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Hui-Tzu Chang; Chia-Yu Lin – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This study incorporates competition-based learning (CBL) into machine learning courses. By engaging students in innovative problem-solving challenges within information competitions, revealing that students' participation in online problem-solving competitions can improve their information technology, and showcase competitions can…
Descriptors: Competition, Artificial Intelligence, Curriculum, Problem Solving
Chijioke, Onah Celestine; Ikechukwu, Asadu; Aloysius, Aduma – Teaching Public Administration, 2021
The role theory plays in research work cannot be over-emphasized. A theory that is apt gives direction to research work in explaining, organizing, analyzing, and predicting phenomenon and showing their relationships in order to enhance understanding. Despite these roles played by theory, upcoming scholars and students many at times fail to use…
Descriptors: Theories, Social Science Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Definitions
Werner, Linnette R. L.; Hellstrom, David – Journal of Leadership Education, 2020
Several models of leadership outline theories on successful intervention such as "Observe, Interpret, and Intervene" within the Adaptive Leadership model (Heifetz, Grashow, & Linsky, 2009) or the "Five Practices" within Kouzes & Posner's (2012) work. However, during stressful moments of leadership practice, many models…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Leadership, Models, Theory Practice Relationship
Nelson, Tenneisha; Squires, Vicki – Journal of Leadership Education, 2017
Organizations are faced with solving increasingly complex problems. Addressing these issues requires effective leadership that can facilitate a collaborative problem solving approach where multiple perspectives are leveraged. In this conceptual paper, we critique the effectiveness of earlier leadership models in tackling complex organizational…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Cooperative Planning, Problem Solving
Hughes, Roxanne; Schellinger, Jennifer; Billington, Barbara; Britsch, Brenda; Santiago, Alicia – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
Women and girls, particularly women and girls of color, remain underrepresented in STEM disciplines. This underrepresentation begins as early as late elementary school age. Educators, particularly those in informal STEM education, can help address gender inequity in STEM by understanding how research can be translated into actionable strategies.…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Bias, Equal Education, Minority Group Students
Tait, Aaron; Faulkner, Dave – ASCD, 2018
The world needs great individual educational changemakers capable of identifying problems and creating bold, scalable solutions. But the world also needs Dream Teams--groups of talented administrators, teachers, staff, students, and community members who are passionate about making things better for kids, believe that school-based change is the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Change Agents, Educational Improvement
Sadeghi, Hamid; Kardan, Ahmad A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Group formation task as a starting point for computer-supported collaborative learning plays a key role in achieving pedagogical goals. Various approaches have been reported in the literature to address this problem, but none have offered an optimal solution. In this research, an online learning environment was modeled as a weighted undirected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Online Courses
Newman, Daniel S.; Hazel, Cynthia E.; Barrett, Courtenay A.; Chaudhuri, Sayani Das; Fetterman, Hallie – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2018
School consultation is practiced in rapidly changing educational settings, including increasing student diversity and the implementation of a multitiered system of supports. This changing context may shift the boundaries of what it means to consult and how best to achieve change through consultation. The purpose of this study was to explore how…
Descriptors: Entry Workers, School Psychologists, Counselor Attitudes, School Counseling
Yang, Kai-Lin; Hsu, Hui-Yu; Lin, Fou-Lai; Chen, Jian-Cheng; Cheng, Ying-Hao – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2015
This paper aims to explore the educative power of an experienced mathematics teacher educator-researcher (MTE-R) who displayed his insights and strategies in teacher professional development (TPD) programs. To this end, we propose a framework by first conceptualizing educative power based on three constructs--communication, reasoning, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Researchers, Faculty Development, Interpersonal Communication
Norstrom, Per – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
Engineers commonly use rules, theories and models that lack scientific justification. Examples include rules of thumb based on experience, but also models based on obsolete science or folk theories. Centrifugal forces, heat and cold as substances, and sucking vacuum all belong to the latter group. These models contradict scientific knowledge, but…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teaching Methods, Technology Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Brethower, Dale M. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
The future of human performance technology (HPT) will be bright or dismal depending on how well HPT practitioners focus on careful and practical answers to three pivotal questions: What is good practice in human performance technology? What are the differences between good practice and bad? What are the connections between good research and…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Models, Problem Solving, Systems Approach
Cowan, Chris Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the need for new leaders has increased, so has the need for new and more effective forms of leadership development (Hamel, 2007; Lojeski, 2010; Gratton, 2011). Action learning has been popularized as one of these new forms of leadership development (Peters & Smith, 1998; Byrnes, 2005; ASTD, 2008; Trehan & Pedler, 2011). However,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Leadership Training, Professional Development, Models
Rosenshine, Barak – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
This article presents 10 research-based principles of instruction, along with suggestions for classroom practice. The principles come from (a) research in cognitive science, (b) research on master teachers, and (c) research on cognitive supports. The instructional principles are: (1) Begin a lesson with a short review of previous learning to…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Master Teachers
Sparks, Sarah D. – Education Week, 2013
Poverty, neglect, or family stress can make it especially difficult for young children to develop the self-discipline and habits of mind they will need to succeed in the classroom and beyond. Armed with research and a commitment to the whole child, Washington state has transformed the way its agencies work together and in partnership with…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Stress Variables, Family Problems, Poverty
Sheu, Feng-Ru – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Badminton is a growing sport with a limited amount of expertise both in players and coaches so attempts are being made to extend the expertise internationally. The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of coaching expertise in badminton because such an understanding might have implications for a more general understanding of expertise,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Racquet Sports, Expertise