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Pye, Cory C.; Imperial, M. Angelique; Elson, Coltin; Himmelman, Megan L.; White, Jacquelyn A.; Lin, Fuhao – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
A new laboratory experiment investigating the ternary phase equilibrium of water-propan-2-ol-sodium chloride with one-, two-, and three-phase regions has been developed. Observations of the type and number of phases of a series of mixtures of the three components were made, and the results are then used in a systematic way to more finely choose…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments, Water
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Ramkissoon-Babwah, Natasha – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2018
There has been a global movement to support the creation of sustainable business enterprises via entrepreneurial activity. To encourage the growth and supply of entrepreneurs, training programmes have been designed to deliver knowledge at various stages along the entrepreneurship continuum. The pedagogical approaches of experiential education has…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration Education, School Business Relationship
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Maloney, Tammera R.; Asbury, Taryn E. – International Research and Review, 2018
In the pursuit of developing intercultural competence in students studying abroad, effective experiential learning strategies are sought by study abroad educators. This article presents an implementation of one such strategy called "The Drop-Off" (Batchelder, 1993). The Drop-Off involves small groups of students who explore a previously…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Experiential Learning, Group Activities
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Cooper, Linda L. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2018
Everyday encounters with graphical representations include a variety of graphs that superficially appear similar due to their use of bars. This article examines students' conceptions and misconceptions regarding the interpretation of variability in histograms, bar graphs, and value bar charts. A multiple choice assessment with brief written…
Descriptors: Statistics, Graphs, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
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Hydorn, Debra L. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2018
As statisticians, we engage in a variety of activities, some of which are regularly integrated into our undergraduate courses. However, the individual courses that comprise a mathematics or statistics degree program might not provide students with experiences in the broader range of activities that define the practice of statistics. To remedy this…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Statistics, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Galstyan-Sargsyan, Ruzan; Pérez-Sánchez, M. Isabel; López-Jiménez, P. Amparo – Education Sciences, 2018
Some of the subjects have complex concepts, which are currently taught using deductive methods in the first years of University Degree. However, the experience shows the results obtained from students' learning goals were quite low. Therefore, the use of inductive method is a crucial factor to improve students' learning results and re-thinking the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Mechanics (Physics), Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Grant, Melva R.; Butler, Brandon M. – Studying Teacher Education, 2018
How does a teacher educator come to engage in self-study research? In this article, the authors seek to answer this question by investigating the personal, professional, and programmatic influences that drew one teacher educator to self-study. The authors used critical friendship to investigate the first author's introduction to self-study, with…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teacher Educators, Educational Research, Transformative Learning
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Ali, Aasir; Muhammad, Arshad Khushi – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2018
Activity based learning is a successful educational model in various disciplines and recently it has been proved very effective in business institutes also. This paper was intended to explore the effects of internship in the university students of Pakistan as an activity based learning in order to boost their skills and abilities. Qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internship Programs, College Students, Experiential Learning
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Sedaghat, Ahmad; Al Shalabi, Ammar; Eilaghi, Armin; Assad, M. El Haj – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
A useful project is identified for the semester-four diploma students in their final workshop of mechanical engineering program in the school of engineering at Australian college of Kuwait (ACK). ACK is putting significant emphasis in project based learning (PBL) and is developing new courses for both diploma and degree programs according to PBL…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Design, Workshops
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Reyniers, Nele; Verstraete, Pieter; Van Ruyskensvelde, Sarah; Kelchtermans, Geert – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2018
Following recent studies that have mapped history of education research practices, this article aims to map contemporary history of education teaching practices. Drawing on data from interviews with history of education university lecturers and a global digital survey, we explore the rationale behind teaching practices and teaching beliefs in…
Descriptors: Educational History, History Instruction, Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes
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Aydogan, Hakan; Akbarov, Azamat – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine some correlations of academic procrastination, as well as to examine gender differences in this hypothetical construct important to the learning environment (in our case, in a Turkish EFL context). A total of 213 participants (120 females and 93 males), recruited from Mugla Sitki Koçman University,…
Descriptors: Time Management, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Deveci, Tanju – European Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Once a privilege for the members of the elite, writing is now a staple of everyday life accessible to the masses. Despite its significance for individuals' economic, psychological, and educational well-being, it may not always be utilized to its full capacity. This is partly due to reductionist approaches to writing without full consideration of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Writing Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Process Approach (Writing)
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Feixas, Mònica; Martínez-Usarralde, María-Jesús; López-Martín, Ramón – Tertiary Education and Management, 2018
This article presents the outcomes of a research study carried out during 2015-2016 at the University of Valencia (Spain) to understand the factors influencing the impact of small-scale innovation funding on teachers' practices, the learning culture of the teaching team and the satisfaction of students' learning. The research used a mixed-method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Educational Finance, Financial Support
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Robinson, Erin L. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2018
Immersion learning is one form of experiential education and has great utility in social work education. However, there is limited research on student learning outcomes from immersion learning courses in social work education. This ethnographic research describes an immersion learning course offered to BSW students (N = 9) and the learning…
Descriptors: Social Work, Experiential Learning, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study
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Colliot, Tiphaine; Jamet, Éric – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
The present study investigated the effects on students' learning experience of adding a video of a teacher to an e-learning module. A total of 43 undergraduates were asked to learn the content of a pedagogical document either with or without a teacher video on the screen. Although video captures of teachers are increasingly being integrated into…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Eye Movements, Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students
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