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Carmen De Jesus – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Mind mapping is the most flexible visual learning and active instructional approach. It has many applications, such as brainstorming, taking notes, memorizing, and conceptualizing complex topics using associations between images and keywords, colors, and visuospatial characteristics. Students can elaborate mind maps individually and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Instructional Effectiveness, Skill Development, Critical Thinking
Retha A. Reynolds – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the effectiveness of culturally relevant project-based learning to address the academic achievement gap between Black and Brown students and their White and Asian American peers at New Hope Elementary School. The research aimed to determine if culturally relevant project-based learning could enhance academic outcomes,…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Active Learning, Student Projects, Academic Achievement
Kelly Michele Winkels – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Socratic seminars are active learning opportunities for students that create a classroom atmosphere building upon the foundational knowledge and experience of the students in the room. The teacher acts as a facilitator of learning, and students research, create questions, and converse to create a deeper understanding of learning. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Student Evaluation
Camden Seal – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In 2010, the Institute of Medicine issued a report calling for the transformation of undergraduate nursing education to prepare new graduates for the complexities of practice. To improve preparation for practice, faculty responded by incorporating student-centered, active learning strategies (SCALS); however, the effectiveness of SCALS has not…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Academic Achievement, Success, Undergraduate Students
Danielle M. De'Braux – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative research examined the effect of the implementation of project-based learning and assessment on the standardized test scores of high school students. Data were collected through a quantitative approach using standardized test scores for ninth-grade students taking the end-of-course World History and Geography to 1500 A.D. (C.E.)…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Standardized Tests, High School Students
Saladino, Donna Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2023
After finding research confirming that the innovative approach of project-based learning (PBL) improves 21st century education for all students, the administrators of a large local diocesan Catholic school system (LDCSS) initiated PBL implementation in their schools. The problem was that after 6 years it was not known how the teachers were…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Catholic Schools, Catholic Educators
Ziyu Meng – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research study conducted a meta-analysis to integrate the studies that investigated the effectiveness of project-based learning on academic achievement based on a worldwide higher-education population. The researcher explored the variables that previous meta-analysis studies used to evaluate academic achievements, such as student grade point…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Academic Achievement, Student Projects, Active Learning
Erin E. Marcotte – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world, personally meaningful projects that allow conceptual transformation to occur within the educational process while fostering intellectual curiosity in a supportive learning environment. PBL supports students developing deep content…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Grade 4, National Competency Tests
Alistair Gilbert McInerny – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Understanding human behavior and reasoning is essential for developing successful instruction. Discipline-based education researchers have examined how students learn, informing the development of successful instructional strategies. Researchers have also identified barriers to the successful implementation of such strategies. This work utilizes…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Physics
Aaron Christian Wenger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Contemporary education research seeks causal inferences in order to guide policy and practice. Often well-controlled quasi-experimental and experimental designs are used as they are very useful for supporting and contextualizing causal inferences. Nevertheless, individual studies, even high-quality, resource-intensive randomized controlled trials,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Research, Concept Mapping, Teaching Methods
Stacy B. Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Behavioral and Social Science (BSS) classes provide students with understandings of human behaviors, motivations, and actions that are crucial to confronting both social and personal problems. Moreover, most community college degrees require that students take at least one BSS class - anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and/or…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Behavioral Sciences
Matthew B. Selba – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In recent decades, a movement in mathematics education has emphasized active learning, real-world connections, and conceptual understanding. Despite this, students often struggle to relate mathematical concepts to real-world scenarios, leading to concerns about their ability to apply knowledge outside the classroom. Moreover, national and local…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Transfer of Training, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Houng, Seungpyo – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to design and test a children worship service that may facilitate active participation and learning with limited resources. This study is focused on finding elements to design a children worship service with and applying them into it in a small church in contrast of large churches with more resources in space, budget,…
Descriptors: Children, Churches, Church Programs, Religious Education
Holmes, Dianne Widener – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative comparative research was to determine if there was a statistically significant main effect of teaching method (project-based vs traditional) on second-grade students' learning in mathematics and if gender differences exist between the scores of male and female students in general and the scores of male and female…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Learner Engagement, Mathematics Education
Daphne M. Gricoski – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Improving education, particularly for the sciences, is an important and necessary endeavor which can lead to positive social change. Education reform tends to involve updating and aligning curriculum standards without considering methodologies or teaching strategies involved. Identifying evidence-based practices to improve achievement in science,…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Flipped Classroom, Teaching Methods, STEM Education