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Patricia Chen; Dennis W. H. Teo; Daniel X. Y. Foo; Holly A. Derry; Benjamin T. Hayward; Kyle W. Schulz; Caitlin Hayward; Timothy A. McKay; Desmond C. Ong – npj Science of Learning, 2022
Social-psychological interventions have raised the learning and performance of students in rigorous efficacy trials. Yet, after they are distributed "in the wild" for students to self-administer, there has been little research following up on their translational effectiveness. We used cutting-edge educational technology to tailor, scale…
Descriptors: College Students, STEM Education, Economics Education, Cognitive Development
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Adnan, Gunawan; Zulfikar, Teuku; Armia, Muhammad Siddiq; Gade, Syahbuddin; Walidin, Warul – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This article describes the effects of inquiry learning model on college students' cognitive and critical thinking skills. The research aims at understanding the extent inquiry learning model improves the college students' cognitive and critical thinking skills in the lessons of educational philosophy and exploring students' responses to the model.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Development
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Shi, Yinghui; Yang, Huiyun; MacLeod, Jason; Zhang, Jingman; Yang, Harrison Hao – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
Technology-enabled active learning environments (TE-ALEs) have attracted considerable research interest, particularly in higher education. However, research shows inconsistent results describing the influence of TE-ALEs toward students' cognitive learning outcomes. This study was designed to identify high-quality empirical research examining…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Objectives, Active Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Das, Satarupa – College Teaching, 2015
Museum exhibits can be a tool in experiential learning. While instructors have documented various methods of experiential learning, they have not sufficiently explored such learning from museum exhibits. Museum researchers, however, have long found a satisfying cognitive component to museum visits. This paper narrates the author's design to…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Innovation, Experiential Learning
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Hushman, Carolyn J.; Marley, Scott C. – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors investigated whether the amount of instructional guidance affects science learning and self-efficacy. Sixty 9- and 10-year-old children were randomly assigned to one of the following three instructional conditions: (a) guided instruction consisting of examples and student-generated explanations, (b) direct instruction consisting of a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy, Science Education, Science Instruction
Nuangchalerm, Prasart; Thammasena, Benjaporn – Online Submission, 2009
Science teaching needs to be able students having knowledge and understanding. Also, students have to develop their thinking skills, it should help students meet real science through inquiry-based pedagogical process. This study aims to (i) investigate effective teaching criterion through inquiry-based teaching at 80/80, (ii) find out…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Inquiry, Achievement Tests, Active Learning