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Enhanced and Conventional Project-Based Learning in an Engineering Design Module
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Chua, K. J.; Yang, W. M.; Leo, H. L. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2014
Engineering education focuses chiefly on students' ability to solve problems. While most engineering students are proficient in solving paper questions, they may not be proficient at providing optimal solutions to pragmatic project-based problems that require systematic learning strategy, innovation, problem-solving, and execution. The…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Intervention
The Effect of Group Work on Misconceptions of 9th Grade Students about Newton's Laws
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Ergin, Serap – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In this study, the effect of group work and traditional method on 9th grade students' misconceptions about Newton Laws was investigated. The study was conducted in three classes in an Anatolian Vocational High School in Ankara/Turkey in the second term of the 2014-2015 academic year. Two of these classes were chosen as the experimental group and…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Grade 9, Scientific Principles, High School Students
Fifth Graders' Creativity in Inventions with and without Creative Articulation Instruction
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Kress, Darcie K.; Rule, Audrey C. – Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions, 2017
Industry and authors of 21st Century Skill Frameworks are calling for student proficiency in creativity, problem-solving, innovation, collaboration, and communication skills. This project involved 13 fifth grade gifted students in inventing products for a specified audience with a set of given materials, time limit, and topic constraints. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Creativity, Student Developed Materials
Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning: Technology for Improving Student Cognition
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Stozhko, Natalia; Bortnik, Boris; Mironova, Ludmila; Tchernysheva, Albina; Podshivalova, Ekaterina – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
The article studies a way of enhancing student cognition by using interdisciplinary project-based learning (IPBL) in a higher education institution. IPBL is a creative pedagogic approach allowing students of one area of specialisation to develop projects for students with different academic profiles. The application of this approach in the Ural…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Active Learning, Student Projects, Information Technology
The Effects of Project Based Learning on 21st Century Skills and No Child Left Behind Accountability Standards
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Holmes, Lisa Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine ways "Digital Biographies," a Project Based Learning Unit, developed 21st century skills while simultaneously supporting NCLB accountability standards. The main goal of this study was to inform professional practice by exploring ways to address two separate, seemingly opposing, demands of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Enhancing Undergraduate Students' Chemistry Understanding through Project-Based Learning in an IT Environment
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Barak, Miri; Dori, Yehudit Judy – Science Education, 2005
Project-based learning (PBL), which is increasingly supported by information technologies (IT), contributes to fostering student-directed scientific inquiry of problems in a real-world setting. This study investigated the integration of PBL in an IT environment into three undergraduate chemistry courses, each including both experimental and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Information Technology