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Todd, E. Michelle; Higgs, Cory A.; Mumford, Michael D. – Creativity Research Journal, 2023
Idea evaluation has been identified as a critical step in the creative problem-solving process. Yet, it is unclear how exactly individuals evaluate and compensate for weaknesses in their creative ideas. In the present study, both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to identify the compensatory strategies that undergraduate participants…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Concept Formation, Evaluative Thinking, Problem Solving
Kimberly S. DeGlopper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The work presented in the following chapters was undertaken with the goal of understanding and improving education in organic chemistry. Initial work, described in Chapters 1 and 2, focuses on students' ability to explain and rationalize the outcomes of organic chemistry reactions. Chapter 1 explores the relationship between assessment emphasis…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Learning Strategies, Thinking Skills
Thabiso Khemane; Pragashni Padayachee; Corrinne Shaw – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
This article explores the conceptual challenges that engineering students encounter with double integrals in a vector calculus course. Drawing on previous literature and utilising APOS (Activity- Process- Objects- Schema) as a theoretical framework, this study investigates the difficulties that students face in understanding and applying double…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Calculus, Learning Strategies, Engineering Education
John Mark Watford Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the standardization of calculus education as a Calculus and Analytic Geometry course after the 1950s, curriculum updates have been slow to penetrate the undergraduate mathematics classroom practice, taking decades to manifest. Common struggles with the teaching and learning of calculus, such as relying on a procedural understanding of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Students, Calculus, Educational Change
Stoa, Rosalyn; Chu, Tsz Lun; Gurung, Regan A. R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Identifying impediments to learning can help both instructors and students. In this study students (N = 222) from across the nation listed concepts from research methods they found the most challenging--"potholes" or impediments to learning, and also rated the difficulty of various concepts from the class. We also measured student…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Research Methodology, Psychology, Difficulty Level
Madhavi Avadhani – Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, 2024
Protein translation is a fundamental biological process taught in introductory general biology classes at the undergraduate level. This core scientific topic is often hard for students to understand as it involves several key players and piecing together of information learned in multiple lectures. The current study examines the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Genetics
Joel Weijia Lai; Wei Qiu; Maung Thway; Lei Zhang; Nurabidah Binti Jamil; Chit Lin Su; Samuel S. H. Ng; Fun Siong Lim – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2025
The growing use of generative AI (GenAI) has sparked discussions regarding integrating these tools into educational settings to enrich the learning experience of teachers and students. Self-regulated learning (SRL) research is pivotal in addressing this inquiry. One prevalent manifestation of GenAI is the large-language model (LLM) chatbot,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Learning Analytics, Introductory Courses
Sulma Paola Vera-Monroy; Sandra Rodriguez; Manuel Alfredo Figueredo – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
This study evaluates the implementation of a collaborative/game-based learning strategy on final year B.Sc. students focused on reinforcing the Taylor theorem (a mathematical concept previously learned, usually forgotten over time and widely used in chemical engineering) and analyses its effect on their academic performance. To this end, the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods
Tungkunanan, Pariyaporn – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
The research aimed to find the learning model of the undergraduate students by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The objective was design learning model. The Methods of this Study process to find the learning model of the undergraduate students is divided into two phrases. The 1st phrase: the preliminary study and the 2nd phrase: Confirmatory…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Processes, Factor Analysis, Expectation
Davis, Kirsten A.; Mogg, William A.; Callaghan, David P.; Birkett, Greg R.; Knight, David B.; O'Brien, Katherine R. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
In this paper, we introduce 'Concept Questions,' a weekly writing assignment that has been incorporated into multiple upper-level engineering courses at a single university with the intent of enhancing students' conceptual understanding of the course content. To explore the influence of this activity on students in these courses, we compared…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Writing Assignments, Course Content, Concept Formation
Asem, Elikplimi K.; Rajwa, Bartek – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
This study assessed the impact of an "active learning" strategy employed alone or in combination with traditional lectures on the learning of mammalian physiology by undergraduate students. The study investigated the impact of three teaching strategies, namely (1) traditional lecture, (2) group discussion alone, and (3) combination of…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Teaching Methods, Group Discussion, Physiology
Anita B. Delahay; Marsha C. Lovett – Grantee Submission, 2019
Prior knowledge has long been recognized as an important predictor of learning, yet the term prior knowledge is often applied to related but distinct constructs. We define a specific form of prior knowledge, ancillary knowledge, as knowledge of concepts and skills that enable learners to gain the most from a target lesson. Ancillary knowledge is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Prior Learning, Experiential Learning, Introductory Courses
Yimer, Sirak Tsegaye – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
The purpose of the study was to explore whether learners' conceptual knowledge (CK) or procedural knowledge (PK) understanding of calculus using the stimulus of active technology-based learning strategy better influence their content knowledge (COK) development. The quantitative methods were used in a quasi-experimental design. CK, PK and COK…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Knowledge Level, Active Learning, Learning Strategies
Obada, David O.; Bako, Raymond B.; Ahmed, Abdulkarim S.; Anafi, Fatai O.; Eberemu, Adrian O.; Dodoo-Arhin, David; Oyedeji, Ayodeji N.; Salami, Kazeem A.; Samuel, Bassey O.; Samuel, Emmanuel T.; Obada, Israel B. – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Research and academia have been recently affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and physical classrooms and laboratory experiments have been affected significantly due to the recent laboratory closures. This has led to innovative approaches to curb this problem. To address these difficulties in teaching bioengineering related courses that is of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Distance Education, Active Learning
Shenk, Lynne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The periodic table is recognized as one of the most powerful tools in science. While it is included in virtually all high school and undergraduate general chemistry curricula, it remains a mystery to many chemistry students who find it impossible to decode. Students are often able to predict periodic trends concerning atomic radius, ionization…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Abstract Reasoning, Chemistry, Problem Solving