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Direct linkCarrie J. Boden; Catherine A. Cherrstrom; Todd Sherron; Maria Mohamed; Lindsey Wilson; Kandi Pomeroy – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2024
Prior learning assessment (PLA) uses testing or competency portfolios to assess and grant credit for college-level learning, thus offering personal and professional empowerment to adult learners. The purpose of this review was to systematically examine global academic literature related to PLA over a decade. An earlier review of U.S. literature…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Evaluation, Educational Research, Periodicals
Dinsmore, Daniel L.; Fryer, Luke K.; Parkinson, Meghan M. – Theory Into Practice, 2022
The learning styles hypothesis--and particularly the meshing hypothesis--state that learners' preferences about their preferred modality of learning (i.e., visual, aural, or kinesthetic) predict learning gains on academic tasks. Despite the fact that this hypothesis is not borne out by the scientific evidence available to us, it still remains in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Student Characteristics, Educational Research, Beliefs
Courtney Hattan; Patricia A. Alexander; Sarah M. Lupo – Review of Educational Research, 2024
This systematic literature review examined the research on prior knowledge and its activation to ascertain how these terms are defined, what specific techniques have been empirically investigated, and the conditions under which prior knowledge activation facilitated students' comprehension. Fifty-four articles met the inclusion criteria and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Educational Research, Definitions
Thomm, Eva; Gold, Bernadette; Betsch, Tilmann; Bauer, Johannes – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Knowledge from educational research frequently contradicts preservice teachers' prior beliefs about educational topics. Such contradictions can seriously affect their attitudes towards educational research and can counteract efforts taken to establish teaching as a research-based profession. Aims: Inspired by Munro's (2010, "J.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Prior Learning
Bittermann, André; McNamara, Danielle; Simonsmeier, Bianca A.; Schneider, Michael – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
Understanding the role of prior knowledge in human learning is essential for predicting, improving, and explaining competence acquisition. However, the size and breadth of this field make it difficult for researchers to glean a comprehensive overview. Hence, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of 13,507 relevant studies published between 1980 and…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Transfer of Training, Educational Research, Cognitive Processes
Birgitta Fröjdendahl; Ylva Sandberg – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2024
This study detected patterns in teacher educators' and pre-service teachers' beliefs and practices regarding the degree project. Requirements in policy documents were also considered. The analysis centred on validity, teacher cognition and grounded theory. Conversations were conducted with instructors and students at three departments for teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
Download full textFalkenstern, Colleen – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020
This brief is part of a broad landscape analysis focused on policy and practice issues related to the recognition of prior learning. The landscape analysis focuses on issues arising in the practice of the recognition of prior learning, policies that encourage or limit its adoption, and key research needs and future directions for the field. This…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Adult Students, Recognition (Achievement), College Credits
Güngör, Büsra Arik; Metin, Mustafa; Saraçoglu, Sibel – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
The purpose of this study is to study research regarding the context-based learning approach in science education between 2010 and 2020 in Turkey. In this study, a descriptive content analysis method was used to analyzed 86 articles on context-based learning in science education published in 67 different journals. According to some variables such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Context Effect
Karakus, Gülçin – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine studies on curriculum implementation problems in literature and to compile some measures that can be taken to reduce these problems. Considering the criteria of this study as a result of the preliminary examination, 39 articles were excluded and 72 articles were included in this review study. Descriptive and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Barriers, Educational Research, Teacher Role
Bosshardt, William – Journal of Economic Education, 2021
"The Cognitive Challenges of Effective Teaching," by Chew and Cerbin (2021) outlines a framework of nine cognitive challenges to student learning. The framework can help economic educators better design and describe new ideas for teaching in economics. In this article, the author highlights and expands upon ideas that are particularly…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Instructional Design, Educational Research, Research Needs
Farrell, Caitlin C.; Penuel, William R.; Allen, Anna-Ruth; Anderson, Eleanor; Bohannon, Angel X.; Coburn, Cynthia E.; Brown, Stephanie L. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Given the rapid growth of research-practices partnerships (RPPs), we need a framework that helps the field understand how RPPs can facilitate mutual learning for those involved. Drawing on both cultural-historical and organizational learning theories, we argue that learning can happen in RPPs for both researchers and practitioners at the…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Researchers, Educational Research, Teachers
Radmehr, Farzad – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2023
Task design is an important element of effective mathematics teaching and learning. Past research in mathematics education has investigated task design in mathematics education from different perspectives (e.g., cognitive and cultural) and offered a number of (theoretical) frameworks and sets of principles. In this study, through a narrative…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Instructional Design, Ethnography, Teaching Methods
Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Conrad, Dianne; Bozkurt, Aras; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Bedenlier, Svenja; Jung, Insung; Stöter, Joachim; Veletsianos, George; Blaschke, Lisa Marie; Bond, Melissa; Broens, Andrea; Bruhn, Elisa; Dolch, Carina; Kalz, Marco; Kerres, Michael; Kondakci, Yasar; Marin, Victoria; Mayrberger, Kerstin; Müskens, Wolfgang; Naidu, Som; Qayyum, Adnan; Roberts, Jennifer; Sangrà, Albert; Loglo, Frank Senyo; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter; Xiao, Junhong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This paper explores elements of open education within the context of higher education. After an introduction to the origins of open education and its theoretical foundations, the topics of open and distance learning, international education issues in open education, open educational practices and scholarship, open educational resources, MOOCs,…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Open Educational Resources, Online Courses
Tang, Zhongqing – English Language Teaching, 2020
Vocabulary acquisition, after being neglected for centuries, aroused people's attention from the second half of last century. At that time, people began to realize, instead of grammar, vocabulary occupies the central role in language acquisition (Gass & Selinker, 1994). Compared with intentional vocabulary acquisition, incidental vocabulary…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Educational Research
Moss, Leah – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2018
The field of recognition of prior learning (RPL) in Quebec continues to develop with the incorporation of distinct terminology and policies based on the reality of contemporary Quebec society. In an analysis of the thematic nature of the RPL literature, it became evident that certain recommendations and conclusions from past research continued to…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
