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Developing and Assessing Critical Thinking Skills in Marketing Students: The Power of Making Explicit Problem-Solving Processes
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Nonis, Sarath A.; Hudson, Gail I. – Journal of Education for Business, 2019
Applied research is a course that has been taught to develop and effectively assess critical thinking skills in marketing students. A modified version of the problem-solving model using explicit problem-solving processes is employed in the design of course material and delivery. Assessment data support students' ability to critically think at both…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Problem Solving
Biology and Medicine Students' Experiences of the Relationship between Teaching and Research
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Olivares-Donoso, Ruby; Gonzalez, Carlos – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
In this study, we aim to deepen our understanding of how biology and medicine undergraduate students experience the relationship between teaching and research. Employing a phenomenographic approach, 34 final-year students of a Bachelor in Biological Sciences and a Bachelor of Medicine, from one research-oriented Chilean university, were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Seniors, Biological Sciences, Medicine
The Influence of Agriscience Research SAEs on Perceived Self-Efficacy of 21st Century Skill Attainment
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Thiel, Brooke L.; Marx, Adam A. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to determine the association between involvement in agriscience research SAEs and student's perceptions of 21st century skill attainment. Tenth through twelfth grade students enrolled at three purposely selected high schools were surveyed to assess their current level of perceived 21st century skills attainment.…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Correlation, Agriculture, Research
Curriculum Mapping to Embed Graduate Capabilities
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Spencer, David; Riddle, Matthew; Knewstubb, Bernadette – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
Graduate capabilities are an essential aspect of undergraduate development in higher education. Accordingly, La Trobe University's "Design for learning" has identified particular university-wide graduate capabilities and required all faculties to explicitly embed these in their curricula. The Faculty of Law and Management developed an approach to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Curriculum Design, Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods
Apprentissage d'une structure operatoire formelle (The Experience of an Explict Operative Structure)
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Ferreira da Silva, Jose – Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, 1971
The theme of the article was to show how children acquire logical structures. Following up these studies on logical structure, another study attempted to ascertain if skills could be learned at times other than when spontaneously acquired. The results showed that the children need help in solving the problems posed. Another method of heuristic…
Descriptors: Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Logical Thinking
A SITUATIONAL TEST OF TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS.
AULT, LESLIE H. – 1968
AS PART OF THE EVALUATION OF A MULTI-MEDIA COURSE FOR MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL ON PROBLEM-SOLVING DISCUSSIONS, A SPECIAL CASE WAS DEVELOPED TO TEST TRAINEES' APPLICATION OF THEIR SKILLS IN A NEW SETTING. THE CASE PLACED EACH SUBJECT IN THE ROLE OF A PLANT MANAGER WITH A PROBLEM TO SOLVE, WITH TWO SUBORDINATES AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION. THE ROLES OF…
Descriptors: Management Development, Problem Solving, Research, Role Playing
Constructive Conflict Resolution: Principles, Training, and Research.
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Deutsch, Morton – Journal of Social Issues, 1994
Discusses the factors affecting the course of conflict as the orientation to the conflict of the parties involved, their personalities, the issues, and the conflict's sociocultural patterns. The article concludes with a discussion of the skills involved in constructive solutions and offers suggestions for research. (GLR)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Context Effect, Ethnocentrism
Research in Mathematics Education.
Shumway, Richard J., Ed. – 1980
This volume represents an effort to develop a definitive reference work on research in mathematics education. The reference is divided into two parts. Part 1, on the research process, focuses on problems of research methods and their relevance to research in mathematics education. Part 1 also introduces the beginner to some of the issues and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Research
Project TEAMS (Techniques and Education for Achieving Management Skills): Independent Business Owner/Managers.
Platte Technical Community Coll., Columbus, NE. – 1980
These Project TEAMS (Techniques and Education for Achieving Managerial Skills) instructional materials consist of five units for use in training independent business owner/managers. The first unit contains materials which deal with management skills relating to personal characteristics of successful business people, knowledge of self and chosen…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Administrators