NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Oduho G. B. Soforon; Svein A. Sikko; Solomon A. Tesfamicael – Pythagoras, 2024
The teaching and learning of mathematics in sub-Saharan African countries is dominated by teacher-centred pedagogies rather than student-centred ones. Observations of mathematics teachers at two private schools in South Sudan confirmed such practices. This inspired the researchers to design an intervention to help six primary mathematics teachers…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nagma Zerin – Chemical Engineering Education, 2024
Project-Enhanced learning is an excellent way to facilitate student-centered learning along with traditional lecture-based learning. In this Class and Home problem, an example of Project-Enhanced learning is provided that can be used in the Mass and Energy Balances (MEB) course. The students solve this problem as part of a group while receiving…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Purington, Stephanie; Nieswandt, Martina – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary STEM collaboration in the solution of real-world problems and encourage student independence and interdependence through a student-centered teaching approach that structures all projects as group…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Science Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Moses, Lindsey; Rylak, Danielle; Reader, Tanya; Hertz, Christine; Ogden, Meridith – Theory Into Practice, 2020
The literature on student agency is missing the voice and perspectives of teachers. Although theoretical and empirical research aims to explore student agency by observing and documenting the structures and supports involved in fostering agency, the field knows little of what student agency means to teachers who currently teach and who have…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Personal Autonomy, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Xia, Jianping – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2020
The teaching strategy based on the case study guide is based on the case study guided, with teachers as the mainstay, students as the main body, and teacher-student working together to complete the teaching tasks, which is in line with Chinese education characteristics of localized teaching strategies. This teaching strategy advocates coordinating…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Teacher Student Relationship, Cooperation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nadia Behizadeh – English Journal, 2014
This article promotes project-based learning in English education as a way to combat the loss of cultural relevancy under the pressures of standardization. Project-based learning, a specific pedagogy consistent with Paulo Freire's problem-posing theory of education, is one way to create student-centered learning experiences that allow students to…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Active Learning, Student Projects, Relevance (Education)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Burns, Mary; Pierson, Elizabeth; Reddy, Shylaja – International Journal of Instruction, 2014
Active Learning in Maths and Science (ALMS) was a six-month face-to-face professional development program for middle school maths and science teachers carried out between June and November, 2010 in two Indian states. ALMS's theory of action is grounded in the belief that collaborative learning serves as a "gateway" to learner-centered…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Professional Development, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers