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Wan-Ling Huang – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
This study aims to propound an instructional design for a service-learning course grounded in public problem analysis and verify its immediate and sustained outcomes through the actual instructional process. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted wherein students who were enrolling in a service-learning course were considered as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Service Learning, Public Administration, Student Projects
Charity N. Watson; Pablo Duran; Adam Castillo; Edgar Fuller; Geoff Potvin; Laird Kramer – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2025
College calculus plays an important role in STEM students' degree and career aspirations. One of the key factors considered in assessing a student's ability to be successful in calculus is their proficiency in topics from prior mathematics courses such as algebra and precalculus. This study set out to examine the impact of students' precalculus…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Cassandra A. Paul; David J. Webb – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
We have previously described the reformed introductory physics course, collaborative learning through active sense-making in physics (CLASP), for bioscience students at a large public research one university (Original University) and presented evidence that the course was more successful and more equitable than the course it replaced by several…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Disadvantaged
Stephen M. Fitzjohn; Alice M. Semenenko; Frances M. MacMillan – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
In response to a decline in the numeracy skills and confidence of first-year biomedical science undergraduate students, a series of quizzes was developed to encourage students to practice their numeracy skills with topic-related problems. The quizzes were created using existing tools in the online learning platform Blackboard (Blackboard, Inc.).…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Numeracy, Self Efficacy, Learning Management Systems
Janet E. Rosenbaum; Lisa C. Dierker – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
Self-efficacy is associated with a range of educational outcomes, including science and math degree attainment. Project-based statistics courses have the potential to increase students' math self-efficacy because projects may represent a mastery experience, but students enter courses with preexisting math self-efficacy. This study explored…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Statistics Education, Introductory Courses, Self Esteem
Edward J. Balleisen; Laura Howes; Erik Wibbels – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
A growing body of research suggests that "high-impact practices" such as project-based and experiential learning make important contributions to undergraduate student development and outcomes. However, most attempts to evaluate such programs are based on qualitative or self-reported data generated from small samples. This study examines…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, Student Projects
Baichang Zhong; Xiaofan Liu; Shuiyan Huang – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2025
While pair learning (PL) is considered a potential method in STEM education including robotics education (RE), the question of how to pair students for superior learning effects remains. Current grouping strategies for PL in RE are constrained by fixed grouping (FG) and short of attention to dynamic grouping (DG). Therefore, this study aims to…
Descriptors: Robotics, Cooperative Learning, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education
Tala Araghi; Carly A. Busch; Katelyn M. Cooper – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
College science courses continue to transition from traditional lecture to active learning, which has been shown to have both alleviating and exacerbating effects on undergraduate mental health. Notably, existing studies have primarily examined the relationship between active learning and anxiety, and no studies have specifically assessed the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Science Education, Depression (Psychology), Undergraduate Students
Huang, Wen; London, Jeremi S.; Perry, Logan A. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2023
Understanding statistics is essential for engineers. However, statistics courses remain challenging for many students, as they find them rigid, abstract, and demanding. Prior research has indicated that using project-based learning (PjBL) to demonstrate the relevance of statistics to students can have a significant effect on learning in these…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Relevance (Education)
Eka Ariyati; Herawati Susilo; Hadi Suwono; Fatchur Rohman – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2024
Learning must be able to develop knowledge, skills, and mindsets so that the graduates produced have attitudes, abilities and knowledge that are integrated and skilled in life. One way to achieve learning can be done through habits of mind because the success of learning is strongly influenced by habits of mind. The purpose of this study is to as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
Lin, Wei-Chieh; Nguyen, Lam-Huu-Phuoc; Tran, Ngoc-Huy; Huang, Chin-Fei – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2022
This study explores the impact of an action-oriented environmental education course on students' environmental awareness, with 53 college students divided into experimental (N = 27) and control (N = 26) groups. Both groups participated in similar learning activities; however, the experimental group further recorded the amount of waste discharged…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Undergraduate Students, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods
Kallarackal, Angy J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Background: The goals of laboratory experiences include developing knowledge base, research skills, and scientific communication abilities. Objective: The aim was to assess an inquiry-based laboratory activity using the model organism "Caenorhabditis elegans" in relation to learning goals. Method: Students in a "Biopsychology"…
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Biology, Psychology, Communication Skills
Reid, Joshua W.; Weigel, Emily G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
Recent reform efforts in postsecondary science teaching have called for shifts in instructional methods to include more evidence-based instructional practices. However, a myriad of factors play a role in whether an instructor adopts these more student-centered methods. One such factor is teaching perspective. In this study, we explored the…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students
Bennett, Amy Been – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
Tertiary mathematics educators have been shifting towards an active learning approach to teaching. Many external factors support or hinder their transition towards evidence-based instructional practices, including, of recent international interest, the physical learning spaces. In this study in the U.S., I observed and interviewed instructors of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Teacher Attitudes
Olivia M. Reynolds – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Active learning is widely recognized as superior to traditional passive, lecture-based techniques for fostering learning in STEM courses. Interactive, hands-on learning where students interact with their peers and physical systems is an effective type of active learning. As the need for scientists and engineers continues to grow, understanding and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Thermodynamics, Concept Formation, Undergraduate Students