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den Hertog, Ria; Boshuizen, Henny P. A. – Vocations and Learning, 2022
Since decades, nursing education struggles with a persistent gap between the theoretical knowledge offered in the study program and its application in professional practice. To bridge this gap competence-based curricula were developed with instructional designs as authentic learning contexts and self-directed learning. In this project we explored…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Education Work Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship, Competency Based Education
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Chew, Chiou Sheng; Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Idris, Norisma; Loh, Er Fu; Chua, Yan Piaw – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2020
The purpose of this study was to design and develop a theory-based summary writing online tool, named Summary Writing-Pal (SW-PAL), to assist English as a second language students in improving their summary writing. It also evaluates the effectiveness of SW-PAL in enhancing the students' summary writing performance and examines their perceptions…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, English Language Learners, College Students
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Zhou, Qing; Wang, Tingting; Zheng, Qi – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was primarily to explore high school students' cognitive structures and to identify their learning difficulties on ethanoic acid through the flow map method. The subjects of this study were 30 grade 1 students from Dong Yuan Road Senior High School in Xi'an, China. The interviews were conducted a week after the students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
Kantner, M. Joanne – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the ways instructors' subject matter beliefs regarding mathematics shape their courses in a community college environment. Data were collected and analysed from instructors' philosophical definitions of mathematics and observations of teaching episodes using a constructivist grounded theory research design.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Concept Mapping, Mathematics Instruction
Troncoso, Carlos; Lavalle, Andrea; Curia, Leopoldo; Daniele, Elaine; Chrobak, Ricardo – 1998
The present work has the purpose of showing the evolution of topics or mathematical concepts that are both relevant and with marked grades of abstraction. In this report is specifically described the utilization of metacognitive tools. These include concept maps, the Gowin heuristic vee, and the clinical interview. They are efficient in showing…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Constructivism (Learning), Engineering Education