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Direct linkJoseph, Mathew; Stone, George W.; Grantham, Kimberly; Harmancioglu, Nukhet; Ibrahim, Essam – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2007
Purpose: This exploratory study attempts to capture some of the principal benefits/factors attributable to service learning/community service projects, from a student perspective. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 67 males and 83 females (16 graduate, 71 seniors, and 63 juniors) participated in the study. Findings: Students believe that…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Learning Experience
Timma, Hilary – Studies in Continuing Education, 2007
This paper explores how worker identities are shaped (and reshaped) in the workplace through the interconnected experiences of assessment, work and learning. Drawing on a study conducted at three food production companies in regional Victoria, the paper locates these workplace experiences as social constructions and considers the significance of…
Descriptors: Food Processing Occupations, Foreign Countries, Work Environment, Industrial Psychology
Richardson, Ginny – Exceptional Parent, 2006
Twelve-year-old Aaron Zibricky, a member of the Lucky Clovers 4-H Club, entered his prize sheep, Star, in the 2005 Will County Fair in Illinois. Zibricky, who is diagnosed with autism, had worked and strived for this moment, putting in long hours feeding, cleaning and shearing the sheep and learning showmanship skills. No one was more elated at…
Descriptors: Autism, Special Needs Students, Discovery Processes, Student Interests
Peer reviewedBreaux, Robert – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Considered were the effects of learning a concept chain inductively or deductively and the effects of presenting the individual concepts of the chain by discovery or utilization, upon a transfer task which required information recall but not discovery skills. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: College Students, Deduction, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Download full textCarter, Constance, Comp. – 1987
Invention is the creation of a new device or technique or the use of some particular phenomenon to achieve a given result. Examples of technological invention can be found at all times and in all places of human history. This paper chronicles the history of invention and provides references to materials that discuss the socio-cultural, economic,…
Descriptors: Books, Citations (References), Discovery Processes, Innovation
Warren, Thomas F. – 1985
In Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois a group of schools has united together to form the Beloit Educational Computing Consortium (BECC). A recent survey of selected teachers in BECC schools indicated that even though the schools do not consciously set out to teach creativity via computers, substantial creative behavior is demonstrated by the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Development, Discovery Processes
Baughman, Gerald D. – J Secondary Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Discovery Processes, Evaluation, Experiments
Gilbert, Donald – Grade Teacher, 1969
Part of the Grade Teacher special report, "Linguistics and the Language Arts.
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Discovery Processes, Generative Grammar, Grammar
VOJTKO, GEORGE R. – 1965
A UNIT OF STUDY FOR MODERN MATH WAS DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR A SMOOTHER TRANSITION FROM OLD TEXTBOOKS INTO THE NEW SILVER BURDETT SERIES, "MODERN ARITHMETIC THROUGH DISCOVERY." EACH CONCEPT PRESENTED IS BASED UPON FAMILIAR CONCEPTS, DEVELOPED GRADUALLY, AND DIRECTED TOWARD PARTICULAR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. THE FIRST CONCEPT DEVELOPED IS…
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Fundamental Concepts, Glossaries, Grade 6
PATE, ROBERT T.; SLOAN, FRED A. – 1964
TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIONS WERE STUDIED IN (1) A TRADITIONAL MATHEMATICS PROGRAM, AND (2) A NEW MATHEMATICS PROGRAM BASED ON PROCEDURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESS OF DISCOVERY AND INQUIRY AND THE USE OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC. FORTY CLASSES OF REGULARLY ENROLLED FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY. DURING OBSERVATIONS OF EACH CLASS, THE…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discovery Processes, Grade 4, Modern Mathematics
Chambers, David W. – 1970
A laboratory study was performed with four levels of discovery and two levels on an overlearning factor. An improved experimental paradigm was chosen so as to avoid a number of confusions which have obscured previous research. An operational definition was developed for discovery and guided discovery and discovery teaching, and inquiry learning.…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Laboratory Experiments
McKinnon, Joe Wallace – 1970
Reported is an examination of the effects of a newly devised science course upon the logical thought processes of college freshmen. Five tasks designed to determine whether the student did thinking logically when presented with problems of conservation of volume, reversible operations, reconciliation of irrelevant variables, and elimination of…
Descriptors: College Science, Discovery Processes, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Adams, Robert A., Ed. – 1971
A collection of 20 essays on creative problem solving in advertising and sales promotion considers the relationship between client and agency and the degree of creativity that is necessary or desirable for each side to bring to their collaboration. The different essays are fully illustrated and specifically focus on such areas as creativity in…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Advertising, Communications, Creative Thinking
Murphy, Glenn W. – 1971
The evaluation of a general college biology course taught by a combination of lectures, readings, small group discussions, and student-initiated activities, contains a list of the topics introduced in each of three semesters, the facilities available to students in conducting their individually designed research projects, audio-visual material…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Discovery Processes, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Sandel, Daniel H. – 1971
The discovery method, according to the author, promotes logical thinking, is motivational in nature, makes learning more permanent, produces more usable knowledge, and gets students actively involved. A discovery lesson is characterized by the following: (1) the concept to be learned is not announced, (2) experiences and activities are developed…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning
