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Pols, Freek; Diepenbroek, Patrick – Physics Education, 2023
In practical work focussing on conceptual development, students spend valuable in-class time on collecting data rather than making sense out of it. This provides a barrier to learning about the targeted concept. To address this problem, we developed an approach that we coin "collaborative data collection." Using a practical on the topic…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Data Collection
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Jessica Andrews-Todd; Jonathan Steinberg; Samuel L. Pugh; Sidney K. D'Mello – Grantee Submission, 2022
New challenges in today's world have contributed to increased attention toward evaluating individuals' collaborative problem solving (CPS) skills. One difficulty with this work is identifying evidence of individuals' CPS capabilities, particularly when interacting in digital spaces. Often human-driven approaches are used but are limited in scale.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cooperation, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Tsai, Meng-Jung; Wang, Ching-Yeh; Wu, An-Hsuan; Hsiao, Chun-Ying – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Robotics education has gradually been emphasized in contemporary school curricula; however, assessment tools for robotics learning are still limited. Based on Bloom's Taxonomy of educational objectives, this study aimed to develop the Robotics Learning Self-Efficacy Scale (RLSES) with a two-level construct of five dimensions for assessing…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Student Evaluation
Nazareno, Lori; Krafel, Alysia – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Not all schools are obsessed with ensuring high test scores for students. Some schools have designed themselves around a priority of creating safe, empathetic learning environments. The Chrysalis Charter School in Palo Cedro, California, has a mission of developing a culture of kindness. The Minnesota New Country School in Henderson, Minnesota,…
Descriptors: School Culture, Educational Environment, Charter Schools, Metacognition
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Kent, Shawn; Wanzek, Jeanne; Swanson, Elizabeth A.; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2015
We examined the effectiveness of implementing team-based learning (TBL) practices on content acquisition for 11th grade students with high-incidence disabilities enrolled in general education social studies courses. TBL components focus on collaborative discourse within heterogeneous teams. TBL, which requires critical thinking and the application…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disabilities, Social Studies, Cooperative Learning
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Wilczewski, Michal; Søderberg, Anne-Marie; Gut, Arkadiusz – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2018
This study investigates Polish expatriates' stories of encounters with local personnel in a Chinese subsidiary of a Western multinational company. A narrative analysis of the stories produced important insights into Polish-Chinese communication in an intra-subsidiary context. Low proficiency in the host language was a serious obstacle to…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Immigrants, Corporations, International Trade
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Riley, Jason M.; Ellegood, William A.; Solomon, Stanislaus; Baker, Jerrine – Journal of International Education in Business, 2017
Purpose: This study aims to understand how mode of delivery, online versus face-to-face, affects comprehension when teaching operations management concepts via a simulation. Conceptually, the aim is to identify factors that influence the students' ability to learn and retain new concepts. Design/methodology/approach: Leveraging Littlefield…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Delivery Systems, Comprehension, Online Courses
Lorenzutti, Nico – English Teaching Forum, 2014
This author presents variable and stimulating activities using songs to encourage students to connect with language. Seven dynamic activities include Song Pictures, Re-order It, Matching Meanings, Changing the Text, Song Strip Connections, Song Cards, and Pair Watching. All are outlined to facilitate their use, and many have added extensions and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Singing, Learning Activities
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Blackwood, Tony; Round, Anna; Pugalis, Lee; Hatt, Lucy – Industry and Higher Education, 2015
Entrepreneurial learning is complex, reflecting the distinctive dispositions of entrepreneurs (including nascent entrepreneurs at an early stage in their entrepreneurial life course). The surge in entrepreneurship education programmes over recent decades and the attendant increase in scholarship have often contributed to this convoluted field.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration Education, Novices
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Volkov, Arabella; Volkov, Michael – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the development of students' skills in the context of team-based learning. Academics have heeded the call to incorporate team learning activities into the curricula, yet little is known of student perception of teamwork and whether they view it as beneficial to them and…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes
Peng, Chih-Hung – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Information technology has played several important roles in group decision making, such as communication support and decision support. Little is known about how information technology can be used to persuade members of a group to reach a consensus. In this dissertation, I aim to address the issues that are related to the role of visual…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Visual Aids, Participative Decision Making, Influences
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Sheryn, Louise; Ell, Fiona – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2014
Debates about how undergraduate mathematics should be taught are informed by different views of what it is to learn and to do mathematics. In this qualitative study 10 students enrolled in an advanced undergraduate course in mathematics shared their views about how they best learn mathematics. After participating in a semester-long course in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Roberson, Bill; Franchini, Billie – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
Group and team tasks are the culminating outputs of student learning in team and collaborative learning environments. How they are conceived and designed, therefore, can directly determine the success of the pedagogical strategy. A key design issue for creating effective tasks is how best to focus student knowledge, observation, and analysis…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, College Students, College Faculty
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Savin-Baden, Maggi – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
The author argues that there is still too much teaching to the test, and the consequence is growing "constellations" of problem-based learning (PBL), some of which are useful, and some of which are not. Today, what passes for PBL practice often seems more like guidelines than any kind of reasoned pedagogy. While at one level the range of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Knowledge Level
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Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
By bringing together the national German sports game community and an international scientific community in a joint conference, the 6th International Teaching Games for Understanding Conference (TGfU) Meets the 10th German Sports Games Symposium of the German Association of Sport Science (DVS), held July 25-27, 2016, at the German Sport University…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Sports, Racquet Sports, Athletics
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