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Yongzhi Zhou; Nirat Jantharajit; Sarit Srikhao – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2025
This study scrutinizes the influence of project-based learning (PBL) and inquiry-based learning (IBL) on fourth graders' teamwork skills and critical thinking in math classes. A historical review reveals that while they have positive effects in multiple fields, their sole use in elementary math teaching is yet to be explored. 55 fourth-grade…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
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Ronilo Palle Antonio; Maricar Sison Prudente – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
Demonstrating higher-order thinking skills is crucial for thriving in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. In science education, inquiry-based learning has increasingly been recognized as a potent approach to stimulate students' higher-order thinking skills. While prior research has shown evidence of its positive…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Thinking Skills, Science Education
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Fan, Hua; Xie, Huajiang; Feng, Quanyuans; Bonizzoni, Edoardo; Heidari, Hadi; McEwan, Michael P.; Ghannam, Rami – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Continuous developments in the electronics industry have led to constantly changing career roles and graduate skills requirements. Students in the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) have complained that numerous courses in electronic engineering are heavily focused on theoretical knowledge that is disconnected from…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Projects, Active Learning, Electronics
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Tian, Peiyao; Sun, Daner; Han, Ruirui; Fan, Yanhua – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Active participation in project-based learning (PBL) could develop students` knowledge and crucial learning skills across various disciplines. However, the implementation of PBL in the K-12 classroom is usually impeded by the stepby-step PBL cycle. Micro project-based learning (MPBL), which advocates and adheres to the learning principles and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Student Projects, Scientific Concepts
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Xie, Qing – SAGE Open, 2022
To enhance pedagogical innovation, the study reports on an investigative study using surveys and teacher participant observation of 121 English-major undergraduates about using problem-based approach under active learning framework in business English teaching, learning outcomes, and suggestions for the teaching and learning process to cultivate…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Business English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Lin, Xunyi; Yang, Weipeng; Wu, Lizhen; Zhu, Lifen; Wu, Duanping; Li, Hui – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: The present study investigated the effects of a 12-week inquiry-based science and engineering (IBSE) program on preschoolers' science and engineering learning experiences. The treatment versus control condition was randomly assigned to four preschool classes, which included 122 preschoolers (M = 61.10 month, SD = 3.73).…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Education, Engineering Education
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Jiang, Shuaipu; Sun, Qi – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This paper explores the experience of how Chinese international doctoral students develop critical thinking. Narrative interviews are conducted. Narrative thematic analysis is adopted. Four big themes are generated, which are understanding of critical thinking, comparison and contrasts, factors contributing to development of critical thinking and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Doctoral Students, Critical Thinking, Comparative Analysis
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Hora, Matthew T.; Blackburn Cohen, Chelsea A. – Community College Review, 2018
Purpose: Community and technical college student employability is a pressing concern in the United States and China. Policy makers focus on developing students' human capital in the form of credentials and cognitive skills. However, the focus on completion overlooks the role that noncognitive skills and contextual factors may play in student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Institutes, College Students, Cultural Capital
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES)-www.iconses.net which took place on October 21-24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2012
For the thirty-fifth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Workplace Learning, Electronic Learning
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education