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de la Puente Pacheco, Mario Alberto; de Oro Aguado, Carlos Mario; Lugo Arias, Elkyn – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
This study compared the effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning method (PBL) with the conventional teaching method in developing cross-curricular skills and improving academic performance among 1064 undergraduate students at the north coast of Colombia. A t-student test, Welch test, and the Tau Kendall correlation coefficient were used to…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning, Student Projects, Foreign Countries
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Glenis Gamarra-Pautt; Zoila Liliana Giraldo-Martínez – HOW, 2025
This study deeply examines the potential impact of Project-Based Learning (PBL) on the speaking abilities of a group of seventh-grade students at a public school in Cartagena, Colombia, and its connection to language learning strategies. A mixed-gender group of thirty-five students aged between 12 and 15 was randomly chosen for this explorative…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Action Research
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Becerra-Posada, Tatiana; García-Montes, Paula; Sagre-Barbosa, Anamaría; Carcamo-Espitia, María Isabel; Herazo-Rivera, Jose David – HOW, 2022
Project-based learning is a student-centered methodological approach that involves communication, cooperation, and autonomy. Even though project-based learning has been largely explored in foreign language teaching, little is known about its implementation in second-language beginner levels. This action research study describes the use of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Active Learning, Student Projects, Grade 8
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de la Puente Pacheco, Mario Alberto; Guerra Florez, Dick; de Oro Aguado, Carlos Mario; Llinas Solano, Humberto – Educational Review, 2021
Studies on the effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) method in different local contexts require non-conventional approaches that clarify if the methodology is suitable in other settings compared to the conventional teaching practice. This study examined students' perception of the effectiveness of the PBL method in developing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Context Effect, Local Issues
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de la Puente Pacheco, Mario Alberto; Guerra, Dick; de Oro Aguado, Carlos Mario; Alexander McGarry, Callum – Cogent Education, 2019
Differentiated geographical and institutional contexts imply the need to examine the effectiveness of non-conventional approach learning methods in contrast to generalist assumptions. One way is to examine the perceptions of undergraduates of a teaching method applied to specific individuals, geographical contexts, and their relationship to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Agudelo, Jose Fabián; Morales-Vasco, Adriana María – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2019
This paper reports the findings of a graduation thesis which intended to identify the effects that Project-Based Learning implementation had on the development of autonomy of a group of tenth grade English language learners and their teacher. In this Action Research study, several instruments were used. An initial questionnaire to confirm…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Personal Autonomy, Grade 10
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Aristizábal-Jiménez, Yesika – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2020
This paper reports an action-research study aimed at exploring the benefits of the critical analysis of YouTubers' content through the empowerment spiral model to foster students' talk as performance. Twenty 11th-grade students shared alternative messages related to social issues based on content analysis and reflections. Data were collected via…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Action Research