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Cecilia Madero-Gonzalez; Jesus Vazquez-Hernandez; Fernando Gonzalez Aleu – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2025
Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of gamification on the five dimensions of meaningful learning (i.e. cooperative, active, authentic, constructive and intentional learning) and undergraduate student performance taking online lessons. Design/methodology/approach: Therefore, the authors conducted an experiment among undergraduate…
Descriptors: Gamification, Undergraduate Students, Online Courses, Engineering Education
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Mebert, Laura; Barnes, Roy; Dalley, Jacqueline; Gawarecki, Leszek; Ghazi-Nezami, Farnaz; Shafer, Gregory; Slater, Jill; Yezbick, Erin – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2020
Ample research has identified several features of a learning experience likely to enhance student learning, including collaboration, open-ended exploration, and problem-based learning in real-life scenarios. Missing is a model of how instructors might combine these elements into a single project that works flexibly across disciplines and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Röllke, Kerstin; Sellmann-Risse, Daniela; Wenzel, Annkathrin; Grotjohann, Norbert – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
We investigated the impact of inquiry-based learning on the situational interest (SI) of senior high school students in a molecular biology class. In part I of our study we designed an inquiry-based learning class as an experimental workshop in an out-of-school student lab and compared it with the participants' regular biology class. The workshop…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Molecular Biology, Science Instruction
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Swanson, Joan Ann – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2020
With the increase of mobilized and relatively inexpensive technologies, educators are challenged to consider new innovations for learning situations. This case study evaluates the use of mobile learning in a college course for instructional purposes. The study describes the specific manner in which mobile technology was utilized and then details…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education
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Whitlock, Annie McMahon – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2019
In this paper, I describe the implementation of a project-based economics unit in a fifth-grade classroom in Michigan, titled One Hen. One Hen is a curricular unit designed to teach students about social entrepreneurship as a way for students to learn economic concepts while developing their own civic efficacy by engaging in a project where they…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Elementary School Students, Economics Education
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Almulla, Mohammed Abdullatif – SAGE Open, 2020
The prevalence of project-based learning (PBL) has increased significantly, contributing to serious discussions about its advent. PBL's critics doubt whether accentuating the practice supports teachers in using a technocratic method in education, instead of promoting instruction that is responsive to students' ideas. Thus, this study aims to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Instructional Effectiveness, Learner Engagement
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Krawec, Jennifer; Steinberg, Marissa – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Opportunities for students to learn mathematics through innovative, authentic experiences in an inquiry-based instructional approach have become much more common for students in regular and advanced math classes. Yet, the same cannot be said for students with learning disabilities. One of the primary reasons is that key tenets of the inquiry…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Mathematics Instruction, Students with Disabilities
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Ngereja, Bertha; Hussein, Bassam; Andersen, Bjørn – Education Sciences, 2020
The purpose of the study on which this paper is based was to conduct a performance evaluation of student learning for an introductory course in project management in a higher educational institution in Norway. This was done by utilizing performance measurement philosophy to evaluate perceived student learning after a project-based assignment was…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Instructional Effectiveness, College Students
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Sirisrimangkorn, Lawarn – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
Project-based learning has been variously integrated into EFL instruction to promote learners' language learning and skills. The objectives of this research study were to examine the effects of project-based learning using presentation on EFL undergraduate learners' speaking skills. Furthermore, this study sought to explore learners' opinions on…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Business English
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Schmidt, Alexandra; Williamson-Kefu, Majon – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2020
This article explores the benefits of using digital technology to support and enhance students' understanding during mathematical inquiry. The use of digital technologies enabled students to focus on the problem-solving aspects of the task such as how to compare and represent the data effectively.
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 6, Mathematics Instruction
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Marek, Michael W. – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This article proposes a Standard Model of CALL, i.e., a compilation of fundamental theories and practices that should always be considered when creating an instructional design for the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). This proposed model is inspired by the standard model of physics which is the widely accepted understanding about how…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Irvine, Jeff – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
Student engagement in their own learning of mathematics, and student attitudes towards mathematics are key dimensions of learning. This mixed methods study examined the impact of a classroom intervention based on the principles of reform mathematics (i.e., active student involvement, hands-on, real-world connections, use of manipulatives and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness
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Bataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Migdadi, Anwar Solaiman; Al-Alawneh, Muhammad Khalid – Teaching English with Technology, 2020
This study examines the potential effectiveness of Web 2.0-supported project-based learning in Jordanian EFL eleventh-grade students' speaking fluency and accuracy of grammar and vocabulary. The participants of the study were 43 female students who were purposefully selected from two schools at Al-Koura Directorate of Education (Jordan) in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Integration, Active Learning
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Nell K. Duke; Anne-Lise Halvorsen; Stephanie L. Strachan; Jihyun Kim; Spyros Konstantopoulos – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
This cluster randomized controlled trial investigated the impact of project-based learning with professional development supports on social studies and literacy achievement and motivation of second-grade students from low-socioeconomic status school districts. At random in within-school pairs, 48 teachers were assigned to the experimental or…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 2
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Safuan, Halawati Abdul Jalil; Soh, Roy – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
To date, lots of research was carried out solely on the effectiveness of Authentic Learning principles in service learning. The results showed positive relationships between theories and practices because students had become relatively analytical thinkers, problem-solvers and collaborators. The uses of Authentic Learning and Facebook in service…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Social Media, Service Learning, Instructional Effectiveness