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Ghani, Shehzad; Taylor, Maurice – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2021
This article views student engagement through the lens of a university wide blended learning initiative. Using the Community of Inquiry framework, student voices help us understand how professors and the institution can increase active learning. Attention is also given to the development of higher order thinking skills as a means of increasing…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, College Students, Blended Learning, Active Learning
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Kennedy, Heather R.; Stafford, Gloria E. – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2023
An "active learning" classroom design recognizes the importance of students becoming engaged in their own learning. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study compared student-reported data (n = 219) and used the "community of inquiry" framework to evaluate the impact of environmental features on students' experience. Students…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Student Experience, College Students
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Robinson, Oral; Wilson, Alexander – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2022
Peer mentorship programs have mostly emphasized formal structures, wherein a more experienced student guides a less experienced student. However, these practices are hierarchical and require substantive resources to organize and implement. Searching for alternatives, we research the effectiveness of an informal teaching technique that facilitates…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Active Learning
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Davidovitch, Nitza; Yavich, Roman – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2023
This study explored the relationship between the size of the study group and the motivation and engagement of students in online and face-to-face classes while exploring the effect of personal and academic background variables, the number of students in the study group, and the level of their motivation to study. The study included 122…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Communities of Practice, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
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Cory C. Cowan; Mara Brady; Jaime Arvizu; Amber Reece; Beth Weinman; Matthew Zivot – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
Regional comprehensive universities with access-oriented missions provide critical pathways for increasing the number and diversity of STEM graduates. The BOND program at California State University, Fresno supports the transition to college for first-time, full-time freshmen in selected STEM majors. BOND incorporates a learning community, active…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Learner Engagement, College Freshmen
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Guo, Pengyue; Saab, Nadira; Wu, Lin; Admiraal, Wilfried – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Project-based learning (PjBL) engages students in knowledge acquisition, application, and construction through artefact development. Based on the Community of Inquiry framework, this study characterized college students' social and cognitive presences in online PjBL and examined how presence was related to their academic performance. Twenty-four…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Active Learning, Electronic Learning
Sever, Brad – Solution Tree, 2022
This essential guide shares a five-step process for designing, implementing, and assessing sustainable project-based learning (SPBL) units while ensuring students gain surface-, deep-, and transfer-level knowledge. Brad Sever draws from his daily work as a practitioner to deliver practical strategies for creating meaningful learning experiences…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Transfer of Training, Social Emotional Learning
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Parlier, T. Richard; Rocconi, Louis M.; Skolits, Gary; Davidson, Christopher T. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study investigated the relationship learning community participation has with community college students' perceived learning gains and engagement in educationally purposeful activities. Study data were sourced from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) with a total of 694 institutions and over 107,000 participants. To…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Student Participation, Two Year College Students, Student Attitudes
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Nennig, Hannah T.; States, Nicole E.; Macrie-Shuck, Michael; Fateh, Shaghayegh; Gunes, Zubeyde Demet Kirbulut; Cole, Renee; Rushton, Gregory T.; Shah, Lisa; Talanquer, Vicente – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
A variety of research studies reveal the advantages of actively engaging students in the learning process through collaborative work in the classroom. However, the complex nature of the learning environment in large college general chemistry courses makes it challenging to identify the different factors that affect students' cognitive and social…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Learner Engagement, Active Learning
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Juusola, Katariina – Educational Action Research, 2023
This study is positioned at the crossroads of pedagogical action learning and action research, as it addresses the challenges in designing and implementing action-learning approaches in the Middle East. In particular, it focuses on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and draws from a reflective analysis of a university-industry 'business challenge'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Communities of Practice, Learner Engagement
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Creagar, Molly; Wakefield, Nathan; Smith, Wendy M.; Apkarian, Naneh; Voigt, Matthew – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2022
Active Learning is becoming a standard method of delivering instruction in mathematics courses across the country. Researchers, administrators, policy makers, and instructors all need access to valid means of measuring practices used in the classroom. Drawing on the Postsecondary Instructional Practices Survey, the Student Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods
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Haroldson, Erik L. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022
Improvisational or "improv" theater is a live form where the elements of a scene are made up during the performance. Research in various academic disciplines has found the use of improv in classrooms beneficial. However, there is no such literature of use in the geosciences. Presented here are the results from two semesters of nearly…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Earth Science, Educational Games, Mineralogy
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Avon, Janna; Houston, Anne; Nunes, Charlotte; Perkins, Angela – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2021
This article describes how the libraries at Lafayette College used digital scholarship methodologies to enhance student engagement and learning during the transition to remote learning due to the COVID-19 crisis. The article argues that digital scholarship tools and methods enhanced active learning during the shift to all-remote instruction by…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Blok, Sherry; Lockwood, Robyn Brinks; Frendo, Evan – TESOL Press, 2020
The 6 Principles and their recommended practices are targets of teaching excellence that provide teachers with the knowledge to improve instruction and assessment. Instructional techniques are illustrated with a multitude of classroom examples and vignettes. The 6 Principles are brought to life in Chapter 5 by portrayals of their application in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Principles, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Wheat, Celeste A.; Sun, Yan; Wedgworth, Jessica C.; Hocutt, Martha M. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
The purpose of this research was to examine how learning space design and implementation of an active learning pedagogy based on the 5E Instructional Model influence university faculty's teaching practices and students' engagement. Faculty Fellows were recruited from a public, medium-sized university in the United States to teach courses,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Faculty, College Students, Learner Engagement
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