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Trowsdale, Jo; McKenna, Ursula; Francis, Leslie J. – Research in Education, 2021
In order to evaluate the impact of "The Imagineerium" a 10-week educational project, teachers were asked to observe and rate the behaviour of a pilot sample of 135 participating students both at the beginning and at the end of the 10-week period. Scores recorded on the seven-item Trowsdale Index of Teacher Observation of Student…
Descriptors: Creativity Tests, Creativity, Teacher Attitudes, Observation
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Örnekoglu Selçuk, Melis; Emmanouil, Marina; Grizioti, Marianthi; Van Langenhove, Lieva – Designs for Learning, 2022
Design Thinking (DT) is not merely a well-known design methodology but also an entire mindset towards solving complex societal problems in an innovative way. Its popularity in diverse disciplines beyond design, is due to its relation with the development of key 21st-century skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and…
Descriptors: Design, Research Methodology, Problem Solving, Games
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Kim, Pyoung Won – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
The Korean STEAM education pursues a convergent human resources education, but there are shortcomings associated with it due to the fact that it excludes the Humanities in its curriculum. This study embodies the accomplishments from the design and field application of the STEAM education model that has added Humanities fields (history, geography,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, Pilot Projects
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Tomkinson, Bland; Hutt, Ian – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate online problem-based learning (PBL) as a route to achieving sustainability education using sponsored projects. Design/methodology/approach: The Royal Academy of Engineering sponsored project at Manchester; to foster education in sustainability through inter-disciplinary problem-based approaches,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Sustainability, Pilot Projects
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McKnight, Sean – Tech Directions, 2012
Many school districts are seeing a need to introduce technology education to students at the elementary level. Pennsylvania's Penn Manor School District is one of them. Pennsylvania has updated science and technology standards for grades 3-8, and after several conversations the author had with elementary principals and the assistant superintendent…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Development, Lesson Plans, Elementary School Curriculum
Barry, Dana M.; Kanematsu, Hideyuki; Fukumura, Yoshimi – Online Submission, 2010
Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a powerful tool for both science and engineering education in the real world. Therefore, Japanese educators/researchers (with assistance from a US educator) carried out a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of using PBL activities in Metaverse. Their project was carried out by student teams from the US and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects
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Liberatore, Matthew W. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2010
YouTube Fridays is a teaching tool that devotes the first five minutes of class each Friday to a YouTube video related to the course. Students select the videos, which expand the class's educational content in courses such as thermodynamics and material and energy balances. From assessments of two pilot studies using YouTube Fridays in Chemical…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering, Educational Technology
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Holland, Maurita Peterson; Powell, Christina Kelleher – Research Strategies, 1996
Describes a project at the University of Michigan in which Information and Library Studies (ILS) students served as mentors to first-year students in an introductory engineering course. Engineering librarians served as lecturers to the engineering students and as back-up for the ILS students. Analysis of student projects and evaluations by…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Engineering Education, Higher Education