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Bolduc, Sara; Knox, John; Ristroph, E. Barrett – Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 2023
Purpose: This article considers how the evaluation of research teams can better account for the challenges of transdisciplinarity, including their larger team size and more diverse and permeable membership, as well as the tensions between institutional pressures on individuals to publish and team goals. Design/methodology/approach: An evaluation…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Evaluation Methods, Research Projects
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Kilty, Trina J.; Burrows, Andrea C. – Education Sciences, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate college students formed partnerships in informal educational teams to design and build an interdisciplinary, ill-defined, integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) project and translate it to lessons taught to a pre-collegiate student (e.g., K-12 in the US)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Partnerships in Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Heather D. Vance-Chalcraft; Randall Etheridge; Michael O’Driscoll; Ariane Peralta; Clark Andersen; Fiona Freeland; Joi P. Walker – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2023
Collaborative teamwork is fundamental to successful research and is a desirable skill set for employers. Yet students receive little training in how to effectively work in teams. This article presents the preliminary design and implementation of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in biology, geology, and environmental…
Descriptors: College Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Geology
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Mitka, Malgorzata M.; Narayanswamy, Shruti; Smith, Ian – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
The ability to work effectively in a diverse team is a valuable skill which is transferable to many contexts. As such, it is important to build this skill through deliberate, targeted, and meaningful learning activities in higher education. The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) model enhances team diversity by combining students from different…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Transfer of Training, Skill Development
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Senabre Hidalgo, Enric – Journal of Research Practice, 2018
Agile methods, initially used by cross-functional teams in software development projects, can also facilitate teamwork in collaborative research projects. For this, project management-related issues need to be addressed, including the challenge of finding practical means for coordinating scientific collaboration, while garnering commitment from…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Projects, Case Studies
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Chaney, Beth H.; Christensen, Tim W.; Crawford, Alleah; Ford, Katherine; Godwin, W. Wayne; Weckesser, Gerald; Fraley, Todd; Little, Phoenix – Honors in Practice, 2020
Honors colleges aim to provide unique first-year experiences that promote life skills and emphasize process over product in an interdisciplinary setting that builds community. A two-semester, five-semester-hour course sequence with colloquia tackles these challenges by introducing an entrepreneurial mindset that pushes students toward innovative…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Honors Curriculum, Design, Thinking Skills
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Stokes, Alison; Harmer, Nichola – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2018
Active, student-centered pedagogies such as project-based learning (PjBL) can offer significant potential for engaging undergraduates with complex sustainability issues. Driven by institution-wide curriculum changes and informed by educational theories and evidence from previous studies, a trial PjBL activity was designed and delivered on three…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, Geography Instruction
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Jusslin, Sofia; Østern, Tone Pernille – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2020
This study investigates the collaboration between two teachers, a dance teaching artist, and a researcher within an educational design research project, that integrated creative dance into fifth-graders' reading and writing processes. To study this design team, we draw on the theoretical field of new materialism and the methodological field of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Cooperation, Teacher Collaboration, Dance Education
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Kamphorst, Jan Cornelis – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
Today, multidisciplinary cooperation is an important objective of higher vocational education in Europe as well as other countries. The aim of this study was to explore how, and to what extent, fourth year bachelor students from different domains cooperate in multidisciplinary teams at two research centers. Data for 71 students were collected with…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
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Miller, Vivian J.; Murphy, Erin R.; Cronley, Courtney; Fields, Noelle L.; Keaton, Craig – Journal of Social Work Education, 2019
This article provides a case study of student experiences working as part of an interdisciplinary research team. A team of graduate-level students from social work, civil engineering, and computer science collaborated on the design of a mobile device application that captures data regarding how transportation disadvantage affects the lived…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies
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Clark, Gordon; Jasaw, Godfred Seidu – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
This paper uses triangulation to assess key aspects of a team-based, participatory action research programme for undergraduates in rural communities across northern Ghana. The perceptions of the programme and its effects on the students, staff and host communities are compared, showing areas of agreement and disagreement. The successes of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teamwork, Mixed Methods Research, Participatory Research
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Urquhart, Robin; Porter, Geoffrey A.; Grunfeld, Eva – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Knowledge brokering (KB) may be one approach of helping researchers and decision makers effectively communicate their needs and abilities, and move toward increased use of evidence in health care. A multidisciplinary research team in Nova Scotia, Canada, has created a dedicated KB position with the goal of improving access to quality colorectal…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evidence, Health Services, Cancer
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Pennington, Deana – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010
Anyone who has been involved with a cross-disciplinary team that combines scientists and information technology specialists knows just how tough it can be to move these efforts forward. Decades of experience point to the transformative potential of technology-enabled science efforts, and the success stories offer hope for future efforts. But for…
Descriptors: Research, Teamwork, Interdisciplinary Approach, Information Technology
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de Silva, Eugene, Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
While the great scientists of the past recognized a need for a multidisciplinary approach, today's schools often treat math and science as subjects separate from the rest. This not only creates a disinterest among students, but also a potential learning gap once students reach college and then graduate into the workforce. "Cases on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Hands on Science, Elementary Secondary Education
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Sobsey, Richard J.; Orelove, Fred P. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1983
The importance of transdisciplinary research is noted, and guidelines emphasize planning and cooperation among team members. Recommendations address ways to break down disciplinary barriers and view the coordinator's role as facilitator. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Projects, Severe Disabilities
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