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Henttonen, Ani; Ahlberg, Kristina; Scheja, Max; Fossum, Bjöörn; Westerbotn, Margareta – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
A bachelor's thesis can be characterized as a proof of basic research and a trajectory of academic writing. This study addresses students' ways of experiencing the writing process at the halfway stage, a stage that has been ignored in research. In a phenomenographic interview-study design, semi-structured interviews with 15 nursing students were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Theses, Student Attitudes, Nursing Students
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Fung Chi Tuen – Teaching Science, 2024
Entrepreneurial science emerged out of universities such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) over the past 30 years where connectivity between universities, industry and government has given rise to significant successes in basic and applied sciences (Etzkowitz, 2002). Entrepreneurial education comprises entrepreneurship and enterprise…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Entrepreneurship, Competition, Skill Development
Janine Bittner – Online Submission, 2024
This paper examines students' understanding of good leadership and successful teamwork. I used learning portfolios as a reflection tool for bachelor students in geography who participated in a community-based research course, which was combined with elements of service-learning. The learning portfolios consisted of seven reflection-stimulating key…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Leadership, Student Experience, Teamwork
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J. A. Bunn; Y. Feito – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
Agile, Lean, and Scrum (collectively referred to as Agile) are frameworks that help teams collaborate more effectively and transparently on complex projects. Originally developed in business and information technology, these methods have since been adapted for use in a variety of disciplines. Agile is based on iterative and incremental…
Descriptors: Student Research, Student Projects, College Students, Group Activities
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Kiliçkiran, Hacer; Korkmaz, Özgen – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2021
The aim of this research is to determine the effect of collaborative project activities on gifted students' self-efficacy perceptions and their attitudes towards research inquiry. In the nature of research mixed pattern was conducted. Study group consists of six gifted students. In this research, cooperative project activities designed according…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Cooperative Learning
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Nurul Farihah Rosli; Nur Nabila Azman; Nurul Ajleaa Abdul Rahman; Goh Ying Soon – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2025
This study develops a student-centered project-based learning (PJBL) model tailored to enhance English writing skills for ESL learners by addressing challenges and leveraging effective strategies identified through their experiences. A qualitative case study approach was employed, and data were collected from nine ESL learners in Malaysia through…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning, Writing (Composition)
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Adanir, Yasemin; Hacioglu, Yasemin – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2021
This study aimed to present a project-based STEM activity titled "Let's Build a Mini Farm on Our Schoolyard." The activity was implemented in science and science applications courses during the 2018-2019 academic year with 28 seventh grade students attending a state school in Giresun/Turkey. At the beginning of the study, the students…
Descriptors: Student Projects, STEM Education, Grade 7, Foreign Countries
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Cianfrani, Christina; Hews, Sarah; DeJong, Christene – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an intellectual community of learners to foster belonging within science. Using their inherent curiosity, we designed active learning…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Research, Scientific Research, Science Process Skills
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Ward, Julie Ann; Doyle, Madison – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2020
Pedagogical research into cooperative learning and open educational resources supports an expectation for strong learning outcomes in both cases. This article is a guide to the implementation of a group assignment in a college introductory Hispanic literature course where students create critical editions of literary texts. The critical editions…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, College Students, Open Education, Cooperative Learning
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Kilty, Trina; Burrows, Andrea; Welsh, Kate; Kilty, Kevin; McBride, Shawna; Bergmaier, Philip – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2021
An authentic, interdisciplinary, research and problem-based integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) project may be ideal for encouraging scientific inquiry and developing teamwork among undergraduate students, but it also presents challenges. The authors describe how two interdisciplinary teams (n=6) of undergraduate…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teachers
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Tallman, Karen A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
The combined lab and lecture course is designed around the themes of colorants (dyestuffs and pigments) and fibers (natural and human-made) for nonscience majors. Students dye natural and synthetic fibers with natural dyes such as turmeric, raspberries, tea, and cochineal insects as well as synthetic dyes. The students observe the colorfast…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Nonmajors
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Frydenberg, Mark; Andone, Diana – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2018
Augmented and virtual reality applications bring new insights to real world objects and scenarios. This paper shares research results of the TalkTech project, an ongoing study investigating the impact of learning about new technologies as members of global communities. This study shares results of a collaborative learning project about augmented…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Global Approach, Communities of Practice
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Abril, Patricia Sánchez – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2016
Students love to hate group projects. Not surprisingly, one of the most ubiquitous complaints about college on social media often centers on group projects. Despite the seemingly deep-rooted distaste for group projects, instructors and employers alike agree that students must be equipped with the skills of communication, teamwork, and critical…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Classroom Techniques, Student Projects, Teamwork
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Moore, Sean D.; Teter, Ken – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2014
Undergraduate research clearly enriches the educational development of participating students, but these experiences are limited by the inherent inefficiency of the standard one student-one mentor model for undergraduate research. Group-effort applied research (GEAR) was developed as a strategy to provide substantial numbers of undergraduates with…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Study, College Science, Science Instruction
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Lee, Nancy E.; Gurney, Rich; Soltzberg, Leonard – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Despite the accepted pedagogical value of integrating research into the laboratory curriculum, this approach has not been widely adopted. The activation barrier to this change is high, especially in organic chemistry, where a large number of students are required to take this course, special glassware or setups may be needed, and dangerous…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Barriers
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