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Direct linkNicholus Gumisirizah; Joseph Nzabahimana; Charles M. Muwonge – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This comparative study investigated the effect of supplementing problem-based learning (PBL) with video resources on students' academic achievement in physics, a unit of simple machines. It was carried out in the Ugandan Government and private lower secondary schools. The quasi-experimental design employed a cluster sampling design with 947…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Video Technology, Science Achievement
Ssemugenyi, Fred – Cogent Education, 2022
This study was set out to establish if adopting problem-based learning (PBL) techniques would effectively address the teaching and learning challenges at the University of Kisubi (Unik). Using Faculty of Education as a study sample, the quasi-experimental pretest-posttest nonequivalent group design was utilized where a class of 39 students was…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Conventional Instruction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
Gumisirizah Nicholus; Joseph Nzabahimana; Charles M. Muwonge – Cogent Education, 2024
In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on innovative teaching methods in secondary education as educators seek to enhance students' critical thinking abilities and motivation to lean. This research focuses on evaluating the impact of a video-based Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach on the performance and critical thinking ability of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Problem Based Learning, Academic Achievement
Kanyesigye, Stella Teddy; Uwamahoro, Jean; Kemeza, Imelda – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
This study aimed at analyzing the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) in improving physics students' conceptual understanding of mechanical waves. This study used a quasiexperimental, pretest-post-test control group design with PBL instruction as a teaching intervention. The participants of this study were 239 physics students from 19 secondary…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Remedial Instruction
Sumani, Michael David; Kanukisya, Blackson; Mwaikokesya, Mpoki John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2023
This paper describes how approaches espousing experiential education principles are adopted by farmer-educators to contextualise farmers' learning and achievement of innovative farming practices. The study used qualitative case study methods of interviews, observations, and document review. Through purposive sampling techniques, twelve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Education
Kanyesigye, Stella Teddy; Uwamahoro, Jean; Kemeza, Imelda – Research in Science Education, 2023
This study aimed to assess the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) on students' achievement in mechanical waves among secondary schools in South Western Uganda. Four hundred and nineteen students (419) from 19 schools were involved in this study. A quasi-experimental research method was employed through Solomon's four-group design. Form six…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Achievement, Physics, Scientific Concepts
