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Andrini, Vera Septi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The necessities of the 21st century requires education to continue creating the young generation to have life skills. Life skills are trained through the learning process and identified through the learning outcomes of students. One of the affecting factors for low learning outcomes is learning models. The learning model is a design study that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
Jacobs, George M. – Online Submission, 2015
A great deal of theory and research, not to mention students' and teachers' practical experience, supports the use of group activities in education. Collaborative learning and cooperative learning are two terms commonly used in discussions of how and why to use group activities. This article looks at the issue of whether the two…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Educational Practices, Learning Strategies
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McConell, David A.; Chapman, LeeAnna; Czaijka, C. Douglas; Jones, Jason P.; Ryker, Katherine D.; Wiggen, Jennifer – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2017
The adoption of active learning instructional practices in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has been shown to result in improvements in student learning, contribute to increased retention rates, and reduce the achievement gap among different student populations. Descriptions of active learning strategies…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, STEM Education
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Hillier, Janet; Dunn-Jensen, Linda M. – Journal of Management Education, 2013
Although most business students participate in team-based projects during undergraduate or graduate course work, the team experience does not always teach team skills or capture the team members' potential: Students complete the task at hand but the explicit process of becoming a team is often not learned. Drawing from organizational learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Group Dynamics, Business Administration Education
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Jeong, Jinwoo; Kim, Hyoungbum; Chae, Dong-hyun; Kim, Eunjeong – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the case-based reasoning instructional model on learning about climate change unit. Results suggest that students showed interest because it allowed them to find the solution to the problem and solve the problem for themselves by analogy from other cases such as crossword puzzles in an…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Instructional Effectiveness
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Duran, Emilio; Duran, Lena; Haney, Jodi; Scheuermann, Amy – Science Teacher, 2011
The National Science Education Standards are designed to provide a vision of scientific literacy for "all" students--regardless of age, race, ethnic background, English-language proficiency, socioeconomic status, disability, or giftedness. One of the most powerful strategies in science instruction--which aligns with the Standards--is the use of…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Scientific Literacy, Science Instruction, Language Proficiency
Jukes, Ian; McCain, Ted; Crockett, Lee – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Exponential change is making our education system obsolete. New inventions will replace not only textbooks, but everything we currently think of as school. Teachers will need to rethink their roles as advances in teaching machines allow lessons to be customized to every child wherever that child might be. What is taught also will change because…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Teacher Role, Educational Change, Learning Processes
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Scott, Sophia; Koch, Doug – Journal of Technology Studies, 2010
This article focuses on how technology educators can challenge students to "think" about technical problems. A key aspect of success in quality problem solving is understanding learning preferences and problem-solving approaches. The Learning Style Inventory (LSI) can be used to assess an individual's ideal way to learn, in essence, a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Problem Solving, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
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White, Charles S. – Journal of Education for Business, 2007
Traditional education, employing lectures or telecommunicative instruction methods, has been very effective in providing topical facts. However, the development of student skills and thinking ability require higher levels of instruction and more opportunity to practice and apply acquired knowledge. As students progress through a particular…
Descriptors: Intermode Differences, Instructional Design, Learning Strategies, Classroom Techniques
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Lin, Xiaodong – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2001
Proposes a framework for thinking about how metacognition research might apply to design activities. Examines two basic approaches to supporting metacognition: strategy training, and creation of a supportive social environment for metacognition. Identifies two kinds of content that are taught using these two approaches: knowledge about a specific…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
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Kermarrec, Gilles; Todorovich, John; Fleming, David – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2004
Research in educational psychology and sport psychology indicates that school achievement depends on students' capacity to self-regulate their own learning processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-regulation components employed by students in a natural physical education setting. Twenty-three French students, 14 and 15…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Learning Processes, Physical Education, Student Motivation
Hanson, J. Robert – 1996
The brain's architecture serves as the basic model for theorizing about how the brain works. Current brain research confirms earlier suspicions that thoughtfulness has a great deal more complexity than the simplistic left/right distinctions of earlier research. This paper draws on the work of Carl Jung to propose the brain-psyche model as an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Curriculum
Davis, James R. – 1993
It is argued in this book that postsecondary instructors have to improve their performance in the classroom not only by achieving a better understanding of how teachers teach, but also of how learners learn. Most postsecondary teachers are well trained in their disciplines, but few have received formal training in how to teach or have acquired an…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
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O'Brien, Terrance P.; Thompson, Mary J. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Reports on a study of effects of teaching styles, student cognitive styles, matched and mismatched conditions, and student age and gender in relation to the course grades of 207 community college students. Indicates that concrete sequential teachers assigned the lowest grades and that students over 24 attained higher grades than younger students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Learning Processes
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Yi, Jialin – Performance Improvement, 2005
This article discusses learning within the corporate environment. Comparing objectivist and constructivist theories of learners and learning, the author presents her views from a constructivist approach. Three learning methods are discussed: (1) Problem-based; (2) Cooperative and (3) Situated. A background of each is included, noting outcomes…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
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