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Gregory D. Warsen; Rick Vandermolen – School Leadership Review, 2024
Do the advantages of increased student engagement in a project-based learning environment sustain during a pandemic when compared to a traditional program? Researchers were able to meet with students in both programs in a midwestern school district that gave them a choice between both project-based and traditional approaches. Semi structured…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Problem Based Learning
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Li, Yulong; Wang, Lixun – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
This case study, noting the increasing interest in iPad-based mobile learning research and aware of the current dearth of engineering talent in the UK, aims to contribute to a still sparse area of research that links iPad use to engineering education. To achieve this, the study investigates the integration of iPad-based mobile learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Engineering
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Sheehan, Norman T.; Gujarathi, Mahendra R.; Jones, Joanne C.; Phillips, Fred – Journal of Management Education, 2018
With increasing calls for a greater connection between management education and practice, teaching cases play a vital role in the business curriculum. Cases not only allow instructors to expose students to practical problems but also let educators contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning. An important reason why faculty members may…
Descriptors: College Students, Business Administration Education, Administrator Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Wynn, Charles T., Sr.; Okie, William – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
We present results of a case study in which we analyzed the impact of problem-based learning (PBL) and cognitive scaffolding techniques introduced in our secondary social studies methods course on the perceptions and practices of 12 preservice teachers (PSTs) during their fall practicum and spring student teaching. Our PSTs reported teaching 54…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Secondary School Teachers, Social Studies, Case Studies
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Carvalho, Andreia; Teixeira, Sergio Jesus; Olim, Leonilde; de Campanella, Sancha; Costa, Teresa – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study is to obtain a broader knowledge of innovative pedagogical practices in higher education, by analysing the particular case of the Higher Institute of Administration and Languages (ISAL). The literature review reveals a gap in this scientific field, and filling this gap is as imperative as the need to articulate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Higher Education, Student Characteristics
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Foged, Isak Worre – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper proposes, exemplifies and discusses a new design method that includes both artistic and scientific modes of working. It is based on the idea of integrated design processes driven by strategic implementation of what is termed sequential primary generators. The paper begins by discussing design and creative process research and then…
Descriptors: Design, Creativity, Architecture, Architectural Education
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Netcoh, Steven; Bishop, Penny A. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2017
Although the idea of responding to learners' individual needs is far from new in the middle grades movement, there have been renewed efforts in recent years for schools to tailor programs and practices to students' unique interests and needs through "personalized learning" (Bingham, Pane, Steiner, & Hamilton, 2016). To date, little…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Individualized Instruction, Qualitative Research
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Zhao, Ke; Zhang, Jie; Du, Xiangyun – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This study adopted a longitudinal retrospective case study approach to investigate Chinese business students' transitional learning experience in a problem-based learning (PBL) course with innovative assessment practices. The study focused on students' beliefs and strategy use in a constructively aligned PBL course for business communication.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, College Students
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Cukurbasi, Baris; Kiyici, Mubin – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the high school students' views on instructions based on Flipped Classroom Model (FC) and LEGO applications. The case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used within the scope of the study, the duration of which was 7 weeks. In order to choose the research group of the study,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Grade 10, Problem Based Learning
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Wang, Ye Diana – International Journal on E-Learning, 2014
As the practice of e-learning continues to proliferate, online educators, especially in the computing disciplines, are facing special challenges, due to the lack of relevant literature, the technical nature of the courses, and the perceived need for direct student support mechanisms. This paper presents a constructivist instructional approach to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Electronic Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Problem Based Learning
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Yates, Thomas; Wilson, Jay; Purton, Kendra – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the methods of experiential assessment in use at a Canadian university and the extent to which they are used. Exploring experiential assessment will allow identification of commonly used methods and facilitate the development of best practices of assessment in the context of experiential learning (EL) at…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Best Practices
Baxter, David S. – Online Submission, 2013
This communication project provides an overview of public relations as seen through the communication arts. It is specifically focused to give law enforcement officers a general review of the practice of public relations, communication basics, and an understanding of the media. This course also provides the facilitator with multiple tools for…
Descriptors: Law Enforcement, Police Education, Public Relations, Courses
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Liu, Dilin – Research in the Teaching of English, 2011
Despite a long debate and the accompanying call for changes in the past few decades, grammar instruction in college English classes, according to some scholars, has remained largely "disempowering,""decontextualized," and "remedial" (Micciche, 2004, p. 718). To search for more effective and empowering grammar teaching, this study explores the use…
Descriptors: College English, Language Research, Grammar, Problem Based Learning
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Chien, Chin-Wen – English Language Teaching, 2014
Under task-based language teaching (TBLT), language learners engage in purposeful, problem-oriented, and outcome-driven tasks that are comparable to real-world activities. This qualitative case study discusses the integration of a task-based approach into a TESOL course in a language teacher education program in Taiwan with regard to 39…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teacher Education Programs, Task Analysis
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Henry, Holly R.; Tawfik, Andrew A.; Jonassen, David H.; Winholtz, Robert A.; Khanna, Sanjeev – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2012
This qualitative case study examines the initial implementation of a problem-based version of an undergraduate course in materials science for the purpose of identifying areas of improvement to the curriculum prior to a planned second implementation. The course was designed around problems that students work in small teams to solve under the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Participant Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Science Materials
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