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Leite, Laurinda; Dourado, Luís; Morgado, Sofia – Research in Science Education, 2015
Information and communication technologies (ICT), namely the Internet, can play a valuable educational role in several school subjects, including science education. The same applies to problem-based learning (PBL), that is, a student-centered active learning methodology that can prepare students for lifelong learning. WebQuests (WQs) combine PBL…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Problem Based Learning, Internet, Science Instruction
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Guerra, Cecília; Moreira, António; Vieira, Rui Marques – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
One of the challenges higher education institutions face is to effectively endow science primary teachers with competences on "how", "where", "when" and "whether" to use technological resources (software and hardware) in teaching contexts. Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) requires…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Teacher Competencies, Science Teachers, Teacher Education
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Fardilha, M.; Schrader, M.; da Cruz e Silva, O. A. B.; da Cruz e Silva, E. F. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
A multi-method active learning approach (MALA) was implemented in the Medical Biochemistry teaching unit of the Biomedical Sciences degree at the University of Aveiro, using problem-based learning as the main learning approach. In this type of learning strategy, students are involved beyond the mere exercise of being taught by listening. Less…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning, Quality Control