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The Effect of Using the Constructivist Learning Model in Teaching Science on the Achievement and Scientific Thinking of 8th Grade Students
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Qarareh, Ahmed O. – International Education Studies, 2016
The study aims to investigate the effect of using constructivist learning model in teaching science, especially in the subject of light: its nature, mirrors, lens, and properties, on the achievement of eighth-grade students and their scientific thinking. The study sample consisted of (136) male and female 8th graders were chosen from two basic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Models, Science Instruction
Suggested Model (Related to the Student Portfolio) Used in Evaluation the Students in University Courses
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Mahasneh, Omar M.; Murad, Odeh S. – Higher Education Studies, 2014
This study aimed to develop a suggested model related to the student's portfolio used in evaluating the students in the university courses. After revising the theoretical literature and previous studies, two tools of the study have been constructed: Suggested model related to the student portfolio, and identifying the specifications towards using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Models
Fostering the Memoir Writing Skills as a Creative Non-Fiction Genre Using a WebQuest Model
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Al-Sayed, Rania Kamal Muhammad; Abdel-Haq, Eman Muhammad; El-Deeb, Mervat Abou-Bakr; Ali, Mahsoub Abdel-Sadeq – Online Submission, 2016
The present study aimed at developing the memoir writing skills as a creative non-fiction genre of second year distinguished governmental language preparatory school pupils using the a WebQuest model. Fifty participants from second year at Hassan Abu-Bakr Distinguished Governmental Language School at Al-Qanater Al-Khairia(Qalubia Governorate) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autobiographies, Personal Narratives, Writing Skills
A Random Assignment Evaluation of Learning Communities at Kingsborough Community College: Seven Years Later
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Weiss, Michael J.; Mayer, Alexander; Cullinan, Dan; Ratledge, Alyssa; Sommo, Colleen; Diamond, John – MDRC, 2014
Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, enrolling more than one in every three postsecondary students. While the market share of these institutions has grown over the past 50 years, students' success rates remain low. Consequently, community college stakeholders are searching with mounting urgency for strategies that increase…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Urban Schools, Control Groups
Conceptual Change Takes Time: Game Based Learning Cannot Be Only Supplementary Amusement
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Ketamo, Harri; Kiili, Kristian – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2010
In spite of increased interest in game-based learning, relatively little is known about the learning process in games. The aim of this article is to study the process of conceptual change in the context of game-based learning in order to reveal playing behavior that triggers and facilitates it. Primary school pupils (N = 401) played a game of…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Educational Games, Models, Metacognition
Understanding Research: Some Thoughts on Evaluating Completed Educational Projects. An Occasional Paper from ERIC at Stanford.
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Roberts, Karlene H. – 1969
In order to make policy decisions, educators must evaluate educational research proposals and projects. Findings immediately related to practice are often inadequate, omitting the theoretical establishment of principles by which we can explain and predict the phenomena of our world. These theoretical linkages to the practical world of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Control Groups, Data Analysis, Decision Making Skills