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Direct linkPedersen, Ida Friestad; Haavold, Per Øystein – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
In this paper, we investigate the learning experiences, beliefs and motivations of students in classes where the mathematics teachers have received support for using inquiry-based learning activities. Data were collected from 248 students in the age-range 11-16 using electronic questionnaires. Our results show that key features of inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Active Learning, Mathematics Instruction
Sarah Huber; Frank Reinhold; Andreas Obersteiner; Kristina Reiss – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2024
Research suggests teachers have positive motivational and emotional orientations regarding statistics but little statistical knowledge. How does this fit together? Since teachers' professional competence in statistics has not been well explored, we asked 88 in-service mathematics teachers about their orientations regarding teaching statistics and…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Gender Differences, Anxiety
Download full textChalermsup Karanjakwut; Passapong Sripicharn – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2024
Although technology has been seamlessly integrated into classroom teaching, there is room for improvement in the way professional development is implemented. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of Thai teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in implementing digital literacy training. Focusing on technologically illiterate…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, English (Second Language)
Ranta, Samuli; Uusiautti, Satu; Hyvärinen, Sanna – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how positive pedagogical practices are implemented by early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Finland. A survey was conducted among 625 teachers, enquiring about specific positive pedagogical practices in ECEC. It was found that the correlation between the sum variables and principal components were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Zviel-Girshin, Rina; Luria, Adi; Shaham, Chait – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
This paper presents findings regarding the addition of robotics education in kindergarten and elementary school as a tool for enhancing technological thinking, increasing children's confidence in using technology, developing essential twenty-first century skills and increasing children's self-confidence. A unique tailored compulsory program for…
Descriptors: Robotics, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Veisi, Hadi; Lacy, Michael; Mafakheri, Salah; Razaghi, Fatemeh – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2019
As a reflective activity at niche scale in transition management for system-wide changes in universities for sustainable societies, this study aimed to evaluate student environmental literacy (EL) and assess the effects of sociodemographic variables on the level of EL among students at Shahid Beheshti University in Iran. A total of 1,068 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Universities
Huang, Fang; Teo, Timothy; Zhou, Mingming – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
This article explores Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' attitudes toward technology use and the factors that influence their technology acceptance. A qualitative study was conducted with data obtained from semistructured, in-depth interviews of 14 university teachers from six provinces. The interview data revealed that Chinese…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
Shbietah, Ghada – Journal of English as an International Language, 2018
Compliments are expressions of positive evaluation that commonly occur in everyday conversational encounters. This paper aims at raising second language cross-cultural pragmatic awareness through investigating the use of complimenting expressions in Palestinian Arabic which are related to certain social variables, namely, gender, age, education…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Speech Acts, Foreign Countries, Language Variation
Aytekin, Cahit; Baltaci, Serdal; Yildiz, Avni – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2018
In this study, the expectations of middle school students' parents regarding to "conceptual understanding and active student participation" "positive attitude and behavior attitude" and "authority and rule-oriented teaching" were examined. A valid and reliable threefactor instrument developed by the Aytekin, Baltaci,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Parent Attitudes, Expectation, Concept Formation
Harrington, Irronda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Service learning has grown in popularity within higher education as a teaching pedagogy shown to foster student engagement as well as strengthen the relationships between the community and community college. Research has demonstrated that service learning places a focus on students gaining the hands-on experience tied closely to course objectives…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Liberal Arts, Service Learning
Koohestani, Hamid Reza; Arabshahi, Seyed Kamran Soltani; Ahmadi, Fazlollah – Qualitative Research in Education, 2018
A qualitative study was conducted to explore the perception of healthcare professional students about mobile learning acceptance. Method: The study was performed using a conventional content analysis method. The subjects were the students of medical sciences in Iran University of Medical Science. Sampling was based on a purposeful sampling method.…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Behavior Patterns, Qualitative Research
Kocaman, Orhan; Iskender, Murat – Online Submission, 2016
This research was carried out to determine the impact of computer-assisted teaching on teaching English. The first phase of the research was designed as an experiment and computer-assisted teaching and traditional teaching methods were conducted synchronically in two different groups. In the second phase, effects of variables such as gender, age,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
