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Gressick, Julia; Langston, Joel B. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
There is a breadth of psychological research that points to potential cognitive benefits of game play. Games engage and motivate learners while promoting mastery of skills and content knowledge. Further, thoughtfully applying gaming elements and structures to classroom environments, an approach called gamification, has the potential to optimize…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Educational Games, Educational Practices, Classroom Techniques
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Epp, Carrie Demmans; Phirangee, Krystle; Hewitt, Jim – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2017
Identifying which online behaviours and interactions are associated with student perceptions of being supported will enable a deeper understanding of how those activities contribute to learning experiences. Student language is one aspect of their interaction in need of greater exploration within discourse-based online learning environments. As a…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Computer Mediated Communication, Form Classes (Languages), Language Usage
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Cole, Mike – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2017
Critical Race Theory (CRT) has a relatively long history in the United States, from where it originated, dating back to the 1980s. Its presence in UK academic literature, however, is more recent, having surfaced in the first decade of the twenty-first century. I focus in this paper on developments in CRT in the UK from January 2012 to January…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Theory, Race, Educational Practices
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Vikström, Sofia; Kamwesiga, Julius; Mubangizi, Andrew; Guidetti, Susanne – Cogent Education, 2017
The aim was to describe the experiences of some university students and the effect on their own learning and professional development by participating in an exchange program. Data were derived from two focus group interviews with students (n = 12) who enrolled in a 12-week international exchange program between: (a) the occupational therapy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Lifelong Learning, Cognitive Style
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González Alfaya, Maria Elena; Olivares García, Maria Ángeles; Mérida Serrano, Rosario – Educational Action Research, 2017
This article describes a collaborative action research project developed over the course of the 2011/12 academic year in the Faculty of Education at Cordoba University (Spain). The RIECU school-continuing professional development centre for teachers-university learning network is part of this research process. The aim is to create and consolidate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Professional Continuing Education, Case Studies
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Kingsley, Barbara E.; Robertson, Julia M. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2017
As a fundamental element of any psychology degree, the teaching and learning of research methods is repeatedly brought into sharp focus, and it is often regarded as a real challenge by undergraduate students. The reasons for this are complex, but frequently attributed to an aversion of maths. To gain a more detailed understanding of students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Research Methodology, Methods Courses
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Kruk, Mariusz – The EUROCALL Review, 2017
The paper discusses the results of a study which explored advanced learners of English engagement with their mobile devices to develop learning experiences that meet their needs and goals as foreign language learners. The data were collected from 20 students by means of a semi-structured interview. The gathered data were subjected to qualitative…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language)
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Lemus-Hidalgo, Maria E. – Online Submission, 2017
The present article drew on a larger interpretivist case study research of the role of teachers' knowledge and beliefs in their teaching practices. It was constructed with the participation of four teachers that studied the same BA in ELT program and worked in the same state university in Mexico. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness…
Descriptors: Role, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods
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Kyle Clements – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2017
This case presents the design of a GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) guided smartphone tour. The tour was a redesign of an assignment for an introductory Physical Science course in which students take a guided tour of a local canyon. The app is downloaded to students' personal devices and provides a guided tour. I am giving special attention to…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Assignments
Dunbar, Norah E.; Wilson, Scott N.; Adame, Bradley J.; Elizondo, Javier; Jensen, Matthew L.; Miller, Claude H.; Kauffman, Abigail Allums; Seltsam, Toby; Bessarabova, Elena; Vincent, Cindy; Straub, Sara K.; Ralston, Ryan; Dulawan, Christopher L.; Ramirez, Dennis; Squire, Kurt; Valacich, Joseph S.; Burgoon, Judee K. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2013
This paper describes the process of rapid iterative prototyping used by a research team developing a training video game for the Sirius program funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). Described are three stages of development, including a paper prototype, and builds for alpha and beta testing. Game development is…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Instructional Design, Cognitive Processes, Bias
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Scott, Graham; Boyd, Margaret; Colquhoun, Derek – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2013
We have used the experiences of teachers and their pupils to explore the impact of participation in a shared outdoor learning experience upon specific aspects of both the teacher/pupil and pupil/pupil relationship. Prior to their taking part in an out of classroom lesson the teachers involved in our project were relatively inexperienced in…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Program Effectiveness, Learning Experience, Teacher Student Relationship
McKenzie, Malcolm – Independent School, 2013
The term "experiential education" can be--and has been--applied to a wide range of educational programming. Malcolm McKenzie's working definition of experiential education is this: it promotes learning through direct experience, often outside the classroom, at times not directly related to academic courses, frequently not graded,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Educational Practices, Definitions, Outdoor Education
Shennan, Andrew – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2013
During any given semester at a liberal arts college like Wellesley, students may experience what will prove to be a transformational moment in their lives. This is the reality of the liberal arts college environment: meaningful encounters with peers from very different backgrounds; small, discussion-based courses that foster creative,…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Online Courses, Learning Experience, College Environment
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Sims, Chris R.; Neth, Hansjorg; Jacobs, Robert A.; Gray, Wayne D. – Psychological Review, 2013
Melioration--defined as choosing a lesser, local gain over a greater longer term gain--is a behavioral tendency that people and pigeons share. As such, the empirical occurrence of meliorating behavior has frequently been interpreted as evidence that the mechanisms of human choice violate the norms of economic rationality. In some environments, the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Correlation, Learning Experience, Behavior Patterns
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Lichev, Valeri – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This paper represents part of the author's experience, received during the seminar named "Practical Hermeneutics," moderated from 2006 to 2010 terms at the Institute for Philosophical Research--Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The participants were from different field of knowledge and with different scientific status--from PhD students to…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Coding, Text Structure, Heuristics
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