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Marra, Rose M.; Hacker, Douglas J.; Plumb, Carolyn – Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
Background: Developing self-directed learning (SDL) skills in engineering students is critical to support life-long learning. This research was conducted at Iron Range Engineering (IRE), an innovative, problem-based learning (PBL) engineering program, which has suffused the concept of metacognition throughout its curriculum. Purpose/Hypotheses:…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Independent Study, Skill Development, Problem Based Learning
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Ríos, Laura; Pollard, Benjamin; Dounas-Frazer, Dimitri R.; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Models of physical systems are used to explain and predict experimental results and observations. The Modeling Framework for Experimental Physics describes the process by which physicists revise their models to account for the newly acquired observations, or change their apparatus to better represent their models when they encounter discrepancies…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Interviews, Logical Thinking, Electronics
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Burns-Childers, Annie; Vidakovic, Draga – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2018
The purpose of this study was to gain insight into 30, first year calculus students' understanding of the relationship between the concept of vertex of a quadratic function and the concept of the derivative. APOS (action-process-object-schema) theory was applied as a guiding framework of analysis on student written work, think-aloud and follow up…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Protocol Analysis
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Abdel Latif, Muhammad M. M. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2019
Research comparing the use of retrospective interviews (RIs) and think-aloud protocols (TAPs) as two data sources of writers' composing processes is almost nonexistent. Trying to address this research gap, the present study examined the data obtained from the task-specific RIs and TAPs about the composing processes of 30 second language (L2)…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Interviews, Writing Processes, Persuasive Discourse
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Cromley, Jennifer G.; Dai, Ting; Fechter, Tia; Van Boekel, Martin; Nelson, Frank E.; Dane, Aygul – Grantee Submission, 2019
Reasoning skills have been clearly related to achievement in introductory undergraduate biology, a course with a high failure rate that may contribute to dropout from undergraduate STEM majors. Existing measures are focused on the experimental method, such as generating hypotheses, choosing a research method, how to control variables other than…
Descriptors: College Science, Undergraduate Students, Biology, Logical Thinking
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MacLeod, Rebecca B. – Journal of Music Teacher Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine how students, teachers, and outside observers perceive teaching effectiveness within a university-level string ensemble rehearsal setting. Students, teachers, and observers reflected on six rehearsal segments that used primarily nonverbal, co-verbal, or verbal instruction as outlined by Bob Culver in the…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Verbal Communication, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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McDonnell, Lisa; Mullally, Martha – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
An essential component skill of monitoring and reflection during problem solving is work checking, a process used by experts while solving problems to determine if their solution is achieving the goal. The results of work checking may reveal errors or inconsistencies, indicating a need for iteration. Using think-aloud interviews, the authors…
Descriptors: College Science, Protocol Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Genetics
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Angra, Aakanksha; Gardner, Stephanie M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Undergraduate biology education reform aims to engage students in scientific practices such as experimental design, experimentation, and data analysis and communication. Graphs are ubiquitous in the biological sciences, and creating effective graphical representations involves quantitative and disciplinary concepts and skills. Past studies…
Descriptors: Graphs, Biology, Science Instruction, College Science
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Ulyshen, Tianyi Zhang; Koehler, Matthew J.; Gao, Fei – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
Within the context of exploring an ill-structured task using the Google search engine, this study examined (a) the connections between general epistemic beliefs and the complexity of learners' knowledge exploration processes (i.e., learning complexity) and (b) the role of activating learners' task-oriented epistemic beliefs (i.e., epistemic…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Internet, Online Searching, Learning Processes
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Burrows, Nikita L.; Mooring, Suazette Reid – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
General chemistry is the first undergraduate course in which students further develop their understanding of fundamental chemical concepts. Many of these fundamental topics highlight the numerous conceptual interconnections present in chemistry. However, many students possess incoherent knowledge structures regarding these topics. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students
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Burkett, Candice; Goldman, Susan R. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
Comparisons of literary experts and novices indicate that experts engage in interpretive processes to "get the point" during their reading of literary texts but novices do not. In two studies the reading and interpretive processes of literary novices (undergraduates with no formal training in literature study) were elicited through…
Descriptors: Literature, Novices, Undergraduate Students, Protocol Analysis
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Wu, Qun; Wang, Yecheng – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to identify the occurrence of Sudden Moments of Inspiration (SMI) in the sketching process of industrial design through experiments to explain the effect of sub consciousness on SMI. There are a pre-experiment and a formal experiment. In the formal experiment, nine undergraduates majoring in industrial design with same…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Design, Majors (Students), Cognitive Style
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Baran, Evrim; Uygun, Erdem; Altan, Tugba – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
Recent interest in integrating mobile apps into teaching will continue growing. There remains, however, a pressing need to develop methods and resources to support and educate preservice teachers about the use of these technologies. This case study aimed to examine preservice teachers' criteria for evaluating educational mobile apps. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Usability
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Tristanti, Lia Budi; Sutawidjaja, Akbar; As'ari, Abdur Rahman; Muskar, Makbul – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
This study discusses the construction of deductive warrant derived from inductive warrant in mathematical argumentations expressed by pre-service teacher. In completing a mathematics task, a problem solver needs argumentation to determine, reveal, and support a reasonable solution. A mathematical argumentation can be analyzed by Toulmin scheme…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education
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Li, Jiuliang – Irish Educational Studies, 2016
In language learning contexts, writing tasks that involve reading of source texts are often used to elicit more authentic integrative language use. Thus, interests in researching these read-to-write tasks in general and as assessment tasks keep growing. This study examined and modeled the process of summary writing as a read-to-write integrated…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Protocol Analysis, Questionnaires, Interviews
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