NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Showing 1 to 15 of 27 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Caratachea, Matthew X.; Greene, Moe Debbagh; Jones, W. Monty – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
The shift from traditional education to maker-centered learning calls for an analysis and evaluation of the current studies on professional development in maker-centered learning. The current systematic literature review was conducted to examine existing literature on teacher professional development for maker-centered learning. It aligns the…
Descriptors: Teachers, Faculty Development, Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning
James Oren – ProQuest LLC, 2022
More than 85% of federally funded research initiatives fail to produce significant positive results (Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, 2013). Moreover, of the less than 15% that do yield positive results, none show replicability outside of their original setting (Pogrow, 2017; Kizilcec et al., 2020). Mixed results are present in even the most…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Educational Change, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Walan, Susanne; Gericke, Niklas – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2023
This case study aimed to investigate teachers' reflections on the transfer of makerspace activities into classrooms. Primary and secondary STEM teachers participated in a Continuous Professional Development programme about makerspaces. Data were collected in the form of written reflections and semi-structured interviews after the teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, STEM Education, Faculty Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gómez, Miguel – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
Teachers, support staff, schools, and school districts have faced a multitude of challenges in adapting their known and familiar practices to the new realities and restrictions that have been put in place due to the outbreak of COVID-19. These challenges are daunting and difficult for many in our education system. Fortunately, a numerous amount of…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Faculty Development, Alternative Teacher Certification, Educational Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Schwarts, Gil; Stevens, Irma E.; Herbst, Patricio; Brown, Amanda – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
In this paper we examine how facilitators' prior experiences as mathematics teachers frame their work when facilitating a practice-based professional development (PD) for the first time. We focus on the experiences of a novice facilitator of StoryCircles, a professional learning process in which teachers collectively script and visualize a…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Facilitators (Individuals)
Editorial Projects in Education, 2025
Problem-based learning (PBL) offers a powerful approach to engage students in meaningful learning experiences by connecting classroom content to real-world challenges. This Spotlight explores how PBL can be implemented across K-12 to foster critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. From preparing students for the workforce…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Experience, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bowen, Bradley; Shume, Teresa – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
This exploratory study investigates the impacts of industry-based externships for K-12 teachers, and reports teachers' perspectives on how these experiences influenced K-12 classroom practices. The program of focus in this research study is the Educators in Industry: K-12 Externship Program. For four weeks in the summer, teacher-participants are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Internship Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Luneta, Kakoma, Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2021
This book represents a crop of wide-ranging research conducted by renown scholars in sub-Sahara Africa revolving around mathematics teaching and professional development programs for mathematics teachers. The research-based proposals and actual how-to-conduct professional development initiatives that enhance effective mathematics instruction are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Manipulative Materials, Visualization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Piet Kommers Ed.; Tomayess Issa Ed.; Adriana Backx Noronha Viana Ed.; Theodora Issa Ed.; Pedro Isaías Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conferences on: Educational Technologies 2022 (ICEduTech 2022), Sustainability, Technology and Education 2022 (STE 2022), Internet Technologies & Society 2022 (ITS 2022), and Applied Management Advances in the 21st Century 2022 (AMA21 2022) held virtually, from December…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Telecommunications, Teacher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Trinter, Christine P.; Moon, Tonya R.; Brighton, Catherine M. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative study was to provide empirical evidence of the extent to which the types of tasks recommended by Sheffield for eliciting characteristics of mathematical promise allowed for the manifestation of these characteristics in primary-grade students within a problem-based learning (PBL) context. Data included student work…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving
Mong, Christopher J.; Ertmer, Peggy A. – Educational Technology, 2013
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines are considered key to the scientific and economic improvement in the United States. As noted by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (2011), we need a nation in which "all" teachers and thus, all students, are "STEM-capable" (p. 2), that is, equipped with a broad…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Relevance (Education)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Swann, Joanna; Andrews, Irena; Ecclestone, Kathryn – Educational Action Research, 2011
How can teachers be helped, at relatively little expense, to improve their professional practice? This problem was addressed in "Improving Formative Assessment in Vocational Education and Adult Literacy, Language and Numeracy Programmes"--the IFA project. Adopting a specific problem-based methodology as part of an action research…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Action Research, Formative Evaluation, Adult Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
King, Kathleen P. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2010
One of the greatest needs of faculty in adult and higher education today is to understand how to design distance learning courses which address the needs of their current and prospective students while upholding academic excellence and remaining feasible to develop (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, & Zvacek, 2009; Palloff & Pratt, 2004). This…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Retnowati, Endah, Ed.; Suprapto, Ed.; Jerusalem, Mohammad Adam, Ed.; Sugiyarto, Kristian, Ed.; Wagiran, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018
This proceedings volume of InCoTEPD 2018 covers many ideas for handling a wide variety of challenging issues in the field of education. The outstanding ideas dealing with these issues result in innovation of the system. There are many innovation strategies resulting from recent research that are discussed in this book. These strategies will become…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Knowledge Level, Skill Development, Vocational Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Finkelstein, Neal; Hanson, Thomas; Huang, Chun-Wei; Hirschman, Becca; Huang, Min – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This study examines whether the Problem Based Economics curriculum developed by the Buck Institute for Education improves grade 12 students' content knowledge as measured by the Test of Economic Literacy, a test refined by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) over decades. Students' problem-solving skills in economics were also…
Descriptors: Test Items, Intervention, Economics Education, Problem Based Learning
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2