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Susan Sajadi – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Adaptability has emerged as an essential skill in the engineering workforce due to constant technological and social change, engineering grand challenges, and the recent global pandemic. Although engineering employers and national reports have called for increased adaptability among engineers, what adaptability means in the engineering workplace…
Descriptors: Engineering, Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Corporations
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Pedro, Ana; Piedade, João; Matos, João Filipe; Pedro, Neuza – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2019
Purpose: The construction of learning scenarios is a way to plan for teaching activities, promoting the development of skills related to problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. Using learning scenarios as a lesson planning strategy becomes a powerful tool in initial teacher education. On the one hand, it mobilizes…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Problem Solving
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Hayel Al-Srour, Nadia; Al-Ali, Safa M.; Al-Oweidi, Alia – Education, 2016
The present study aims to detect the impact of teacher training on creative writing and problem-solving using both Futuristic scenarios program to solve problems creatively, and creative problem solving. To achieve the objectives of the study, the sample was divided into two groups, the first consist of 20 teachers, and 23 teachers to second…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Creative Writing, Problem Solving, Vignettes
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Amado, Nélia, Ed.; Carreira, Susana, Ed.; Jones, Keith, Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2018
The innovative volume seeks to broaden the scope of research on mathematical problem solving in different educational environments. It brings together contributions not only from leading researchers, but also highlights collaborations with younger researchers to broadly explore mathematical problem-solving across many fields: mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Creativity, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
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Rojas, James – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2013
Based on the dozens of interactive workshops that the author has facilitated with children, he has discovered that children are more knowledgeable about the natural and the built environment than typically accredited. Due to this discovery, he believes children should be part of the community engagement for planning projects, developments, and…
Descriptors: Children, Design, Urban Planning, Physical Environment
Franske, Benjamin James – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the engineering problem finding ability of high school students at three high schools in Minnesota. Students at each of the three schools had differing backgrounds including pre-engineering coursework, traditional technology education coursework and advanced science coursework. Students were asked to find…
Descriptors: Creativity, High Schools, Engineering Education, Technology Education
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology