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Asha Von Ruden – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Mathematics is the language and foundation for the science, engineering, and technological fields that define and enhance our lives in the 21st century. Proficiency in math requires problem solving, logical reasoning, and critical thinking skills that are essential to success in college, the workplace, and everyday life. Unfortunately, math has…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Active Learning
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Øyvind Mathisen; Gerd Johansen – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2025
Technology education aims to enhance students' technological literacy. Strengthening students' technological literacy through deliberations on technology can promote their engagement as citizens and encourage them to consider socio-scientific and sustainability issues related to technology in society. However, students tend to regard technology as…
Descriptors: Energy, Technology Education, Student Attitudes, Inquiry
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Carolin Danzer – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2024
This paper's purpose is to investigate the attitude of students in mathematical discovery processes in terms of the handling of counterexamples. By understanding this attitude as a kind of scientific attitude, it consists of different aspects that become visible in the behaviour during a mathematical discovery process. Since such a process is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Foreign Countries, Discovery Learning
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Matej Novák; Jan Petr; Tomáš Ditrich – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2025
Tasks used in the Biology Olympiad (BiO) appear to be promising alternatives to traditional teaching tasks in biology education, as they frequently incorporate inquiry-based elements. This makes them a valuable resource for increasing students' exposure to inquiry activities during classroom instruction. However, for teachers to effectively…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Competition
Ciara Loughland; Janette Bobis; Jennifer Way – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
Cognitive activation is an approach to instruction associated with increased mathematical achievement and engagement. However, researchers have questioned its effectiveness for students with different learner characteristics. A Year 6 class participated in a lesson designed using cognitive activation practices. Interviews with ten case study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Cognitive Processes, Active Learning, Student Characteristics
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Million Tadesse Kassaye; Destaw Damtie; Solomon Melesse; Getahun Yemata – Discover Education, 2025
This study investigated the effect of the science process skills-integrated inquiry-based approach (SPSIIBA) on grade 9 students' academic achievement in cell biology and their perception of SPSIIBA. The study used a mixed-method research approach with a quasi-experimental design. A total of 78 secondary school students participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Inquiry, Active Learning, Grade 9
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Luh Masdarini; I Made Candiasa; Ketut Agustini; I Gde Wawan Sudatha – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
This study investigated the effect of project-based learning and self-efficacy on students' entrepreneurial readiness in vocational high school. Quasi-experimental method was used as a quantitative research design for this study. The setting of this study was SMKN 1 Sukasada, Buleleng, Bali in which 76 of eleventh grade students were selected as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, Self Efficacy
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Chi-Cheng Chang; Yu-Kai Chen – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2025
Project-based learning (PjBL) facilitates STEM learning, but the integrity of the project activities is a challenge and the design of integrated STEM courses through PjBL remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate a transdisciplinary STEM course integrated through PjBL in robotics. Participants in the teaching experiment…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, STEM Education, Robotics
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Lim, Sin Wei; Jawawi, Rosmawijah; Jaidin, Jainatul Halida; Roslan, Roslinawati – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2023
In a 21st century classroom, project-based learning (PBL) can be the key strategy in helping students become independent learners and thinkers. PBL provides a pedagogical approach that is appealing and can be used not only in the subject of history but also across different disciplines. This study examines the impact of project-based learning on…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Active Learning, Student Projects, Secondary School Students
Natalie Sew; Adrianne Billingham Bock; Danielle Allen – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Building on the literature of student leadership development, Natalie Sew, Adrianne Billingham Bock, and Danielle Allen share an approach to civic education: Deeper Civic Learning. This approach offers students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and key civic dispositions needed to engage in their communities and develop their…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Civics, Curriculum Design, Grade 8
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Monika Mladenovic; Lucija Medak; Divna Krpan – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2025
Computer Science (CS) Unplugged activities are designed to engage students with CS concepts. It is an active learning approach combining physical interaction with visual representation. This research article investigates the impact of CS Unplugged on students' understanding of the bubble sort algorithm. Algorithm visualization, traditionally…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Learning Activities, Active Learning, Algorithms
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Chris Chimwayange – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2025
This paper develops a Problem-Based Learning as a Service-Based Skills Development (PBL-SBSD) model that aims to meet student curriculum needs by providing them with lifelong skills while solving an identified real-life problem in their community. The paper introduces a six-stage cyclical model combining project-based learning (PBL) and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Learner Engagement, Skill Development
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Abrham Abebe; Tsegeye Zeleke; Wudu Melese – Discover Education, 2025
This study aims to determine the effect of inquiry-based learning using the 5E instructional model on students' attitudes toward learning history. A quantitative quasi-experimental design was employed, utilizing a pre-post attitude questionnaire. A total of 149 tenth-grade students from two different schools in Bonga town participated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Inquiry, Teaching Models
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Matuk, Camillia; Linn, Marcia C. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Peer ideas can be valuable contributions to scientific inquiry. Divergent peer ideas can enrich students' thinking and encourage curiosity. Meanwhile, similar peer ideas can promote convergent thinking that can reinforce understanding. However, students need guidance in critically evaluating peer ideas in relation to their own, and in recognizing…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Hüsnüye Durmaz; Medat Mutlu – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2023
We investigated the effects of guided inquiry-based laboratory activities on the perceptions of the research skills and inquiry learning skills in science of 5th grade students. The sample of this study consisted of 38 students enrolled in a public secondary school located in the northwest part of Türkiye. This study is based on the non-equivalent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Secondary School Students, Active Learning
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