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Song, Yanjie – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
The paper reports on an empirical study adopting a mixed research method, aiming at improving primary students' collaborative problem solving competency in project-based learning with productive failure (PF) instructional design in a seamless learning environment. Two Grade Six classes participated in a project-based learning of "Plant…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Skill Development
Shekhar, Prateek; Maura Borrego – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2017
Engineering education research has empirically validated the effectiveness of active learning over traditional instructional methods. However, the dissemination of education research into instructional practice has been slow. Faculty workshops for current and future instructors offer a solution to promote the widespread adoption of active learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Engineering Education, Program Implementation, Teacher Workshops
Fortner, Sarah K.; Scherer, Hannah H.; Murphy, Martha A. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2016
Continued agricultural productivity hinges on understanding how to manage soil resources. A 2-week undergraduate introductory-level module: "A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources Through Local Decision Making" was collaboratively developed through the InTeGrate Project. InTeGrate modules and courses engage students in grand…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Soil Science, Sustainability, Active Learning
Adanali, Rukiye – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
In this study, views of students about the applicability of the digital documentary production through fieldwork model and the effect of it on their problem-solving skills were examined. The study was conducted in Turkey, in 2016-2017 spring term with 15 geography teacher candidates who chosen by convenience sampling method. In this study, within…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Problem Solving, Effect Size, Creative Thinking
Jakovljevic, Maria; Ankiewicz, Piet – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2016
Real issues of web design and development include many problem-solving tasks. There are, however, some inadequacies associated with the implementation of appropriate pedagogy for organised and structured instruction that supports the rational problem-solving paradigm. The purpose of this article is to report on a study for the design and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Problem Solving, Web Sites
Dinning, Track; Ünlü, Hüseyin – Cogent Education, 2017
With graduate employability being high on many universities' agendas, it becomes vital that a curriculum delivers not only subject knowledge but also the opportunity for students to develop and enhance industry-specific skills. This paper is concerned with how a work-based project can support skill development and considers the views of students…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Curriculum Enrichment, Skill Development, Undergraduate Students
Dean, Suzanne; Williams, Claire; Donnelly, Samantha; Levett-Jones, Tracy – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
University programs are currently faced with a number of challenges: how to engage students as active learners, how to ensure graduates are "work ready" with broad and relevant professional skills, and how to support students to see their potential as agents of social change and contributors to social good. This paper presents the…
Descriptors: Females, Active Learning, Safety, Social Change
Yasuda, Vanessa Applbaum – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This descriptive and interpretive case study investigates how 12 undergraduate college students perceived participation in their high school Senior Capstone Project (SCP) impacted their college academic experience. Learning transfer was explored from the learner's perspective. Data was collected using qualitative methods in three sequential phases…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Secondary School Students, Transfer of Training, Interdisciplinary Approach
Basarab, Heather – Online Submission, 2012
With the economic collapse of 2008, there has been a dramatic increase in government emphasis on the value of science and technology-based study in the nation's high schools as a means for the United States to remain competitive in the world economic market. Financial, political and societal support for the hard sciences, coupled with…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Cooperation, Theaters, Public Schools
Bünning, Frank – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
Pedagogic approaches to TVET offer a limited range of teaching strategies which make use of experimental learning. Thus experiments were developed for teachers of structural engineering and timber processing technologies and were subject to empirical evaluation by a researcher at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and Kassel University.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Engineering Education
Burns, Mary; Pierson, Elizabeth; Reddy, Shylaja – International Journal of Instruction, 2014
Active Learning in Maths and Science (ALMS) was a six-month face-to-face professional development program for middle school maths and science teachers carried out between June and November, 2010 in two Indian states. ALMS's theory of action is grounded in the belief that collaborative learning serves as a "gateway" to learner-centered…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Professional Development, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers