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Download full textChen, Juanjuan; Wang, Minhong; Dede, Chris; Grotzer, Tina A. – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
The use of external representations has the potential to facilitate inquiry learning, especially hypothesis generation and reasoning, which typically present difficulties for students. This study describes a novel three-dimensional cognitive mapping (3DCM) approach that supports inquiry learning by allowing learners to combine the information on a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Inquiry, Active Learning, Abstract Reasoning
Garcia, Oscar N.; Varanasi, Murali R.; Acevedo, Miguel F.; Guturu, Parthasarathy – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
We analyze and study the beginning of a new Electrical Engineering Department, supported by an NSF Departmental Level Reform award, within a new College of Engineering in the 21st Century and also describe the academic approach and influences of an innovative cognitive-based approach to curriculum development. In addition, the approach taken…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Electrical Occupations, Engineering, Departments
Peer reviewedMcNeal, Ann P. – College Teaching, 1998
Describes active learning activities that can be useful in college faculty development workshops, including three activity types: introductory exercises (personal introductions, goal-setting, warm-ups); problem-solving activities (brainstorming, hands-on exercises, reflection); and closure (consolidating concepts, cognitive mapping,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Brainstorming, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
