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Kathleen Hefferon; Esther Angert – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a series of emergency transitions to online learning for academic institutions around the world. Previous studies have shown that undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) improve student engagement in classroom activities and learning outcomes. In this article, we describe the design and implementation of an LA program…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Resilience (Psychology), Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen; Sanna Fäldt; Erik Bäckman – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to explore how a new type of workplace training program can be created that truly enables participants to move from words to action. Recognizing the need to understand trainee-work environment dynamics the authors criticize training efforts that center on targeted learning events, instead highlighting the role of…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Trainees, Workplace Learning, Training
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Casey, Eoghan; Jocz, Jennifer; Peterson, Karen A.; Pfeif, Daryl; Soden, Cassy – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
This paper describes the design, implementation and research of the Cyber Sleuth Science Lab (CSSL), an innovative educational program and supporting virtual learning environment, that combines pedagogical theory, gender inclusive instruction strategies, scientific principles/practices, gamification methods, computational thinking, and real-world…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Females, Program Design
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Sachiko Nakamura; Pornapit Darasawang; Hayo Reinders – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This article recounts my experience in enhancing my students' boredom regulation by designing, implementing, and evaluating a strategy instruction project. The project was undertaken with 25 Thai university students enrolled in my English oral communication course for 15 weeks. The project began with exploring how and why my students experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Maria Jose Anderson-Coto – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the development and implementation of a community-based educational program, iDREAM, aimed at teaching minoritized youth about Artificial Intelligence (AI) with an emphasis on ethics and social justice. Partnering with two NGOs, this study integrates Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) and Critical Computational…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Minority Group Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Community Education
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Iris Lim – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Teaching soft skills like team dynamics and critical thinking in content-heavy higher education curriculum can be challenging. Employing educational escape rooms is a novel game-based learning strategy in various disciplines, including health sciences. Escape rooms provide the opportunity for a group to work together as they solve puzzles within a…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Educational Games, Program Design, Program Implementation
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Wilson, Caroline; Sims, Stuart; Dyer, Jen; Handley, Fiona – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
The higher education sector is under increasing pressure to deliver more and to evidence the fruits of its contribution to society. There is a particular focus on the enhanced engagement of students in order to maximise success, and for this engagement to be achieved equitably across the student body, regardless of demographic backgrounds. This…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Learner Engagement, Outcomes of Education
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Scott Grant; Grace Yue Qi; Yu-Ju Lan; Pei-Yu Cheng – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Based on the concept of Communities of Practice (CoP), this study describes the design and implementation of an online academic conference, Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL) 2021, as a backdrop for exploring how to effectively promote the development of academic citizenship within the PPTELL CoP. To address…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Program Design, Program Implementation
Roof, Jonathan Lucas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Background: The Dogwood Mountain School System (DMSS) faces the challenge of trying to address the apparent drop-off of female student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and increase female student interest and engagement in STEM. Purpose: The purpose of this action research study was to understand how individual…
Descriptors: Students, Females, Rural Schools, STEM Education
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Cridland, Caitlin; Drape, Tiffany; Marine, Sasha; Gillaspy, Glenda – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2021
Like many institutions around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted us to shift our summer 2020 in-person undergraduate experiential learning program to a remote, virtual format. Here, we present our observations, summarized in 10 best practices, for moving a STEM-focused research experience for undergraduates, experiential learning program or…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, COVID-19
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van der Linden, Sara; van der Meij, Jan; McKenney, Susan – Review of Educational Research, 2022
Video and coaching as vehicles for teachers' professional development have both received much attention in educational research. The combination of the two, video coaching, where teachers watch and discuss videos of their own practice with a coach, seems especially promising, but there is limited insight into how the design leads to desired…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Video Technology, Faculty Development, Outcomes of Education
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Pennell, Colleen – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020
The decline of academic achievement during summer is well documented and can result in a one-month loss of skills acquired during the school year. Summer slide can further contribute to a widening gap between low and high achieving readers. This instrumental case study explored a summer class for adolescent readers labeled as struggling.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Programs, Summer Schools, Reading Difficulties
Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2020
A challenge that community colleges continue to face is how to strengthen the education they provide in ways that lead to increased college completion and equity in student outcomes. Information gleaned from the Center's survey research and student focus groups over nearly two decades has produced the awareness that substantial improvement in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
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Vian, Taryn; Ashigbie, Paul G. – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2015
Purpose: The environment of public health practice is rapidly changing, creating the need to adapt graduate education and accelerate educational innovation. Formative peer review is a strategy designed to promote critical reflection on teaching and to develop faculty as teachers. Through case study methods, we explore how peer review of teaching…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Masters Programs, Public Health, Peer Evaluation
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Hodgson, Yvonne; Benson, Robyn; Brack, Charlotte – Educational Action Research, 2013
The benefits of students learning together in peer-assisted learning (PAL) programmes have been widely reported. Implementing and evaluating PAL programmes provide specific challenges for academic staff. This paper explains how action research was used to design, trial and refine a same-year PAL programme to enhance student engagement. The PAL…
Descriptors: Action Research, Peer Teaching, Program Design, Theory Practice Relationship
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