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Tan, Saw Fen; Din Eak, Arathai; Ooi, Li Hsien; Abdullah, Anna Christina – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study aims to compare the academic performance and types of learning strategies used by APEL and regular entry undergraduates. It also explored the relationship between the academic performance and the types of learning strategies utilised by these two groups of undergraduate. Design/methodology/approach: This…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Prior Learning
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Shuaizhen Jin; Zheng Zhong; Kunyan Li; Chen Kang – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study utilizes a comparative experimental research method to investigate the effect of the Predict, Observe, Explain, and Evaluate (POEE) learning strategy in an immersive virtual environment (IVE) on two types of learners with different levels of prior knowledge. One type referred to as Highly Experienced and Knowledgeable (HEK) learners,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Prior Learning, Electronic Learning
Anita B. Delahay; Marsha C. Lovett – Grantee Submission, 2019
Prior knowledge has long been recognized as an important predictor of learning, yet the term prior knowledge is often applied to related but distinct constructs. We define a specific form of prior knowledge, ancillary knowledge, as knowledge of concepts and skills that enable learners to gain the most from a target lesson. Ancillary knowledge is…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Prior Learning, Experiential Learning, Introductory Courses
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Curry, Jennifer; Fazio-Griffith, Laura; Carson, Russell; Stewart, Laura – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
Experiential education is a well documented approach to engaging student learners. This manuscript presents findings from a qualitative inquiry, specifically focus group discussions, investigating the perceptions of 28 student participants in a learning opportunity provided to a kinesiology class involving structured group exercise (marathon…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Experiential Learning, College Students, Kinetics
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Wright, Tarah Sharon Alexandra – Electronic Green Journal, 2000
An experiential approach to environmental studies courses in institutions of higher education would better prepare students to address the environmental problems of the new millennium. Research shows that adults prefer experiential and task-centered learning. Experiential learners are more efficient workers, achieve higher grades, are more…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Educational Needs
Sesow, Bill – 1989
If students are able to relate what they learn in school to experiences they have outside the classroom, they will become better critical thinkers. This paper suggests a model for teachers to use in aiding such "transfer" of knowledge from the classroom to the student's past or future experiences. By maintaining a profile of the student's…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Gray, Patricia S. – 1987
Recent research suggests that information must be made meaningful to students before they will comprehend and remember it. However, because so much curriculum is learned in isolation, many students miss the connections between such disciplines as literature and history. One solution is to connect the teaching of history and literature to a focal…
Descriptors: Drama, English Instruction, Experiential Learning, Greek Literature
Gillespie, Marilyn K. – 2002
A key concept underlying Equipped for the Future (EFF) relates to its contextualized approach to curriculum and instruction. While drawing on the body of cognitive research, research on the transfer of learning is of key importance for this principle. Effective learning requires not only acquisition but also active application of knowledge,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Constructivism (Learning), Context Effect, Educational Research
Forbus, Kenneth D.; Gentner, Dedre – 1986
People use and extend their knowledge of the physical world constantly. Understanding how this fluency is achieved would be an important milestone in understanding human learning and intelligence, as well as a useful guide for constructing machines that learn. This paper presents a theoretical framework that is being developed in an attempt to…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science
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Schwitzer, Alan M.; And Others – 1996
This study examined transition issues faced by entry-level staff who were graduates of experientially based graduate level programs to prepare professionals for student personnel work. Forty-three recent graduates from two experientially based student personnel preparation programs were surveyed. The programs met three specific criteria: a…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Counseling Techniques, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning
Cournoyer, Barry R.; Stanley, Mary J. – 2002
This book is designed to help social work students prepare a social work portfolio to be used as a learning guide, and following graduation, as a tool to maintain their social work licenses or other pertinent professional credentials. There are independent and collaborative group learning exercises as well as portfolio preparation exercises…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Development, Career Information Systems, Career Ladders