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Direct linkHevner, Alan R.; vom Brocke, Jan – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
Design science research (DSR) produces knowledge via the design and evaluation of innovative solutions to real-world problems. DSR provides an improved understanding of how and why the solutions work. While DSR is being widely embraced in many research disciplines, its educational pedagogy so far remains immature with little guidance on how best…
Descriptors: Design, Scientific Research, Problem Solving, Research Skills
Download full textAhmet Zeki Saka; J. Ebenezer; T. Saka – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2024
The purpose of this study was to identify the the factors that influenced pre-service teachers' perceptions of their abilities to solve structured physics problems. 1185 pre-service teachers from different disciplines, enrolled in physics courses in one Turkish University from 2008 to 2017 participated in a descriptive survey. The factors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy
Fischer, Frank; Bauer, Elisabeth; Seidel, Tina; Schmidmaier, Ralf; Radkowitsch, Anika; Neuhaus, Birgit J.; Hofer, Sarah I.; Sommerhoff, Daniel; Ufer, Stefan; Kuhn, Jochen; Küchemann, Stefan; Sailer, Michael; Koenen, Jenna; Gartmeier, Martin; Berberat, Pascal; Frenzel, Anne; Heitzmann, Nicole; Holzberger, Doris; Pfeffer, Jürgen; Lewalter, Doris; Niklas, Frank; Schmidt-Hertha, Bernhard; Gollwitzer, Mario; Vorholzer, Andreas; Chernikova, Olga; Schons, Christian; Pickal, Amadeus J.; Bannert, Maria; Michaeli, Tilman; Stadler, Matthias; Fischer, Martin R. – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: To advance the learning of professional practices in teacher education and medical education, this conceptual paper aims to introduce the idea of representational scaffolding for digital simulations in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: This study outlines the ideas of core practices in two important fields of higher…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation, Higher Education
Margaret W. Cahalan; Nicole Brunt; Terry Vaughan III; Erick Montenegro; Stephanie Breen; Esosa Ruffin; Laura W. Perna – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2024
The theme of the Equity Indicators for 2024 is confronting the realities and exploring feasible solutions related to the paradoxical and unequal higher education system. As the figure shows, higher education in the United States is increasingly the major agent of overcoming poverty and of attaining upward mobility toward the so-called…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Equal Education
Bias, Sheri K.; Bias, Justin T.; Beckerdite, Kimberly – Journal of Education, 2020
Odyssey of the Mind is an international creative problem-solving program that allows participants to engage in spontaneous thinking and long-term analytical activities. This program has been in existence for 40 years and involved thousands of participants from around the globe. In September 2018, coaches and judges from a region in a Southern…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Jang, Sunghoon – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2018
We are on a threshold of a revolution in technology education where human knowledge is increasing at an extremely rapid rate. In the wake of these technological advancements, the required workforce skills and competencies are constantly changing. This combination of human knowledge and technological advancements is placing a demand on educators to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Higher Education, Extracurricular Activities, Career Readiness
Morin, Danielle; Thomas, Jennifer D. E.; Saadé, Raafat George – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2015
This article investigates students' perceptions of the relationship between Problem-Solving and the activities and resources used in a Web-based course on the fundamentals of Information Technology at a university in Montreal, Canada. We assess for the different learning components of the course, the extent of perceived problem-solving skills…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Bohemia, Erik; Davison, Gillian – Design and Technology Education, 2012
Higher Education is experiencing an increasingly diverse student population. Students bring a range of skills and experiences to their courses; they have different backgrounds and different needs. This fluidity requires an approach to teaching that encompasses the social aspects of learning. It has been suggested that authentic approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Diversity, Criticism
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2020
For the forty-third time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains 37 papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Professional Development, Feminism
Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
Finn, Donald; Getzel, Elizabeth Evans; McManus, Shannon – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2008
As the number of students with disabilities who are entering postsecondary education continues to rise, the need for their adequate preparation to successfully complete programs of study is a critical concern. A common characteristic of students who successfully enter and complete programs of study in postsecondary settings is that of having…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Disabilities, Self Determination, College Students
Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth, Ed.; Yudelson, Michael, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2018) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Templeton Landing in Buffalo, New York. This year's EDM conference was highly competitive, with 145 long and short paper submissions. Of these, 23 were accepted as full papers and 37…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computer Science Education, Program Proposals
Carson, Norma D.; Johnson, Rhoda E. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1985
Examined differences in stressful life events, stress symptoms, and problem solving ability to distinguish students with suicidal thoughts from those without suicidal thoughts. Students with suicidal thoughts reported more stress symptoms and were significantly less likely to have received information on how to deal with problems. (MCF)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Problem Solving, Stress Variables
Engineering Education, 1979
Students of the Problem-Solving Project Group report on the results of a two-year study of how they solve problems. (BB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computation, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNeumann, Yoram; Finaly, Edith – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1989
Three basic orientations to problem solving are defined and related to four profiles of problem environment. The contingency between problem-solving orientations and problem environment is presented by means of three formal models that are translated to fit the students' learning environment. Implications for further studies are discussed. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
