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Hertel, Jonathan D.; Cunningham, Christine M.; Kelly, Gregory J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Engineering design challenges offer important opportunities for students to learn science and engineering knowledge and practices. This study examines how students' engineering notebooks across four units of the curriculum "Engineering is Elementary" (EiE) support student work during design challenges. Through educational ethnography and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Coding
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Larson, Karl L. – Journal of Health Education Teaching, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to document the stages of learning reflected through student journaling during a self-directed experience in stress management, and the relationship of those stages to a historical model. Methods: College students participating in a full-semester course in stress management theory were required to select a…
Descriptors: College Students, Stress Management, Learning Processes, Skill Development
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Vatalaro, Angela; Szente, Judit; Levin, Judith – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
The present paper explores the transformative learning of five pre-service teachers participating in a two-week study abroad program to Reggio Emilia, Italy. The study was conducted in order to understand how a study abroad program could contribute to pre-service teachers' content knowledge, teaching practices, and global competence. Through a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Study Abroad, Reggio Emilia Approach
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Shield, Renee R.; Farrell, Timothy W.; Nanda, Aman; Campbell, Susan E.; Wetle, Terrie – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the study: The Alpert Medical School of Brown University began to integrate geriatrics content into all preclerkship courses and key clerkship cases as part of a major medical school curriculum redesign in 2006. This study evaluates students' responses to geriatrics integration within the curriculum using journals kept by volunteer…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Medical Schools
Kumar, Muthu; Natarajan, Uma – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2007
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a pedagogical method that challenges students to think intuitively, learn cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real world problems. These problems are used as the building blocks to engage students' curiosity and initiate independent learning of subject matter. Authentic, alternative assessment plays a key…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning