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Janssen, Jeroen; Bodemer, Daniel – Educational Psychologist, 2013
Traditionally, research on awareness during online collaboration focused on topics such as the effects of spatial information about group members' activities on the collaborative process. When the concept of awareness was introduced to computer-supported collaborative learning, this focus shifted to cognitive group awareness (e.g., information…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Activities, Expertise, Cooperation
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Kennedy, Sarah A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
The green chemistry course taught at Westminster College (PA) incorporates nontraditional teaching techniques and texts to educate future chemists about the importance of using green chemistry principles. The course is designed to introduce green chemistry concepts and demonstrate their inherent necessity by discussing historical missteps by the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Undergraduate Students, Environmental Education, Chemistry
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Demetriou, Dorita; Korfiatis, Konstantinos; Constantinou, Constantinos – Journal of Biological Education, 2009
The ability to comprehend trophic (nutritional) relationships and food web dynamics is an essential part of environmental literacy. However, students face severe difficulties in grasping the variety of causal patterns in food webs. We propose a curriculum for comprehending trophic relations in elementary school. The curriculum allows students to…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Szecsi, Tunde; Spillman, Carolyn; Vazquez-Montilla, Elia; Mayberry, Sally C. – Multicultural Education, 2010
A major goal of most teacher education programs is the development of teachers who are sensitive supporters of all students, embrace diversity, and plan and implement inclusive and culturally responsive instruction. Student populations, even within teacher education programs, are not always endowed with the desired attitudes and wisdom that allow…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Transformative Learning
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Taricani, Ellen M.; Clariana, Roy B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2006
In this descriptive investigation, we seek to confirm and extend a technique for automatically scoring concept maps. Sixty unscored concept maps from a published dissertation were scored using a computer-based technique adapted from Schvaneveldt (1990) and colleague's Pathfinder network approach. The scores were based on link lines drawn between…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Scoring, Concept Mapping, Computer Assisted Testing