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Guaman-Quintanilla, Sharon; Everaert, Patricia; Chiluiza, Katherine; Valcke, Martin – Education Sciences, 2022
This study examines the effects of a design thinking intervention on first-year students' teamwork skills from a multi-actor perspective. A design thinking course was evaluated throughout a semester. Six-hundred-and-forty university students participated, guided by twenty-six facilitators. The students received in-class training and worked in…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Design, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
Dostal, Hannah; Lederberg, Amy – Grantee Submission, 2021
Literacy intervention research tests our best ideas about instruction and forges a pathway forward toward deeper and more nuanced understandings of how children think, communicate, and learn. This chapter describes the components of the development of literacy interventions, explaining how to construct and evaluate each component in sequence to…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Literacy Education
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Okundaye, Osazuwa; Natarajarathinam, Malini; Qiu, Shaoping; Kuttolamadom, Mathew A.; Chu, Sharon; Quek, Francis – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
In the face of information technology changes, not all students will have access to the means to prepare for this future of work. In addressing this issue, in this study, the authors investigate the impact of a 'Making as Micro-Manufacturing (M[superscript 2])' model in motivating STEM-activity participation and developing self-efficacy among…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Manufacturing, Self Efficacy, Design
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Tomori, Kounosuke; Imai, Yuto; Nakama, Chiho; Ohno, Kanta; Sawada, Tatsunori; Levack, William W. M. M. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
Introduction: This study aimed to develop a new tablet application named the Aid for Decision-making in Occupation Choice for School (ADOC-S). It aims to assist with conducting collaborative occupation-based goal-setting by sharing decision-making with a team member (child, parent, teacher, and occupational therapist) using a consultation model of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Goal Orientation, Participative Decision Making, Teamwork
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Blanco, Teresa; López-Forniés, Ignacio; Zarazaga-Soria, Francisco Javier – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
The competence-based education recently launched in Spanish universities presents a set of abilities and skills that are difficult to teach to students in higher and more technologically-oriented grades. In this paper, a teaching intervention that is based on design methodologies is proposed, to upgrade the competitive capacities of computer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Empathy, Teamwork
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Atadero, Rebecca A.; Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; Balgopal, Meena M. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Background: Engineering programs strive to retain students and prepare them for engineering careers. Introducing group design projects into courses may help keep students interested while also improving their learning outcomes. Purpose/Hypothesis: This study measures differences in student content knowledge and intention to persist in engineering…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Engineering Education
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Brouwer, Patricia; Brekelmans, Mieke; Nieuwenhuis, Loek; Simons, Robert-Jan – Learning Environments Research, 2012
To deal with recent reforms and the accompanying complexity of work in secondary education, ongoing collaboration between teachers has become more important. A community is seen as a promising learning environment to support and embed collaboration into the culture of the school. However, community theory for the design of teacher communities…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Models, Interdisciplinary Approach, Communities of Practice
Hanes, Susan; Kerins, Thomas; Perlman, Carole; Redding, Sam; Ross, Steven – Building State Capacity and Productivity Center, 2013
The Building State Capacity and Productivity (BSCP) Center released a report outlining a process for state education agencies (SEAs) to evaluate and improve their System of Recognition, Accountability, and Support (SRAS). The federal government now sets high expectations for state and local use of federal dollars while allowing greater state…
Descriptors: Performance, Performance Based Assessment, Accountability, Scoring Rubrics
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers