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Kerstiens, Geri Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Recently, there have been many calls for an increase in instruction on the nature of science (NOS) in schools (i.e. NRC, 1996; NGSS Lead States, 2013). These calls recognize the importance of this topic at all levels of science education, but there is little guidance in terms of how to address it effectively in curricula. Similarly, there have…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Science Laboratories
Ban, Sun Young – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In the US, an estimated 25% of four-year college students and up to 80% of community college students suffer from a moderate to high degree of mathematics anxiety (MA) (Chang & Beilock, 2016). Many scholars have noted that mathematics anxiety can be regarded as a significant factor in determining a student's achievement and mathematics related…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cognitive Style, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction
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French, Sarah; Kennedy, Gregor – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This paper discusses the role of the lecture in contemporary higher education. Moving beyond the polarised perspectives that characterise recent debates on the subject, it considers both the potential problems and possible pedagogical, practical and social benefits of the lecture as a mode of teaching and learning. Through an examination of…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Relevance (Education), Higher Education, Teaching Methods
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Costley, Jamie; Lange, Christopher – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
An important aspect of MOOCs is the way students interact with video lectures. Instruction provided through video lectures should focus on ways to increase germane cognitive load, which directly contributes to learning. One approach that may lead to an increase of germane load may be to use video lectures with diverse forms of media, including…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Lecture Method, Foreign Countries, Video Technology
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Zare, Javad; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
This study was an attempt to investigate the functions of personal metadiscursive expressions found in academic monologues and dialogues. The analysis was based on verbal data of 16 academic lectures and discussions. Based on Ädel's (2010) taxonomy of the subtypes and discourse functions of metadiscourse, the two data sets were compared in terms…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Lecture Method
Mohammad, Anas Ahmad Ali – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Although administering medicines is one of the core nursing actions, errors surrounding this task are prevalent amongst nurses and nursing students. Continued dependence on traditional teaching methods and greater demand and competition for clinical placements are some barriers to expanding medication administration practices for nursing students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Undergraduate Students
Brown, Glenda Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Lecture methods in higher education continue to be the most often used form of lesson delivery, although they seem to be less effective in promoting adult students' learning and engagement. Many higher education instructors have incorporated inverted classroom (IC) methods to increase student engagement and learning. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Lecture Method, Qualitative Research, Decision Making
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Guntay Tasci; Halil Yurdugul – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
This research applied the learning strategies to predict in an effect longitudinal growth of cognitive structure of students in biology. The aim of the research is to assess the effect of activating learning strategies on cognitive structures regarding biology. The research was conducted by using control group design. The sample of research was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Development, Program Effectiveness, Biology
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Makwembere, Sandra – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2021
Disability is a social force that arguably creates more education problems for students with disabilities than their impairments. Understanding it as a form of social oppression can lead to less exclusionary teaching and learning attitudes, beliefs, expectations and practices. Numerous studies have looked at the experiences of staff and students…
Descriptors: Barriers, Students with Disabilities, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Cox, Eric – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
This paper presents results from a comparative analysis of two sections of Introduction to International Politics, one of which used a traditional research paper as a supplemental assignment and one that used the Statecraft online simulation. Both sections were taught during the same semester and used common lecture notes, PowerPoint slides, exam…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Political Science
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Witt, Tobias; Klumpp, Matthias; Beyer, Beatriz – Education Sciences, 2021
Digitalization of teaching, learning, and assessment in higher education has gained increasing attention in research in the recent years. While previous research investigated issues of effectiveness, course attendance, and course evaluation from a long-term perspective, the current COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
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Lee, June; Lee, Yunoug; Kim, Mi Hwa – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2018
Schools in South Korea are experiencing problems such as bullying and school violence, so solutions are needed. Developing students' empathy could reduce or prevent these problems. Thus, the purpose of this study was to apply an empathy-based learning model to elementary social studies classes and document its effects on students' empathy at…
Descriptors: Empathy, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Bullying
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Sanchez, Joje Mar P. – Science Education International, 2018
Understanding chemistry requires the interplay of several modes of representations which can be observed in the translational skills of students. This paper investigated the extent of the translational skills of students exposed to conventional lecture method (CLM) and the integrated macro-micro-symbolic approach (IMMSA). Individual interviews…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Lecture Method, Teaching Methods
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Oldfield, Jeremy; Rodwell, Judith; Curry, Laura; Marks, Gillian – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Absenteeism from university teaching sessions is increasingly becoming a common phenomenon and remains a major concern to universities. Poor attendance has significant and detrimental effects on students themselves, their peers and teaching staff. There is, however, a lack of previous research investigating demographic and psychological predictors…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Attendance, Lecture Method, Seminars
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Vekaria, Pooja C.; Peverly, Stephen T. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if there were differences in note-taking and test-taking in students with and without ADHD, and if there were, to examine the cognitive variables that might explain them. Participants included 22 postsecondary students with self-reported ADHD and 50 postsecondary student controls. Students…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, Lecture Method, Notetaking
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