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Rozenszajn, Ronit; Kavod, Galia Zer; Machluf, Yossy – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) is a qualitative method, based on the Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) theory, which provides a powerful tool to elicit tacit personal construction systems, with minimal intervention and interpretation. Although the contributory potential of the RGT as a cognitive research tool in science education has been…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Psychology, Theories, Science Education
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Bassi, Francesca – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is the analysis of the evolution of students' satisfaction over time in a large Italian university and the effects on it because of some characteristics of the teachers: didactic practices, beliefs and needs with regard to teaching and learning. Design/methodology/approach: The first step of the analysis…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Higher Education, College Students, Teacher Attitudes
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Emyus, Ahmad Zaki; Degeng, I Nyoman Sudana; Setyosari, Punaji; Ulfa, Saidah – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
This research aims to determine the influence of the models of whole brain teaching (WBT) and visual literacy to motoric and linguistic abilities of preschool children aged 5-6 years old. The method for this research is a quasi-experiment with a non-equivalent control group design. In this research, there is one experiment class with the treatment…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Psychomotor Skills, Language Skills, Visual Literacy
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Konstantinidis-Pereira, Alicja – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2018
This paper summarises a new method of grouping postgraduate taught (PGT) courses introduced at Oxford Brookes University as a part of a Portfolio Review. Instead of classifying courses by subject, the new cluster approach uses statistical methods to group the courses based on factors including flexibility of study options, level of specialisation,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Portfolios (Background Materials), Statistical Analysis, Classification
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Tai, Hung-Cheng – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study explored the effects of collaborative writing instruction on undergraduate nursing students' writing performance and self-efficacy beliefs within an online learning system. A single-group experimental study utilized two instruments, the NCEEC (National College Entrance Examination Center) writing grading criteria (the SRCT) and a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Alt, Dorit – Learning Environments Research, 2017
The increasing calls for diversity research signal a need to explore contemporary learning and instruction strategies that respond to diversity in courses and curricula. The major objective of this research was to measure the level of openness to diversity and challenge (ODC) among college students as a function of their perceived constructivist…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Structural Equation Models, Undergraduate Students
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Ballance, Oliver James – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
One of the most promising avenues of research in computer-assisted language learning is the potential for language learners to make use of language corpora. However, using a corpus requires use of a corpus tool as an interface, typically a concordancer. How such a tool can be made most accessible to learners is an important issue. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Indexes, Multivariate Analysis, Classification
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Knowles, Ryan T. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2018
This quantitative study uses survey data to test connections between 735 teachers' civic education ideology (CivID) and their self-reported instructional practices. Analysis demonstrates teachers' beliefs in relation to conservative, liberal, and critical civic education ideology as well as preference for instructional strategies, such as…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Teacher Attitudes, Ideology
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Otwinowska, Agnieszka – Language Awareness, 2017
The training of language teachers still follows traditional models of teachers' competences and awareness, focusing solely on the target language. Such models are incompatible with multilingual pedagogy, whereby languages are not taught in isolation, and learners' background languages are activated to enhance the process. When teaching…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Multilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics
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Tavakoli, Mansoor; Baniasad-Azad, Somayeh – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study investigated Iranian high school teachers' conceptions of effective teaching and examined the relationship of those conceptions to their teaching practices. The authors tried to achieve the purpose through questionnaires, observation, and interview. These teachers identified "being student-focused" and "being…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Effectiveness, Best Practices
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Sorensen-Unruh, Clarissa – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
This Communication summarizes one of the invited papers to the Select 2016 BCCE Presentations ACS CHED Committee on Computers in Chemical Education online ConfChem held from October 30 to November 22, 2016. The ConfChem paper (included within Supporting Information) focuses on the results of one instructor's incorporation of social media into her…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Uses in Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Teaching Methods
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Huang, Xiaoxia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Previous research has indicated the disconnect between example-based research focusing on worked examples (WEs) and that focusing on modeling examples. The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the effect of four different types of examples from the two separate lines of research, including standard WEs, erroneous WEs, expert (masterly)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes
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Mejia, Carolina; Florian, Beatriz; Vatrapu, Ravi; Bull, Susan; Gomez, Sergio; Fabregat, Ramon – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2017
Existing tools aim to detect university students with early diagnosis of dyslexia or reading difficulties, but there are not developed tools that let those students better understand some aspects of their difficulties. In this paper, a dashboard for visualizing and inspecting early detected reading difficulties and their characteristics, called…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Dyslexia, Visualization, Metacognition
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Lin, Lijia; Atkinson, Robert K.; Savenye, Wilhelmina C.; Nelson, Brian C. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of visual cues and different types of self-explanation prompts on learning, cognitive load, and intrinsic motivation in an interactive multimedia environment that was designed to deliver a computer-based lesson about the human cardiovascular system. A total of 126 college students were…
Descriptors: Cues, Outcomes of Education, Multimedia Instruction, Cognitive Ability
Knight, Peter; Mich, Claudia C.; Manion, Michael T. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2014
Sales education programs are undergoing rapid growth and dynamic change as more business and other undergraduate students pursue sales jobs as desirable career entry points. The number of collegiate sales programs has grown dramatically over the past decade, and sales educators today are increasingly focused on teaching experientially. That is,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Sales Occupations, Self Efficacy, Undergraduate Students
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