how data are collected, how data are used to support or refute ideas, how data are interpreted, and the questions raised by different methods of research. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Culture, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Byer, John L. – 1996
Students' interest and involvement in social studies may be increased by motivating them to write about important topics which relate to their own life experiences. This article presents a general approach to writing instruction which may heighten students' curiosity to discover important topics in social studies as a relevant outgrowth of their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Instruction, College Students, Discovery Learning
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Lesgold, Alan M. – American Psychologist, 2001
Reviews psychological research on learning by doing, noting the role that learning-by-doing can play in education and training. Discusses how one University of Pittsburgh professor/researcher and his colleagues and students implemented this approach and describes lessons learned from the experience, explaining how improved forms of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Awards, College Students, Discovery Learning
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Brown, Lewis M.; Kelso, Paul R.; Rexroad, Carl B. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2001
Describes the use of several teaching techniques based on constructivist educational theory. The teaching techniques are used with preservice teachers to enable them to experience active learning strategies in the context in which science is practiced. (Contains 19 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
McKiernan, Rogene – 1995
Expeditionary learning creates a learning environment in which teachers and students together take a journey into an area with many unknowns for the purpose of promoting self-discovery. Of the 10 principles of expeditionary learning, 7 closely match the practices of Outward Bound. As Outward Bound staff designed an inservice program on…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Students, Discovery Learning, Educational Innovation
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Charlin, Bernard; Mann, Karen; Hansen, Penny – Medical Teacher, 1998
In literature on problem-based learning (PBL), it is often difficult to determine whether the educational approach being described is actually PBL. Provides planners and assessors of PBL curricula with a framework for analysis. Educational activities can be categorized as PBL according to three core principles and four criteria concerning their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Discovery Learning, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries
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Rury, John L. – Journal of General Education, 1996
Argues that general education has not traditionally emphasized inquiry or research skills. Discusses the School for New Learning at Chicago's DePaul University, which focuses on the development of critical skills and inquiry in undergraduates. Argues that self-directed learning is best suited for the demands of the 21st century. (34 citations)…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning, General Education
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Mantovani, Bernardo – Biochemical Education, 1995
Argues against the merely descriptive presentation frequently used in teaching biochemistry and in favor of a constructivist approach called heuristic-teleonomic, which unites the process of discovery with adaptation to functional ends. Discusses difficulties inherent to the nature of biochemistry, including the conflict between acquiring…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biochemistry, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning)
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Teachers' Curriculum Inst., Mountain View, CA. – 1995
This book is used as a two-day workshop for teachers in how to use the "History Alive!" program. The three premises of the program include: (1) cooperative interaction; (2) multiple intelligences; and (3) the spiral curriculum. The strategies developed focus upon: (1) Interactive Slide Lectures; (2) Social Studies Skill Builders; (3)…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Cultural Differences
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