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Tolchinsky, Liliana; Aparici, Melina; Vilar, Hugo – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Analytical writing serves to learn and communicate learning. Our goal was to determine the impact of students' bilingual profile, defined by self-evaluated bilingual competence, use of language(s) for mental operations and language(s) use across different contexts, on their developing analytical writing abilities. Catalan/Spanish bilinguals -- in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Bilingual Students
Sheila Tabanli – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2023
There is a large body of research on how to improve student learning through active learning and metacognition. However, without well-structured guidelines, students do not tend to actively engage with the taught material, peers, and the instructor at a desirable metacognitive level (Deslauriers et al., 2019). To address this problem, a…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Metacognition, Skill Development, Mathematics Education
Chad Bebee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study documented the phenomenology of critical thinking as an outcome in institutions of higher education in Indiana. Applying a collective case study design, the study interviewed educators in three institutions of higher learning and reviewed the public documentation to contextualize critical thinking as an educational outcome in each case.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Outcomes of Education, Skill Development, Cognitive Processes
Maranna, Sandhya; Willison, John; Joksimovic, Srecko; Parange, Nayana; Costabile, Maurizio – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
The gradual shift to online modes of learning in higher education institutions over the past 2 decades accelerated drastically on a global scale between 2020 and 2022. Students and educators, who have initially grappled with the shift, have now become accustomed to online teaching; however, there are concerns about the quality of learning that has…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, College Students
Will Lorié – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2023
As a desired outcome of education, ethical thinking has roots in philosophy, developmental psychology, and political movements that advocate for developing knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions beyond those associated with traditional school subjects. Economists, business leaders, and educators have long advocated for preparing students for an…
Descriptors: Success, Thinking Skills, Ethics, Outcomes of Education
Noor-i-Kiran Naeem; Christine Phiri Mushibwe – Discover Education, 2025
In the evolving landscape of digital education, fostering digital resilience among students navigating social media platforms has become crucial. This scoping review, guided by the revised Arksey and O'Malley protocol, aims to identify and evaluate strategies employed by students to develop digital resilience within educational contexts on social…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Resilience (Psychology), Higher Education, College Students
Jin Zhou; Jun-min Ye – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Online collaborative learning (OCL) has become a common instructional strategy in higher education for developing students' skills in collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Cognitive engagement in OCL evolves dynamically, but we do not yet fully understand which patterns of cognitive engagement are conducive to OCL and when to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Learner Engagement
Anwar, Yunita Arian Sani – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
Biochemistry learning in higher education not only aims to allow students to remember the concepts learned, but also to achieve meaningful learning. This study examines the implementation of the multilevel inquiry approach in order to achieve meaningful biochemistry learning. Such as approach begins with a structured inquiry, leading to a guided…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Higher Education
Graham, Sandra E.; Diez, Mary E. – Journal of Character Education, 2015
Character development in higher education is a complex process. This process has often been delegated to a single course on ethics or courses on religion. The authors of this article pose an alternative higher educational process whereby character development is rooted in a series of abilities that are contextualized throughout the entire…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Values Education, Undergraduate Students, Guidelines
Bernad-Cavero, Olga, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2018
The societies of the twenty-first century are subject to social, cultural, political, and economic changes. In this context, the school is asked to educate the future citizens in the present. To respond to this kaleidoscopic reality, the school is immersed in a pedagogical revolution. In this book, the reader will find a selection of avant-garde…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Teacher Role
Gibson, Robyn – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
Richard Florida's "The rise of the creative class" (2002) delivered a strong wake-up call to higher education institutions worldwide. By linking creativity to technological innovation and economic prosperity, Florida argued that universities and colleges should nurture creativity in their students. But for many years, the higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Creativity, Creative Teaching, Innovation
Hadley, Wanda M.; Satterfield, James W. – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2013
This study examined how traditional-aged, first-year college students with specific learning disabilities adjusted to academic expectations as they moved from high school to a less monitored collegiate environment. Results of the study indicated that these students had difficulty moving beyond their established high school patterns by…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learning Disabilities, Student Needs, Student Personnel Services
Gilmore, Alex – ELT Journal, 2009
Large corpora such as the British National Corpus and the COBUILD Corpus and Collocations Sampler are now accessible, free of charge, online and can be usefully incorporated into a process writing approach to help develop students' writing skills. This article aims to familiarize readers with these resources and to show how they can be usefully…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Process Approach (Writing), Computational Linguistics, Internet

Jackson, Eugene – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1986
Examined the relationship between cognitive labeling of affect and demonstrated empathy among 60 college students. Results indicated internal empathy exerted an indirect effect on socially demonstrated empathy through the intervening effects of labeling mood. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Empathy, Higher Education
Browne, M. Neil; Keeley, Stuart M. – Research Serving Teaching, 1988
One of the goals of higher education is to develop the students' ability to think critically. However, little research has been done to indicate the impact of college on students' critical thinking skills. A study conducted at a midwestern university measured the critical thinking capability of college seniors. Subjects, 37 volunteers derived from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Seniors, Critical Thinking, Higher Education