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Izel Can; Didem Inel Ekici – Educational Studies, 2024
This explanatory case study aims to investigate conceptual changes on the part of gifted and talented students and describe their reflective thinking with regard to problem-solving as part of the problem-based learning (PBL) process. Twenty-two gifted and talented fourth grade primary school students participated in the study. The students were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Academically Gifted, Science Instruction
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Purwanto, Agung; Rahmawati, Yuli; Rahmayanti, Novia; Mardiah, Alin; Amalia, Risky – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2022
Students difficulty in relating chemistry concepts to everyday life leads to their inability to explore and developed skills needed, especially critical thinking. Therefore, this study aimed to develop students' critical thinking skills by integrating socio-critical and problem-oriented approaches to chemistry learning with environmental issues in…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking
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Woolcott, Geoff; Whannell, Robert; Pfeiffer, Linda; Yeigh, Tony; Donnelly, James; Scott, Amanda – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2017
Motivated and well-trained science and mathematics teachers are a requirement for sustaining an industrialised economy. The Australian government has funded several projects to satisfy this requirement designed to improve pre-service teacher (PST) education in regional and rural Australia. One such project uses a collaboration nexus model with…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Education, Qualitative Research
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Strimel, Greg – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2014
Students are seldom given an authentic experience within school that allows them the opportunity to solve real-life complex engineering design problems that have meaning to their lives and/ or the greater society. They are often confined to learning environments that are limited by the restrictions set by course content for assessment purposes and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education, Design
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Weiland, Ingrid S.; Morrison, Judith A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
To examine the notion of environmental education (EE) as context for integrating the elementary curricula, we engaged in a multi-case study analysis (Yin 2009) of two preservice elementary science methods courses that utilized an experiential reflective approach--case one (University A) through a science content focus (i.e., sustainability) and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Science Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
Murphy, Jennifer, Ed.; Griffin, Carrie, Ed.; Higgs, Bettie, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2010
The third annual conference of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) was held at Trinity College Dublin on 11-12 November 2009, and was attended by over 300 delegates. The theme--"Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy"--was timely and generated some fascinating papers, workshops and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Promotion, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2012
This document presents the proceedings of the 17th Annual Research Forum held June 29, 2012, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included herein are the following 25 action research papers: (1) "Reading and Writing": A Study Comparing the Strengths of Peer Review and Visible Author Writing Strategies (Elizabeth Behar); (2)…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Peer Evaluation, Writing Strategies, Active Learning
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory