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Tuan, Hsiao-Lin; Chin, Chi-Chin; Tsai, Chi-Chung; Cheng, Su-Fey – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate 8th graders with different learning styles their motivation outcomes after implementing 10 weeks (40 hours) inquiry-based teaching. Two hundreds and fifty four 8th graders were involved in experimental group, this group of students experienced inquiry instruction. Two hundreds and thirty two 8th graders…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cognitive Style, Self Efficacy
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Rohall, David E.; Moran, Catherine L.; Brown, Cliff; Caffrey, Elizabeth – Teaching Sociology, 2004
Teachers have incorporated active-learning techniques into the sociology classroom for many years, but the types of applications and evaluations are quite varied. In this paper, the authors quantitatively test a particular form of active learning that they call "living-data exercises," which instructors can use to introduce sociological research…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Sociology
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Fertig, Gary – Social Education, 2005
When elementary students collaborate in active learning projects that integrate the social studies they greatly advance their literacy skills and civic awareness. They can improve their analysis and ability to solve social problems by using reading and writing to construct knowledge about historical events. In the lessons described in this…
Descriptors: Grade 4, United States History, Social Problems, Public Policy
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Hertz-Lazarowitze, Rachel – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004
Research literature on writing storybooks overlooks first graders. This is puzzling as children enter first grade having emergent literacy, in reading, writing, and story composition. It may reflect the belief that at this age children should learn to read and write (conventionally) as the curriculum demands, while elaborate writing is assumed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Writing (Composition), Literacy Education
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Semerci, Nuriye – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
Problem-based learning (PBL) is one of the active learning models that supports flexibility and creativity in learning, and takes individual differences into consideration. The basic principle of PBL is to make students come face-to-face with conditions that could be similar to real ones in their professions. This objective is accomplished by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Hammond, Joyce D.; Hicks, Maria; Kalman, Rowenn; Miller, Jason – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2005
In the past two years, three graduate students and a senior faculty member have co-taught a participatory action research (PAR) course to undergraduate and graduate students. In this article the co-teachers advocate a set of pedagogical principles and practices in a PAR-oriented classroom that establishes congruency with community PAR projects in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Action Research, Faculty, Teaching Methods
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Dieker, Lisa A.; Murawski, Wendy W. – High School Journal, 2003
This paper provides readers with an overview of the unique issues present in secondary classrooms and their impact on the practice of collaborative teaching between general and special educators. The authors focus on the changes that are occurring in secondary classrooms related to varied structures (such as block scheduling), higher standards,…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Teacher Collaboration, Special Education Teachers, Team Teaching
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Huffaker, David A.; Calvert, Sandra L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
This article examines the key concepts of active learning, metacognition, and transfer of knowledge, as put forth by the National Research Council's approach to the new science of learning, in relation to ways that E-Learning applications might improve learning both inside and outside the classroom. Several initiatives are highlighted to…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Active Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Student Motivation
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Baser, Mustafa – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
This paper reports upon an active learning approach that promotes conceptual change when studying direct current electricity circuits, using free open source software, "Qucs". The study involved a total of 102 prospective mathematics teacher students. Prior to instruction, students' understanding of direct current electricity was…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods, Physics
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Goodman, Barbara E.; Freeburg, Elizabeth M.; Rasmussen, Katherine; Meng, Di – Advances in Physiology Education, 2006
Faculty members from the University of South Dakota attended the Curriculum Reform Institute offered by the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, WI, during the summer of 2002 to design a course sequence for elementary education majors that better meets their needs for both content and pedagogy based on the science education standards. The special…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Laboratories, Education Majors, Elementary School Teachers
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Van Assendelft, Laura – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2006
In this essay, the author describes a judicial confirmation simulation she developed as an approach to feminist teaching. She also discusses the importance of active learning in the classroom, as well as simulation background and teacher preparation for the simulation. Students are asked to sign up for various roles in the simulation. These are:…
Descriptors: Simulation, Teacher Education, Assignments, Student Evaluation
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Smith, Tori Rhoulac; McGowan, Jill; Allen, Andrea R.; Johnson, Wayne David, II; Dickson, Leon A., Jr.; Najee-ullah, Muslimah Ali; Peters, Monique – Journal of Negro Education, 2008
The faculty learning community project at Howard University involved a diverse group of men and women, tenured, tenure-track, and future faculty across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The purpose of the group was to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning by learning about teaching, reflecting on…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Educational Experiments, Active Learning
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2007
Field Trip to the Moon uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces participants to careers in science and engineering. The program components include the Field Trip to the Moon DVD [not included here], Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Activities, and…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Informal Education, Workshops, Astronomy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2007
The Field Trip to the Moon program uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces young people to careers in science and engineering. The program components include the Field Trip to the Moon show (either on DVD or presented in a planetarium dome) and workshop investigations. The compelling show provides…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workshops, Museums, Recreational Facilities
Draude, Barbara J. – 1996
This paper describes a case study/client scenario approach used in an advanced medical/surgical nursing course; its methods of interactive learning are facilitated by the computer technology available in a "master classroom." This approach incorporates concepts of adult learning theory and creativity and group interaction. The equipment,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
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