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Towards Transformative Learning: Students' Disorienting Dilemmas and Coping Strategies in Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning
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Xiaoqi Feng; Julia Sundman; Hanna Aarnio; Maija Taka; Marko Keskinen; Olli Varis – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2025
Universities globally are called to educate collaborative and ethical engineers. In response, interdisciplinary problem-based learning is increasingly used to equip students with competencies needed to solve grand societal challenges. However, complex problem-solving in interdisciplinary teams can challenge students' existing beliefs and cause…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Based Learning, Transformative Learning
Statistical Anxiety in University Students: The Role of Negative Problem Orientation, Worry, and Their Consequences
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José Hernando Ávila-Toscano; Leonardo José Vargas-Delgado; Yurley Alejandra Badillo-Rueda – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2025
Functional models of anxiety based on dispositional variables have gained scientific acceptance. Their application to investigate constructs such as statistical anxiety can facilitate understanding and intervention. This study aimed to estimate whether dispositional variables such as worry and its negative consequences mediated the relationship…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Statistics, Universities
Mentorship for Early Career Academics in a Long-Term Problem- and Project-Based University Academic Development Program in Denmark: Views of Subject and Pedagogy Mentors
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Xiangyun Du; Juebei Chen; Nikolaj Stegeager; Trine Lindvig Thomsen; Aida Guerra; Patrik Kristoffer Kjaersdam Telléus; Line Bune Juhl – International Journal for Academic Development, 2025
The study explored the viewpoints of two groups of mentors -- subject and pedagogy -- on their roles in a 12-month problem-based learning (PBL) academic development program at a Danish university. Q methodology analysis from 49 mentors revealed consensus on certain generic characteristics of good mentorship, namely active listening, constructive…
Descriptors: Mentors, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Peer Teaching