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Topu, Fatma Burcu – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the effects of gamification on active and reflective learners' engagement and cognitive load. It also compared both groups' experiences in a 10-week gamification process. It employed triangulation, one of the mixed research designs in this study. Participants consisted of 70 undergraduate students (45 active, 25…
Descriptors: Gamification, Active Learning, Reflective Teaching, Learner Engagement
Cinthia Viviana Rojas-Palacio; Eliana Isabel Arango-Zuluaga; Héctor Antonio Botero-Castro – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2024
This paper explains the design and implementation of a novel didactic strategy based on learning styles for teaching automatic control theory in engineering. Traditional research on engineering education has worked to develop teaching methodologies, educational resources, and assessment tasks without considering the learning styles of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Class Activities, College Faculty, Instructional Design
Kayla Vieno-Corbett; Andrew M. Deweyert – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2025
Drawing is a teaching tool that provides numerous benefits to student learning, including enhanced knowledge retention, improved observation skills, and increased engagement with course content. However, these exercises also place high cognitive demands on students and require a considerable time commitment. To acknowledge and celebrate the effort…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, Courses, Teaching Methods
Chang, Hung-Fu; Shokrolah Shirazi, Mohammad – Informatics in Education, 2022
Scrum is a widely-used framework in industry, so many schools apply it to their software engineering courses, particularly capstone courses. Due to the differences between students and industrial professionals, changing Scrum is necessary to fit capstone projects. In this paper, we suggest a decision-making process to assist instructors in…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Capstone Experiences, Learning Experience, Task Analysis
Lui, Michelle; McEwen, Rhonda; Mullally, Martha – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Educators are recognizing the potential power of immersive virtual reality (IVR) to allow learners to experience previously intangible firsthand phenomena, such as atoms and molecules. In this study, an IVR simulation of a complex gene regulation system was co-designed with an undergraduate microbiology course instructor. The course, with 234…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Difficulty Level, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
Wiggins, Benjamin; Jordt, Hannah; Wingert, Kerri – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
English language learners are increasingly entering classrooms using student-centered instruction that places a greater emphasis on spoken language. While active learning is beneficial for a range of student outcomes, these practices force language learners to carry a heavy cognitive load in a complex and challenging environment. This experiment…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Science Instruction, Active Learning, Difficulty Level
Leatherman, Judith L.; Cleveland, Lacy M. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
The flipped classroom is a teaching innovation in which instructional content is delivered out of the classroom, often via videos, and the class period is used for application of the course material. While the popularity of the flipped classroom is growing exponentially, its benefits have not been extensively studied. In this study we compared…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Undergraduate Students, Blended Learning, Active Learning
Shekhar, Prateek; Borrego, Maura; DeMonbrun, Matt; Finelli, Cynthia; Crockett, Caroline; Nguyen, Kevin – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-based teaching practices. Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of active learning in improving STEM undergraduate education,…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Student Reaction, Active Learning, STEM Education
Ping, Raedy; Parrill, Fey; Church, Ruth Breckinridge; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Many undergraduate chemistry students struggle to understand the concept of stereoisomers, molecules that have the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms but are different in how their atoms are oriented in space. Our goal in this study is to improve stereoisomer instruction by getting participants actively involved in the lesson.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Concept Formation
Connolly, Amy J.; Mutchler, Leigh A.; Rush, Daniel E. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2022
Introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS) is a challenging course to teach because of the broad expanse of rapidly-changing material, the centrality of the course to the business curriculum, students' demand for interactive teaching rather than traditional lecture, and general student disinterest in or lack of familiarity with the…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Information Science Education, Information Management, Difficulty Level
Lertkultanon, Suneeporn; Sarobol, Nopporn – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
Many benefits of using project work in English language classrooms have been shown in several studies. Students could develop their language skills, collaborative skills, research skills and other skills that they can apply in their future jobs. The aim of this present study is to investigate the benefits that university students gained as well as…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Mundy, Christine; Potgieter, Marietjie – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
In this study, action research was used over two years to refine the implementation of process-oriented guided inquiry learning for chemistry students in an academic development programme at a research-intensive South African university. Students' responses to guided inquiry were collected based on a three-pillar framework underpinned by cognitive…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Chemistry, Foreign Countries
Guo, Siming – Physics Education, 2020
This study compares synchronous versus asynchronous online teaching in an introductory calculus-based physics class. Like many schools, our institution transitioned to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. We held optional synchronous online sessions during the original class time, and approximately half of our students were regular…
Descriptors: Physics, Distance Education, Science Instruction, COVID-19
Pizzolato, Nicola; Fazio, Claudio; Sperandeo Mineo, Rosa Maria; Persano Adorno, Dominique – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
This paper addresses the efficacy of an open-inquiry approach that allows students to build on traditionally received knowledge. A sample of thirty engineering undergraduates, having already attended traditional university physics instruction, was selected for this study. The students were involved in a six-week long learning experience of…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education
Kaphesi, Elias – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
This paper reports on the metaphors that 36 third-year university mathematics education students have about mathematics. These metaphors were investigated through a questionnaire with five open-ended items. An inductive analysis of the students' metaphors for mathematics indicated that students had well developed and complex metaphors about…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Figurative Language
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