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Chua, K. J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This study aims to compare and evaluate the learning ability and performance differences between two groups of students undergoing project-based learning (PjBL), with one group having prior PjBL experience, while the other group is being freshly exposed to PjBL. More specifically, it examines if there are significant differences in knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Active Learning
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Tham, Raymond; Tham, Lesley – International Journal on E-Learning, 2014
The Internet Generation today is accustomed to multi-tasking, graphics, fun, and fantasy. Educators are finding it challenging to engage and motivate students with the traditional mode of teaching. They are increasingly seeking to tap the potential of game-based learning to engage and motivate learners. Game-based learning is also catching on in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Higher Education, College Students
Tan, Kok Siang; Goh, Ngoh Khang – Online Submission, 2008
Key to renewed concern on the affective domain of education (Fensham, 2007) and on school graduates' readiness for a world of work (DEST, 2008; WDA, 2006) is the student's inclination-to-reflect when engaged in a learning or problem-solving task. Reflective learning is not new to education (Dewey, 1933; Ellis, 2001). Since the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Students, Reflection
Tan, Ai-Girl; Ho, Valerie; Yong, Lim-Chyi – New Horizons in Education, 2007
Background: Singapore education adopted nurturing creativity and developing creativity efficacy among their students and children. This study investigated Singapore high school students' creativity efficacy based on the contemporary model of creativity (Amabile, 1983, 1996), self efficacy (Bandura, 1989, 1997) and inclusion education. Aims:…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creativity, High Schools, Cognitive Style
Ng, Connie S. L.; Tan, Charlene – New Horizons in Education, 2006
Background: Solving ill-structured problems is an important aspect in many professions, including the teaching profession. It is therefore appropriate to engage pre-service teachers in solving ill-structured problems. Aim: This study investigates the ill-structured problem-solving processes in an un-moderated asynchronous discussion for one group…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Asynchronous Communication
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Heng, Mary Anne – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2000
Results from questionnaires administered to 296 gifted and mainstream eighth-graders from Singapore and clinical interviews found that regardless of academic ability, children "high" in practical intelligence displayed a heightened sense of self and a keener awareness of the hidden curriculum and larger goals of the school. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Gifted
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers