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Taneisha Vilma; Daniel A. Nuccio; Amanda M. Durik; M. Anne Britt – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2025
Introductory psychology students need supports to read and think in a discipline-specific way when learning psychology theories. We tested the effectiveness of using a task-model steps chart to help students understand, evaluate, and use theories presented in their introductory psychology textbook and lecture videos. We randomly assigned 52…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Content Area Reading, Textbooks
John E. Parsons – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2025
In a series of three video-recorded assignments over a 6-week period, undergraduate music education students (N = 16) enrolled in an instrumental methods course described aloud what they were thinking about as they practiced a three-note melody on a secondary brass instrument. Later, I completed a content analysis of the students' practice…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Attention, Human Body
Ramadhanti, Dina; Yanda, Diyan Permata – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
One of the factors that can affect the ability to write explanatory text is metacognitive awareness. By using the descriptive method, the students' level of metacognitive awareness was explained, and by using the correlational method the effect of metacognitive awareness towards explanatory text writing ability was explained. The results showed…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Correlation, Writing Skills, Writing Assignments
Djatmika; Prihandoko, Lastika Ary; Nurkamto, Joko – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
It has been a consensus that growth mindsets, self-efficacy, and metacognition have played their respective roles in academic writing. However, very few previous studies have investigated the contributions of those variables all together in single studies. Thus, the present study aimed to examine the interplay among academic writing growth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Academic Language, Self Efficacy
Qianqian Zhang-Wu; Alison Stephens; Neal Lerner – Composition Studies, 2023
Our research explores the meaningful writing experiences of 325 undergraduate students who self-identify as multilingual. Through qualitative coding of open-ended survey data, we found that respondents considered their writing meaningful when it allowed them to make personal and relevant connections and learn new skills and strategies. Our…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Multilingualism, Writing Instruction, Writing Assignments
Leanne Havis – Journal of Response to Writing, 2022
Metacognition emphasizes an awareness and understanding of one's thoughts and cognitive processes, along with management of cognition through multiple strategies, including organizing, monitoring, and adapting. Before students can truly become effective writers, they must develop an appreciation for the amount of planning, organization, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation
Jaiswal, Aparajita; Lyon, Joseph A.; Zhang, Yiqun; Magana, Alejandra J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Reflective practice is becoming a more necessary skill across all disciplines and industry sectors. This study describes the reflective processes capstone engineering students engaged with as part of modelling-based learning assignments over the entire course of a semester. Students answered multiple reflection questions asking them about…
Descriptors: Reflection, Models, Modeling (Psychology), Teaching Methods
Senovska, Nadiia; Pryshliak, Oksana – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2020
The current study aims to understand the development of students' professional self-regulation during pedagogical practice. Fifty participants of this study were fourth-year students of the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ukraine. The following questions were considered: Has any certain level of professional…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Eckert, Sarah Anne; Miller, Melodie – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of using structured reflection via the critical incident analysis method to develop multicultural awareness and intercultural empathy in undergraduate-level pre-service teachers. This research is important, given the striking demographic mismatch between students and teachers in US…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cultural Awareness, Empathy, Critical Incidents Method
Leggette, Holli R.; Redwine, Tobin; Busick, Brytann – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2020
Many national reports have documented students' writing deficiencies and the need to develop rigorous writing curricula that moves the needle forward in training young professionals to write. The quasi-experimental study described herein explains the effect reflection had on journalistic writing students' media writing self-perception scores. We…
Descriptors: Reflection, Journal Writing, Self Efficacy, Undergraduate Students
Hitchcock, Laurel Iverson; Sage, Todd; Lynch, Michael; Sage, Melanie – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2021
Although pedagogical fundamentals of teaching with technology appear in the literature, the use of podcasting in the classroom is primarily documented outside of social work education. This study explored outcomes of an assignment in which students create podcasts meant for consumption by people besides the instructor. The authors theorized that…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Counselor Training, Social Work, Teaching Methods
Melchiorre, Marilyn Martin – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2019
This study examines students' reflections on how concepts covered in a marketing course are applied to the broader liberal arts curriculum. The objective was to demonstrate when given a chance with an Interdisciplinary Reflection Assignment, students can articulate interdisciplinary relevance. The study collected sample data from six classes over…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Marketing, Liberal Arts
Myers, Charlsie A.; Hatchel, Jennifer M. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
We explored the differences in academic achievement, personality, and cognitive factors among students who did and did not do extra credit. A total of 276 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory or upper-level psychology and biology courses were surveyed following their final exams to determine levels of academic self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Grades (Scholastic), Student Motivation
The Use of Student Question-Posing in Reactor Design to Encourage an Open-Ended Approach to Learning
Pott, Robert W. M.; Nortjé, Sunel – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
A concern in engineering education is students adopting a 'recognise and reproduce' approach to problem solving. In this study, an assignment was conceived and analysed through Legitimation Code Theory -- which allows for visualisation of students' thinking, and to illuminate how students construct knowledge in open-ended problem solving. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Engineering Education, Problem Solving
Campenni, C. Estelle; Hartman, Ashley – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2020
This randomized controlled study examined effects of mandala (structured and unstructured) and instruction (directed expression and free expression) on state anxiety, mood, and state mindfulness. Participants included 69 undergraduates randomly assigned to one of four conditions following anxious mood induction. The design followed 2 (mandala) X 2…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Metacognition, Art Products, Undergraduate Students