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Using Guiding Questions to Promote Scientific Practices in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories
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Gao, Ruomei; Lloyd, Judith; Emenike, Bright U.; Quarless, Duncan; Kim, Youngjoo; Emenike, Mary E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Engaging students in scientific practices has become an important pedagogical component in STEM education, although its implementation in laboratories is still emerging. This paper uses three types of guiding questions to facilitate scientific practices in introductory and analytical chemistry laboratories. What makes our instructional model…
Descriptors: College Science, Science Instruction, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods
A Critique of Selected Instructional Strategies in Higher Institutions in Nigeria
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Sangoleye, Solomon Adebayo; Kolawole, C. O. O. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Teaching is the heart of education. It involves the use of myriad of teaching methods, strategies and techniques. This paper critiques some of the instructional strategies used in higher institutions in Nigeria. Two of these instructional strategies (team teaching and questioning strategy) were identified. The "what", "how",…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching
Who Really Answers the Questions? Using Glasser's Quality School Model in an Undergraduate Classroom
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Logan, Jennifer; Plumlee, Gerald L. – Journal of Education for Business, 2012
The authors discuss the effectiveness of the Quality School model and active learning in an undergraduate classroom setting. They compare performance levels of students in two course sections of Principles of Macroeconomics and two sections of Managerial Communications. Students are given an opportunity to help shape the structure of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Models, Active Learning, Student Motivation
The Impact of a Professional Development Model on Middle School Science Teachers' Efficacy and Implementation of Inquiry
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Lotter, Christine; Smiley, Whitney; Thompson, Stephen; Dickenson, Tammiee – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study investigated a professional development model designed to improve teachers' inquiry teaching efficacy as well as the quality of their inquiry instruction through engaging teachers in practice-teaching and reflection sessions. The programme began with a two-week summer Institute focused on both inquiry pedagogy and science content and…
Descriptors: Models, Faculty Development, Training Methods, Middle School Teachers
Co-Learning: Maximizing Learning in Clinical Experiences
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Merk, Hillary; Waggoner, Jacqueline; Carroll, James – AILACTE Journal, 2013
Researchers and teacher educators have given increased attention to co-teaching during the student teaching experience. Co-teaching facilitates an apprenticeship arrangement that encourages modeling of classroom practice for the candidate and a chance to implement directly what is being learned by the apprentice. The co-teaching model can be…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Student Teaching, Learning Processes, Team Teaching
Enabling Behaviors Exhibited by Selected Virginia Postsecondary Vocational Technical Instructors.
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Smick, Regina A.; Crunkilton, John R. – 1989
Thirty postsecondary vocational technical instructors from five community colleges in Virginia were observed using the Flanders Interaction Analysis System for 30 minutes to detect their use of three of four behaviors determined to be enabling to learners. The additional enabling behavior of modeling was determined through 15 minutes of passive…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Instructional Effectiveness, Modeling (Psychology)