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Wampler, Wendi N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Introductory undergraduate physics courses aim to help students develop the skills and strategies necessary to solve complex, real world problems, but many students not only leave these courses with serious gaps in their conceptual understanding, but also maintain a novice-like approach to solving problems. "Matter and Interactions"…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Problem Solving, Physics, Epistemology
Cutler, Stephanie Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate how educational research, specifically Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS), is adopted by education practice, specifically within the engineering Statics classroom. Using a systematic approach, changes in classroom teaching practices were investigated from the instructors' perspective.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Evidence
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Cox, Glenda – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
This paper explores what educational technologists in one South African Institution consider innovation to be. Ten educational technologists in various faculties across the university were interviewed and asked to define and answer questions about innovation. Their answers were coded and the results of the overlaps in coding have been assimilated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, College Faculty, Educational Technology
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Dabbagh, Nada; Blijd, Cecily Williams – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2010
The purpose of this case study was to examine students' perceptions of their learning experiences while working on a real world instructional design project in a performance oriented team in the context of a situated and problem-based learning environment. Participants were 11 graduate students enrolled in a learning-by-doing instructional design…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Experience, Instructional Design, Teamwork
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Hayden, Nancy J.; Rizzo, Donna M.; Dewoolkar, Mandar M.; Neumann, Maureen D.; Lathem, Sandra; Sadek, Adel – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
This paper presents a brief overview of the changes made during our department level reform (DLR) process (Grant Title: "A Systems Approach for Civil and Environmental Engineering Education: Integrating Systems Thinking, Inquiry-Based Learning and Catamount Community Service-Learning Projects") and some of the effects of these changes on…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Engineering Education, Civil Engineering, Environmental Education
Margulies, Newton – Training and Development Journal, 1971
A report on developing consulting skills for organization problem solving in a large organization. (Author)
Descriptors: Consultants, Counselor Client Relationship, Data Collection, Failure