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Paulo Padilla-Petry; Julio Rodríguez-Rodríguez; Sara Pérez-Hernando – SAGE Open, 2025
The discourse surrounding active learning in higher education (HE) highlights its potential to improve learning outcomes, foster student engagement, and promote active student positionality. However, several studies have underscored instances of student resistance and institutional impediments to active learning. Given the substantial variability…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Legal Education (Professions), Nursing Education
Gregory, Kenneth J.; Lewin, John – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2023
Big ideas, sometimes referred to as key, core, fundamental or threshold concepts, are widely applicable concepts at the heart of disciplines that are or have been central and influential for their fields. Attention here is particularly directed to meta-concepts common to sister disciplines in the sciences. "Learning thresholds",…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines, Learner Engagement
Pinky Kusuma Ningtyas; Hayuni Retno Widarti; Parlan Parlan – Journal of Science Learning, 2024
Social media is one of the platforms that is popular and familiar to various circles. This technology has penetrated multiple fields, especially education. Many studies have shown the use of social media in the learning process. This study aims to explore the use of social media in science learning environments and their impacts. The method used…
Descriptors: Social Media, Science Education, Learning Processes, Research Reports
Yang, He; Cai, Jin; Yang, Harrison Hao; Wang, Xiaochen – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2023
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, blended learning became exceptionally widespread, especially in higher education. As a result, many college students became beginners in this learning method. To identify key factors that impact beginners' continuance intention in blended learning, this study surveyed 1845 first-year college students at…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Higher Education, Academic Ability, Self Efficacy
Marzia Shurovi; Mohamad Fadhili Yahaya; Hafizah Hajimia; Md Kamrul Hasan – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2024
Purpose: There is an absence of systematic review papers in the achievement motivation theories literature. In terms of current research trends, English learning motivation is gaining attention as a determiner of success in FLA. Hence, this review aims to trace the trends in the empirical studies on achievement motivation theories and tools,…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Learning Motivation, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)
Bethany B. Stone; Katy Guthrie – American Biology Teacher, 2024
Many K-16 educators agree that active learning is a key component for student success in life sciences. At the same time, some instructors are frustrated by inconsistent student participation in these activities and may revert to traditional teaching strategies. Horse caregivers face a similar frustration when they lead a horse to water and it…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Biology, Science Instruction
Yuniar Fahmi Lathif; Putut Marwoto; Endang Susilaningsih; Winarto; Sarwi – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
This research aimed to investigate science learning in Tanfidz Boarding School. The focus of this research are: (1) Factors affecting students of a religious boarding school toward science learning, (2) Islamic boarding school students' perception and attitude toward science learning (value of science learning to religious boarding school…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Science Education, Islam, Religious Education
Sailer, Michael; Sailer, Maximilian – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
For higher education, the question of how in-class activities can be supported in large lectures is of great relevance. This paper suggests a gamified flipped classroom approach to address this challenge. In an experimental study, N = 205 educational science students performed either gamified in-class activities using a gamified quiz with points…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Class Activities
Hägg, Gustav; Kurczewska, Agnieszka – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to build on current discussions about the need for and role of guidance in learning and teaching, as well as to theoretically develop its specifics to further advance our scholarly understanding of how to structure and enhance entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes a…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Developmental Psychology
Brachtl, Sonja; Ipser, Christina; Keser Aschenberger, Filiz; Oppl, Sabrina; Oppl, Stefan; Pakoy, Emre Kevin; Radinger, Gregor – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to implement their programs in an online setting, different groups of students were influenced to different extents. In many cases, the main locus of learning moved to students' homes, and their learning experiences were suddenly contextualized in their residential situation and…
Descriptors: Well Being, Stress Variables, Learning Motivation, COVID-19
Hadi Rajabbeigi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A large proportion of students in the United States is international students. Thus, educational leaders need to facilitate the learning process for this population. This study investigated the characteristics of international students that affect their academic performance. The purpose of this study was to determine how individual characteristics…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Interpersonal Competence, Correlation, Metacognition
Shabbir, Shahzad; Ayub, Muhammad Adnan; Khan, Farman Ali; Davis, Jeffrey – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2021
Purpose: Short-term motivation encompasses specific, challenging and attainable goals that develop in the limited timespan. On the other hand, long-term motivation indicates a sort of continuing commitment that is required to complete assigned task. As short-term motivational problems span for a limited period of time, such as a session,…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Electronic Learning, Time Factors (Learning), Learning Processes
Akgun, Muhterem; Atici, Bünyamin – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
The objective of this study is to ascertain the effects of immersive virtual reality environments on students' academic achievement utilizing quantitative and qualitative approaches. First, databases of Web of Science, Google Scholar, ERIC, Proquest, YÖK Thesis Center, and ULAKBIM of Turkey were searched, and 31 studies (23 journal papers and 8…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis, Databases
Inciman Celik, Tugba; Cay, Tolga; Kanadli, Sedat – English Language Teaching, 2021
This aim of this study is to determine the effect of the TPR method on students' vocabulary learning and the factors affecting the effectiveness of this method by combining the findings obtained from both qualitative and quantitative studies. For this purpose, a primary study with 13 quantitative and 7 qualitative findings was included in this…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Meta Analysis
Saura, Rex Bomvet De Leon; Mamaoag, Natividad R. – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2023
Purpose: Innovation is imperative to address a wide array of challenges in higher education. The term "microclass" is coined by the researcher to describe the division of a large class into smaller classes, which are handled by student facilitators who have undergone microteaching and performed similar teacher tasks to facilitate…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Instructional Innovation