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Ruiz-Martín, Héctor; Bybee, Rodger W. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Over 34 years since its conception, research in educational settings has found evidence for the effectiveness of the 5E Instructional Model. Indeed, several studies have reported evidence of a better conceptual understanding of scientific ideas and models, positive effects on general achievement in science, and positive attitudes toward science.…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
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Roiha, Anssi; Polso, Jerker – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2021
Differentiation has become an indispensable teaching approach to meet the needs of diverse learners, and has thus garnered a lot of attention, particularly on a theoretical level. This has resulted in an abundance of differentiation models and frameworks. Despite the attention given to differentiation, most teachers still seem to struggle with…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Teaching Models, Constructivism (Learning), Multiple Intelligences
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Apdoludin; Saidek, Abdul Rahim; Islami, Raisul – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study aimed to determine the effect model of debate in the yellow book learning in schools to improve students' critical thinking skills so they can find a new science. This study was an experimental study with a control group. The study was conducted in classes XI Islamic Boarding School Al-Hidayah Jambi. This study uses two parallel…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Islamic Culture, Debate, Critical Thinking
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McBeth, Mark K.; Robison, Shea K. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2012
For those times when political science is again confronted with questions about its usefulness, we suggest that the classroom is a central arena for our discipline to reassert its relevance to the society in which we live. In particular, given the existence of our open and accessible political system, we argue that the introductory course taught…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, United States Government (Course), Introductory Courses, Political Science
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Yi, Zeng; LuXi, Zhang – Educational Studies, 2012
In the past few years, many students have begun to lose interest in science and information and engineering technology courses because they find them too boring and hard to learn. To strengthen this field of education and stimulate students' motivation and interest in learning, this study introduces a theoretical pedagogical framework based on…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Learning Problems, Science Interests, Cooperative Learning
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Reed, Stephen K. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
Many types of learning require the mapping of information across situations. The proposed organizational framework extends the cognitive study of mappings across problems to include mappings across representations, solutions, and sociocultural contexts. I apply one-to-one, one-to-many, and partial mappings to analyze representative cases that…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cognitive Processes, Logical Thinking, Information Transfer
Jukes, Ian; McCain, Ted; Crockett, Lee – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Exponential change is making our education system obsolete. New inventions will replace not only textbooks, but everything we currently think of as school. Teachers will need to rethink their roles as advances in teaching machines allow lessons to be customized to every child wherever that child might be. What is taught also will change because…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Teacher Role, Educational Change, Learning Processes
Cash, Joseph Carl – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research intends to contribute to the current literature available on the appropriate levels of utilizing Web 2.0 resources in the classroom, therefore, amicably submitting the study's results collaboration of a dynamic theoretical construct for pedagogy in the digital age. Educators must contend with and adapt to cognitive changes within…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Rural Schools, Extracurricular Activities, Academic Achievement
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Borders, Christy; Bock, Stacey Jones; Michalak, Nichelle – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
Today's classroom differs greatly from the classroom a decade ago. This is due, in part, to the changing demographics of students across the United States where diversity is now the norm. As children enter the educational system with diverse backgrounds, they are exposed to new experiences that facilitate changes in interests, behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Individualized Instruction, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Francisco, Bill; Noland, Thomas G.; Sinclair, Debra T. – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
One of the primary course delivery techniques has been the See-Hear-Do model. Under this system, the professor goes through the material and prepares a lecture for the class. The material is then presented to the students, typically using PowerPoint or some other visual graphics. The students are then asked to engage in some exercises, either in…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Delivery Systems, Conventional Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Klassen, Stephen – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2006
The contextual approach to teaching is generally recognized as a reasonable and desirable strategy to enhance student learning in science. Using several cognitive and learning theories together with various philosophical considerations, I identify five distinct contexts that are important in engaging learners: the theoretical, practical, social,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Epistemology, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Models
Baturay, Meltem – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this study was mainly to explore how theories of learning applied at English classes at Anatolian High Schools. It has been prepared through the findings of a 9th class English course implemented at an Anatolia High School under the control of Ministry of National Education and it involves four parts: Firstly, some brief explanation…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
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Esau, Helmut; Keene, Michael L. – College English, 1981
Examines the appropriateness of the second-language teaching/learning model when applied to college-level first-language writing instruction. (RL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Theories, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Hemphill, John – Language Arts, 1981
Describes three approaches to language arts instruction--student centered/integrated, content centered/segmented, and a combination of these two--and examines the strong and weak points of each. (HTH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Theories, Student Centered Curriculum
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Joyce, Bruce R. – Educational Leadership, 1975
Present technology provides the means to generate teacher centers in which we can continuously work to expand our range of competence and test the single proposition on which we rest our case. (Author)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
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