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Kristy L. Daniel; Daniel Ferguson; E. Austin Leone; Carrie J. Bucklin – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Phylogenetic tree diagrams are commonly found in introductory biology curricula and represent the evolutionary relationships of organisms. Tree-thinking, or the ability to accurately interpret, use, and generate these phylogenetic representations, involves a challenging set of skills for students to learn. Although many introductory biology…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
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Andargachew Moges Agonafir – Educational Action Research, 2023
In the 21st century, preparing university students for real work and lifelong learning requires instructors to serve as facilitators of learning rather than as providers of information. Instruction needs to be learner-centered, active, enjoyable, and engaging. As one form of active learning strategy, cooperative learning (e.g. group assignment)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Strategies, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
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Al-Ta'ani, Worod Maarouf Mohammad; Hamadneh, Munes Adeeb – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2023
The study describes the reality of learning motivation among students of the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Irbid National University in light of Active Learning Strategies. The study used the descriptive-analytical approach. The study sample was chosen using a simple random sampling method. The results showed that the reality of Active…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Gender Differences
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Rieg, Denise Luciana; Lima, Rui M. M.; Mesquita, Diana; Scramim, Fernando Cezar Leandro; Mattasoglio Neto, Octavio – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to implement and evaluate active learning strategies to support engineering students in the development of research competences, contributing to the growing need for a closer relationship between research and teaching. Design/methodology/approach: This study was developed using an action research approach. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Research Skills, Scientific Methodology
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Sally F. Shady – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2025
Challenge: As biomedical engineers revolutionize medicine, biomedical engineering programs must adapt to the diverse learning styles of the current student population. Students are learning in new ways and instructional strategies need to be adopted. Novel Initiative: Understanding generational attributes is crucial for developing effective…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biomechanics, Science Instruction, Problem Based Learning
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
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Krista Wojdak; Michelle K. Smith; Hayley Orndorf; Marie Louise Ramirez – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2024
With the onset of COVID-19, colleges and universities moved to emergency remote teaching, and instructors immediately adjusted their curricula. Many instructors adapted or developed new online lessons that they subsequently published as Open Educational Resources (OERs). While much has been examined related to how entire course designs evolved…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Biology, Science Instruction, Open Educational Resources
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Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki; Dizza Beimel; Arava Tsoury – Online Learning, 2023
The last decade has brought far-reaching changes in higher education, leading institutions to shift some or all instruction online. This shift to distance learning has contributed to a more significant need for active learning: changing students from passive knowledge consumers into proactive knowledge producers using interactive teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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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
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Coulton, Gary F. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2022
There is considerable evidence that 'active learning' strategies are more efficacious than traditional 'passive learning' methods (e.g. lecture). Presented here is a small group active learning project developed for undergraduate social psychology students. The activity involves carrying out and reporting the results of a structured demonstration…
Descriptors: Victims, Undergraduate Students, Social Psychology, Active Learning
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Alshammari, Reem Fuhaid – English Language Teaching, 2022
The main aim of the present study is to develop first year university students' meta-cognitive reading comprehension using inquiry-based learning strategy. Subjects of the study were 106 (53 males, 53 females) first year university students enrolled in two classrooms at colleges representing urban and sub-urban areas in Shaqra University. The…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Metacognition, Pretests Posttests
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Voight, Matthew; Apkarian, Naneh; Rasmussen, Chris – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2020
Precalculus and single-variable calculus courses are a critical early juncture for the success of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students in the United States (US). The default course structure is often a required three-term sequence of precalculus, differential calculus, and integral calculus. In this paper we analyse…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, STEM Education
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Shroff, Ronnie H.; Ting, Fridolin S. T.; Lam, Wai Hung; Cecot, Tomasz; Yang, Jian; Chan, Lap Ki – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2021
This study describes the development and validation of a psychometrically-sound instrument, the Active Learning Strategies Inventory (ALSI), designed to measure learners' perceptions of their active learning strategies within an active learning context. Active learning encompasses a broad range of pedagogical practices and instructional methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Construct Validity, Test Reliability
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Driessen, Emily P.; Knight, Jennifer K.; Smith, Michelle K.; Ballen, Cissy J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Active learning is frequently used to describe teaching practices, but the term is not well-defined in the context of undergraduate biology education. To clarify this term, we explored how active learning is defined in the biology education literature (n = 148 articles) and community by surveying a national sample of biology education researchers…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Biology, Science Instruction
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Stengel, Ashley; Stanke, Kimberly M.; McPherson, Morgan R.; Drijber, Rhae A. – Natural Sciences Education, 2021
Critical evaluation and analysis are essential skills of the scientific process which can be further developed through reading primary scientific literature. However, early stage scientists, including undergraduate and graduate students, often face barriers to reading and comprehending primary literature, which can make deeper investigation and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Journal Writing
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