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Chen, Ouhao; Kalyuga, Slava – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2020
Problem solving followed by explicit instruction, as suggested by productive failure and several other instructional theories, indicates long-term learning benefits, whereas explicit instruction followed by problem solving has been consistently demonstrated as superior within the framework of cognitive load theory. However, the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Instructional Effectiveness
Tomlinson, Carol Ann; Sousa, David A. – Educational Leadership, 2020
In the last 50 years, research in psychology has informed educational practice, and recently educational neuroscience has also become a source of research-based guidance on education. The authors discuss four significant examples of how combining findings from psychology and neuroscience gives us insight into which approaches are most effective in…
Descriptors: Psychology, Neurosciences, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Structures
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Hattan, Courtney; Alexander, Patricia A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to: (a) examine the frequency of prior knowledge (PK) activation in elementary classrooms while students were engaged with text, (b) investigate the relevance of students' responses to teacher prompts, (c) explore the nature of teachers' and students' prior knowledge activation utterances, and (d) investigate…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Elementary School Students, Classroom Communication, Prompting
Morrisette, Jennifer Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2020
To overcome the inherent complexities of planning and implementing effective online learning experiences at scale, it has been suggested that design-thinking tools and practices can be leveraged by faculty and collaborative support staff (e.g., instructional designers). However, little is known about what design-thinking approaches are perceived…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Instructional Design
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Krystal L. Williams – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2020
Ongoing policy discussions emphasize the need for more STEM professionals to keep the United States internationally competitive in scientific fields and industry. From a K-16 perspective, it is important to note that students' trajectories into STEM professions are often shaped by their high school experiences--especially in mathematics.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Prior Learning, High School Students, Longitudinal Studies
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Al Mamun, Md Abdullah; Lawrie, Gwendolyn – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
Technological innovations and changing learning environments are influencing student engagement more than ever before. These changing learning environments are affecting the constructs of student behavioural engagement in the online environment and require scrutiny to determine how to facilitate better student learning outcomes. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Behavior, Inquiry, Learner Engagement
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O'Meara, Niamh; Prendergast, Mark; Treacy, Páraic – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
There is a body of research which highlights the importance of students studying mathematics at an advanced level, hence policy-makers worldwide look for ways to increase the uptake of advanced mathematics. In Ireland, the Government announced the introduction of a Bonus Points Initiative which came into effect in 2012, in an attempt to increase…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Lescarret, Colin; Magnier, Julien; Le Floch, Valérie; Sakdavong, Jean-Christophe; Boucheix, Jean-Michel; Tricot, André; Amadieu, Franck – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2023
The purpose of this study was to better understand how middle school students consider the source of information when processing videos with conflicting information. To this end, we exposed a sample of seventh-graders to a series of videos in which two interviewees expressed divergent positions on a socioscientific issue ('Will organic farming be…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Video Technology, Information Processing
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Kouo, Jennifer; Dalal, Medha; Lee, Eunsil; Berhane, Bruk; Emiola-Owolabi, Olushola; Ladeji-Osias, Jumoke; Beauchamp, Cheryl; Reid, Kenneth; Klein-Gardner, Stacy; Carberry, Adam – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2023
Engineering for US All (e4usa) is a National Science Foundation-funded first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at making engineering more inclusive and accessible to underrepresented populations. The "for us all" mission of e4usa encompasses both students and teachers. Paramount to the success of e4usa was the construction of professional…
Descriptors: Teachers, Engineering Education, Expertise, Prior Learning
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Rozvadská, Katarina – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2023
This is a study of the process of biographical learning and how it can be observed in narration. There have not yet been empirical studies focused explicitly on the learning aspects of biographical learning, as scholars have focused more on the biographical part of the concept -- more on the question of what is learned than of how it is learned.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Personal Narratives, Learning Processes, College Students
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Baldi, Brian; Mejia, Cynthia – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
Slow reading has long been viewed as a teaching technique that engages students more deeply with course readings. Little systematic research, however, has been done to understand how this pedagogical strategy works in college classrooms. This study investigated how slow reading techniques promoted deep learning among undergraduate college students…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Strategies, Reading Skills
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Lahey, Trace; Rizopoulos, Lisa – Middle School Journal, 2023
Teacher educators surveyed and interviewed program alumni working in middle schools to address the question, what literacy practices have you found to be most supportive of English language learners in your classrooms? This article describes the three most common practices identified by the middle school teachers, practices that are affiliated…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, English Language Learners, Teacher Educators, Alumni
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Heinz, Manuela; Keane, Elaine; Davison, Kevin – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
This paper contributes to debates about gender and diversity in teaching. Exploring the underrepresentation of males, socially constructed as a privileged group, is a complex task for researchers working within a social justice framework. Drawing on a national dataset (N = 5,627), we explore entry patterns to primary and post-primary Initial…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Sex, Undergraduate Students
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Nelson, Nadine; Chen, Julian – Language Awareness, 2023
This paper is based on the first author's experience of experimenting with critical language pedagogy (CLP) when she was teaching in the UAE. While prior research focuses mainly on the theoretical aspects of CLP, empirical studies on the effectiveness of implementing critical approaches and developing related teaching materials in Arab EFL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Critical Theory
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Jang, Yeonju; Choi, Seongyune; Kim, Seonghun; Kim, Hyeoncheol – Educational Technology & Society, 2023
Given the importance of digital technology in daily life, computational thinking (CT) has become a necessary skill for everyone, not just for computer scientists. For CT development, students need to receive appropriate social learning support. However, instructors find it difficult to provide such support to many students in online courses. This…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Electronic Learning, Mentors, Skill Development
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