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Noora J. Al-Thani; Zubair Ahmad – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2025
This open access volume explores the transformative role of Research Cognitive Theory (RCT) in education, emphasizing its application in fostering curiosity, creativity, innovation, problem-solving skills, and cognitive development across all educational levels in students and professional development in teachers. Through detailed discussions on…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Innovation, Creativity, Problem Solving
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Copelia Mateo-Guillen, Editor; Antonio Cortijo Ocaña, Editor – IGI Global, 2025
Education has undergone profound transformations with the addition of digital learning and educational technologies. Technology reshapes how knowledge is delivered, accessed, and engaged with, breaking down traditional barriers of time, location, and resource limitations. Innovations like online learning platforms, immersive simulations,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Lee, Mi Yeon – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
Project-based learning (PBL) is an effective approach to STEM education because it allows students to experience scientific inquiry by using their knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to solve realistic problems. PBL consists of four components: (1) posing and comprehending a driving question; (2)…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, STEM Education, Inquiry
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Espinosa, Edgar Oliver Cardoso, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The knowledge society arises from the combination of four interdependent elements: the production of knowledge through research, its transmission through education, its dissemination through information and communication technologies, and its exploitation through innovation. For this reason, higher education institutions (HEIs) are the main…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Knowledge Economy, Knowledge Management, Innovation
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Mills, Michael, Ed.; Wake, Donna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
Education has been progressing at a rapid pace ever since educators have been able to harness the power of mobile technology. Open-access learning techniques provide more students with the opportunity to engage in educational opportunities that may have been previously restricted. "Empowering Learners with Mobile Open-Access Learning…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Tate, Marcia L. – Corwin, 2012
Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K-12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
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Schiller, Shu Z. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
Guided by the principles of learner-centered teaching methodology, a Second Life project is designed to engage students in active learning of virtual commerce through hands-on experiences and teamwork in a virtual environment. More importantly, an assessment framework is proposed to evaluate the learning objectives and learning process of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Virtual Classrooms, Teaching Methods
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Paladino, Angelina – Journal of Marketing Education, 2008
Teaching students to understand, disable, and solve problems is one of the largest challenges educators face in undergraduate marketing education. My teaching philosophy is centered on the creation of an interactive learning environment. This encompasses problem-based teaching and collaborative learning to foster discussions between students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Business Administration Education, Educational Environment, Feedback (Response)
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Damron, Danny; Mott, Jonathan – Journal of Political Science Education, 2005
Students of the pedagogy of teaching have found that cooperative/problem-based learning activities engage the learner, promote ownership of the material, advance the development of higher-level cognitive skills and increase retention better than more passive learning activities. Despite broad recognition within the political science discipline…
Descriptors: Political Science, Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Cooperative Learning
Jaiswal, Preeti – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2006
Through this article, an attempt is made to highlight some ways on how teachers can integrate technology into their teaching repertoire to enhance the teaching learning process to make it both an enjoyable and enriching experience. Technology has several advantages: it is being used as a powerful tool by many teachers for making lesson plans and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods