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Timothy G. Harrison; Michael T. Davies-Coleman; Alison C. Rivett; M. Anwar H. Khan; Joyce D. Sewry; Magdalena Wajrak; Nicholas M. Barker; Jonny Furze; Sophie D. Franklin; Linda Sellou; Naomi K. R. Shallcross; Dudley E. Shallcross – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Climate change is of great concern to all age groups but in particular to children. "Simple" climate models have been in place for a long time and can be used effectively with post-16 students. For younger children, modifications are required, and we describe in this paper the development and use of two such models. The first (the Granny…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Models, Elementary Secondary Education
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Baños, Rocío; Sokoli, Stavroula – Research-publishing.net, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to present the rationale and outcomes of ClipFlair, a European-funded project aimed at countering the factors that discourage Foreign Language Learning (FLL) by providing a motivating, easily accessible online platform to learn a foreign language through revoicing (e.g. dubbing) and captioning (e.g. subtitling). This…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning
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Zhao, Jingming; Yuping, Wei; Maideen, Ismail; Moe, Zan Khin; Nasirudeen, A. M. A. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
The use of smartphone for socialising and learning has become a norm among students in Singapore. Educational institutions are creating lessons and applications for use on mobile platforms. However, the effectiveness of smartphones for learning has not been well studied in Singapore. This study was conducted to understand the association between…
Descriptors: Correlation, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Academic Achievement
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National Academies Press, 2018
There are many reasons to be curious about the way people learn, and the past several decades have seen an explosion of research that has important implications for individual learning, schooling, workforce training, and policy. In 2000, "How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition" was published and its…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Environment, Brain, Cultural Influences
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Dunlap, Joanna C.; Lowenthal, Patrick R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
This article provides a review of the instructional potential of digital music to enhance postsecondary students' experience in online courses by involving them in music-driven instructional activities. The authors describe how music-driven instructional activities, when used appropriately, can (a) humanize, personalize, and energize online…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Interests, Music, Electronic Publishing
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Falconer, Isobel – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2007
The slow uptake by teachers in post-compulsory education of new technological tools and technology-enhanced teaching methods may be symptomatic of a general split in the e-learning community between development of tools, services and standards, and research into how teachers can use these most effectively (i.e. between the teaching practitioner…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries