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Julius Meier; Peter Hesse; Stephan Abele; Alexander Renkl; Inga Glogger-Frey – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
Self-explanation prompts in example-based learning are usually directed backwards: Learners are required to self-explain problem-solving steps just presented ("retrospective" prompts). However, it might also help to self-explain upcoming steps ("anticipatory" prompts). The effects of the prompt type may differ for learners with…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Prompting, Models
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Marra, Rose M.; Hacker, Douglas J.; Plumb, Carolyn – Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
Background: Developing self-directed learning (SDL) skills in engineering students is critical to support life-long learning. This research was conducted at Iron Range Engineering (IRE), an innovative, problem-based learning (PBL) engineering program, which has suffused the concept of metacognition throughout its curriculum. Purpose/Hypotheses:…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Independent Study, Skill Development, Problem Based Learning
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Fauziah, Muna; Marmoah, Sri; Murwaningsih, Tri; Saddhono, Kundharu – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This research aims to find out: (1) the more effective learning model on students' divergent-thinking skills; (2) the better adversity quotient on students' divergent-thinking skills; (3) the better adversity quotient to improve students' divergent-thinking skills in each learning model; and (4) the better learning model to improve students'…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Elementary School Students
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Surur, Miftahus; Degeng, I. Nyoman Sudana; Setyosari, Punaji; Kuswandi, Dedi – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
This study aims to examine the effect of Problem Based Learning learning strategies, cognitive styles, and their interaction on students' problem-solving ability in social studies subjects. The type of this research is a quasi-experiment with nonequivalent control group design. The number of samples used was 120 students consisting of 60 students…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style
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Thakur, Preeti; Dutt, Sunil; Chauhan, Abhishek – Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
To be successful in any field, one needs to have good decision making, effective critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The skills an individual possess not only helps him/her to earn his/her livelihood but also aids in the development and progress of the whole nation. So, there is an urgent need of integrating our traditional courses with…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Skill Development
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Chan, Selena – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2020
This book gathers work from over a decade of study, and seeks to better understand and support how learners become tradespeople. The research programme applies recent concepts from neuroscience, educational psychology and technology-enhanced learning to explain and help overcome the challenges of learning in trades-learning contexts. Due to the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Building Trades, Neurosciences, Educational Psychology
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Kožuh, Anna; Maksimovic, Jelena; Stošic, Lazar – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
Development of self-assurance, improvement of interpersonal communication, development of the sense of security, an opportunity to share one's experiences and ideas, as well as cooperation and interaction, which supplant rivalry and competition are just a few benefits resulting from working with the problem methods for the pupils. We have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Skill Development
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Azeneth Patiño; María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya; Gerardo Ibarra-Vazquez – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
Complex thinking is a desired competency in 21st-century university students, so technology-based teaching and learning strategies must be carefully considered when training them in complex reasoning skills. This systematic review aims to map research on the use of teaching and learning strategies supported by technology to enhance complex…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Thinking Skills
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Mabley, Seren; Ventura-Medina, Esther; Anderson, Anthony – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Future global challenges that engineering graduates face have placed demands on engineering education and how graduates develop competency in collaborative problem-solving. Such demand has seen an increase in the use of pedagogies like problem-based learning (PBL) that provide opportunities for developing collaborative problem-solving skills. PBL…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education, Cooperative Learning
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Kardoyo; Nurkhin, Ahmad; Muhsin; Pramusinto, Hengky – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The ability to think critically and creatively is essential for students to be able to face the challenges of the industrial revolution 4.0. Lectures must be designed to enhance students' critical and creative thinking skills. This study aims to examine the implementation of problem-based learning in learning management information systems courses…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Strategies, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking
Beghetto, Ronald A. – Educational Leadership, 2017
Most teachers try to avoid having students experience uncertainty in their schoolwork. But if we want to prepare students to tackle complex problems (and the uncertainty that accompanies such problems), we must give them learning experiences that involve feeling unsure and sometimes even confused. Beghetto presents five strategies that help…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Ambiguity (Context), Problem Solving, Difficulty Level
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Tularam, Gurudeo A.; Machisella, Patrick – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2018
Traditional teaching approaches are generally teacher-directed, where students are taught in a manner that is conducive to sitting and listening. It is often argued that these approaches may not provide students with valuable learning skills, and rather that non-traditional approaches to teaching and learning might better endow students with such…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Nontraditional Education, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
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Yeo, Joseph B. W. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Educators usually mean different constructs when they speak of open tasks: some may refer to pure-mathematics investigative tasks while others may have authentic real-life tasks in mind; some may think of the answer being open while others may refer to an open method. On the other hand, some educators use different terms, e.g. open and open-ended,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Assignments, Student Needs
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Suprapto, Edy; Fahrizal; Priyono; Basri, K. – International Education Studies, 2017
This research is to apply and develop a strategy of problem-based learning to increase the ability of higher order thinking skills of senior vocational schools students. The research was done due to a fact that the quality of outputs of the senior vocational schools has not met the competency needed by the stakeholders in the field, that has made…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Thinking Skills, Vocational Education, Vocational Schools
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Sung, Han-Yu; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chen, Shan-Feng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
Owing to the popularity of tablet computers and smart phones, e-books have become an important medium for both formal and informal learning. However, conventional e-books are mainly designed to provide information in the form of multimedia, implying that students spend most of their time memorizing and comprehending what they read from e-books,…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Electronic Publishing, Books
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