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Mekonen, Desta; Kelkay, Asrat Dagnew – Cogent Education, 2023
This study investigated the effectiveness of student-centered instruction on eighth-grade students' conceptual understanding of photosynthesis. The study employed a Quasi-experimental research method. The data collection instruments included were multiple-choice tests, observations, and an informal assessment. The pretest and posttest were…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Botany, Scientific Concepts
Essila, Jean C.; Alhourani, Farouq; Motwani, Jaideep – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2021
Teaching quantitative subjects such as operations management (OM) can be quite challenging. In this article, we present a novel approach that uses simplified concept maps for teaching OM. This application of concept maps was investigated to determine if it helps students to answer questions and to solve OM problems more effectively. Our study used…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Business Administration Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning
Ya-Ching Fan – Science & Education, 2024
To assist preservice elementary teachers in attaining scientific competence, knowledge, and understanding of interdisciplinary concepts, a teacher education model--the combined individual microteaching, modeled teaching, and inquiry-based team-teaching (CIMIT) model--was established, and its effectiveness was evaluated. A quasiexperimental design…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Instructional Effectiveness, Competence
Zebel-Al Tareq; Raja Jamilah Raja Yusof – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: A problem-solving approach (PSA) model derived from major computational thinking (CT) concepts. This model can be utilized to formulate solutions for different algorithmic problems and translate them into effective active learning methods. Background: Different teaching approaches for programming are widely available; however, being…
Descriptors: Models, Problem Solving, Computation, Thinking Skills
Zangerolamo, Lucas; Soares, Moreira; de Oliveira Rosa, Lucas Rodolfo; Santos, Karina Rodrigues; Bronczek, Gabriela Alves; Marconato-Júnior, Emílio; Carneiro, Everardo Magalhães; de Lima Barbosa-Sampaio, Helena Cristina – Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
The search for more efficient teaching methodologies is a great challenge for Brazilian educators, since most classes are still traditional (theoretical) and have little student involvement during the learning process. Active learning methodologies, where students play a central role in the learning process, are proving to be more effective and…
Descriptors: Physiology, Active Learning, Human Body, Science Activities
Manman Dai; Wenbao Qi; Xiyue Chen; Ming Liao – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
To explore and explain teaching and learnign issues in a current veterinary infectious disease course, the author proposed the concept of blended learning with a BOPPPS (bridge-in, objective, pre-test, participation learning, post-test, and summary) teaching model (BL-BOPPPS) based on the background of 'Internet plus education'. The study put…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Veterinary Medicine, Diseases, Teaching Methods
Abaniel, Arra – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2021
The study is grounded in the fact that in Southeast Asia, there are few studies on the effects of authentic, inquiry-based learning, or instruction in the field of Science education. This study investigated the effects of the open inquiry learning model in Physics on the concept and 21st century skill attainment, and learning attitudes of grade 12…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Educational Attitudes, Active Learning, Inquiry
Naila, Ishmatun – Elementary School Forum (Mimbar Sekolah Dasar), 2020
Collaborative skills are among four essential life skills that students need to master in the 21st century. The fifth-grader of elementary school students' low collaborative skills encourages the researcher to develop a science project learning model with an entrepreneurship model to improve these skills. The purpose of this research is to…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning, Student Projects, Elementary School Students
Perry, Dustin K.; Smalley, Scott W.; Pate, Michael L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of utilizing an evidence based, "Train the Trainer" approach to increase the safety knowledge and awareness of secondary students. Participating teachers attended a 10-hour, inquiry-based summer training workshop utilizing National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operations Program…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Safety Education, Knowledge Level, Instructional Effectiveness
Moote, Julie – Research in Science Education, 2019
This study investigates the impact of participation in the CREativity in Science and Technology (CREST) programme on student self-regulated processes and related motivations. The CREST scheme, a student-run science project managed by the British Science Association, is currently being implemented in schools across the UK to increase student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning, Inquiry
Arisanty, Deasy; Riyah – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2019
This research was conducted to analyze the application of make a match learning model to improve the learning outcome of geography in class X of SMA PGRI 4 Banjarmasin with the material of geography principles. This research employed a quasi-experimental design method, quantitative approach and non-equivalent of pre-test and post-test control…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups
Siew, Nyet Moi; Ambo, Norjanah – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2020
This research aimed to examine the effects of an integrated STEM project-based with cooperative learning (STEM-PjBCL) approach on fifth graders' five sub-scales of trait dimension in scientific creativity. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test non-equivalent control group design was employed. A total of 360 fifth graders from four randomly…
Descriptors: Creativity, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, STEM Education
Çekmez, Erdem – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2020
This study aimed to explore the effects of an instructional intervention in which GeoGebra and the think-pair-share method were used to teach the relationship between the graph of a parametric curve and the derivatives of its component functions. The participants in the study were 19 prospective mathematics teachers. To assess the understanding of…
Descriptors: Graphs, Calculus, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Eshetu, Dereje; Atnafu, Mulugeta; Woldemichael, Mulugeta – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2022
The study investigated the effects of a technology-integrated guided inquiry-based approach on pre-service mathematics teachers' conceptual understanding of geometry when compared to a guided inquiry approach and a traditional teacher-centered approach. A non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was used. A…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Preservice Teachers, Active Learning, Geometric Concepts
Yuksel, Ibrahim – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of research-inquiry-based learning approach on the Scientific Reasoning Skills of Science Education Prospective Teachers in the Nature of Science and Science History Course. The study was designed as a single group pre-test -- post-test model. The study group consisted of 31 prospective teachers…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Instruction