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Hong Beng Yeoh; Chooi Yi Wei; Surindar Kaur; Malvin Kaur – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2025
Purpose: As the world is embarking on Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0), employers demand more learning and soft skills from graduates to adapt to agile and disruptive work environments. Hence, 21st century learning skills are vital for sustainable career advancement in the current job paradigm shift initiated by IR 4.0-driven technologies. This…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Career Readiness, College Students, Critical Thinking
Elif Akçali; Jade Williams; Rachel Burress; Albert Aguila; Mariana Buraglia – INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2024
Although some studies have incorporated poetry into engineering courses, no studies exist that explore the use of writing poetry about technical topics to develop creative thinking skills in undergraduate engineering education. This study explores engineering students' perceptions of incorporating poetry writing within an upper-level…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Poetry, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
Gunawan; Ferry Ferdianto; Nuhyal Ulia; Lukmanul Akhsani; Reni Untarti; Istiqomah – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2025
Computational thinking is an essential ability for students in the 21st century. Therefore, this study described students' mathematical computational thinking process in terms of self-efficacy of eighth graders, consisting of 32 students. The applied instruments were self-efficacy questionnaires, computational thinking ability tests, and interview…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Self Efficacy, Grade 8
STEM SMART: Unpacking the Research on Teachers' Beliefs about Essential Life Skills and Dispositions
Emily K. Suh; Alan Zollman; Lisa Hoffman – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2024
Success in science and mathematics courses, and later in careers, requires more than disciplinary knowledge and general academic competencies. Students also need proficiency in certain key dispositions and life skills. This article is a systematic review of literature that examines what teachers believe about the non-academic skills necessary for…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Attitudes, Success, Skills
Anderson, Zach D.; Hargiss, Christina L. M.; Norland, Jack E. – Natural Sciences Education, 2022
Postsecondary curriculum is designed to prepare students for their careers following graduation, which traditionally revolves around technical aspects of their respected career field. Capstone courses were introduced to help ease students' transition from the university into their careers. However, little research containing empirical evidence…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Program Effectiveness, College Graduates, Interdisciplinary Approach
Emily Yim Lee Au; Ravindra S. Goonetilleke – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2025
Contribution: The proposed operational model offers a detailed framework for understanding the complexities of design thinking. It helps instructors evaluate each stage, promoting the development of high-quality designs. This model emphasizes the link between the various stages and the final design quality, steering students toward achieving…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Engineering Education, Introductory Courses
Eva Beke; Andrea Tick – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2024
The purpose of the study is to examine how Industry 4.0, and the digital environment, have together created a new situation for companies and universities in terms of soft skills for employability. While companies aim to introduce a new structure, universities try to align with these changes by developing new educational methods, curricula, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, College Students
Manolis Kousloglou; Eleni Petridou; Anastasios Molohidis; Euripides Hatzikraniotis – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2023
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving belong to 21st century skills that enhance ways of thinking, learning, working and living in the world. When combined with well-designed educational activities, mobile technology has the capacity to foster these abilities. This study evaluates the Critical Thinking & Problem Solving skills of ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Maddatuang; Arsad Bahri; Muhammad Ansarullah S. Tabbu – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2025
Computational thinking and spatial thinking ability play a critical role in enabling students to respond effectively to disasters. However, limited research has examined the impact of digital literacy, disaster education, and cognitive skills in secondary school students. This study aims to assess the impact of digital literacy and disaster…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Natural Disasters
Marco Cruz-Sandoval; José Carlos Vázquez-Parra; Martina Carlos-Arroyo; Juan Alberto Amézquita-Zamora – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
Going beyond teaching knowledge to develop students' competencies challenges contemporary universities because acquiring knowledge is insufficient without the capacity to implement it in real environments. Complex thinking is among the most valued competencies. It allows people to reason to solve problems, integrating their scientific, systemic,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Thinking Skills
Hüseyin Çakir – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2025
This study aims to understand students' views on project development in coding and robotics courses. Focusing on student study groups in this field seeks to provide a broad view using qualitative and quantitative methods. The study group consists of students taking the coding and robotics course. A semi-structured interview form developed by the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Program Development, Coding, Robotics
Laurie Ann Gentry-Goodale – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is a strong need for fifth-grade students to become proficient in mathematical problem-solving using fractional computations because it will have a lasting impact on student achievement. Traditionally, mathematics is taught inside a brick-and-mortar classroom, grounded in rote memorization of facts, rules, and formulas. In recent years, more…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Problem Solving, Fractions, Computation
Sinem Dinçol Özgür – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
The current study aims to examine the effects of prospective chemistry teachers' chemistry laboratory teaching experiences using different laboratory approaches on their metacognitive thinking skills and perceptions of problem-solving skills. The study is designed as "'the quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre-test/post-test control group…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers
Gang Zhao; Lijun Yang; Biling Hu; Jing Wang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2025
Human-computer collaboration is an effective way to learn programming courses. However, most existing human-computer collaborative programming learning is supported by traditional computers with a relatively low level of personalized interaction, which greatly limits the efficiency of students' efficiency of programming learning and development of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Programming, Learning Strategies
Sankar E.; A. Edward William Benjamin – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Student engagement has emerged as a crucial factor in higher education, playing a vital role in shaping the overall quality of learning outcomes. It refers to the active involvement and participation of students in specific activities that research has consistently linked to improved academic achievements. The pervasiveness of the term 'student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Problem Solving, Skill Development