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John Nesbit; Qing Liu; Joan Sharp; Diana Cukierman; Holly Hendrigan; Daniel Chang; Bahareh Shahabi; Qingyan Deng; Azar Pakdaman Savoji – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2024
The Dialectical Map (DMap) is an open-source, web-based argument visualization tool developed and used at a Canadian University to scaffold argument construction. To illustrate the ways that argument mapping can be used in undergraduate courses, this article presents five cases selected from courses in biology, psychology, computing science, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Open Source Technology, Persuasive Discourse
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DeCoito, Isha – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2020
Digital timelines have been both transformational and supportive in enhancing the ways in which information is shared through text, images, interaction, and creativity to achieve course goals and objectives across numerous disciplines. In analyzing the experiences of teacher candidates (TCs) in their creation of a variety of resources to address…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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van Kessel, Cathryn – Canadian Journal of Education, 2017
Students in secondary social studies examine descriptions of historical events and rhetoric by politicians that utilize the word and concept of evil. The label of evil can evoke specific images, feelings, and thoughts; oversimplify historical and contemporary situations; and decrease students' sense of agency. This phenomenographical study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Social Studies, Semi Structured Interviews
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Berg, Tessa; Bowen, Tracey; Smith, Colin; Smith, Sally – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
The gradual commodification of higher education in the context of an increased focus on graduate employability attributes together with evolving labour markets is creating challenges for universities and students alike. For universities, there has been significant investment in careers services and, through institution-wide initiatives,…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Student Attitudes, Education Work Relationship, Pilot Projects
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Hull, Kerry – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
Renal clearance, the volume of blood cleared of a substance in a particular time period, is commonly recognized as one of the most difficult concepts in physiology. This difficulty may in part reflect the quantitative nature of renal clearance since many life sciences majors perceive that mathematics is irrelevant to their discipline. Students may…
Descriptors: Physiology, Human Body, Biological Sciences, Science Activities
Sánchez, Inmaculada Arnedillo, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 12th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2016, which was organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, April 9-11, 2016. The Mobile Learning 2016 Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Telecommunications
Guimond, Renee – Education Canada, 2001
The Stress Management in Children Project initiated at an Edmunston (New Brunswick) primary school uses visualization as its primary tool. Visualization, a process whereby people respond to certain themes through mental images, is used to manage stress, as a learning method, as a tool for emotional development, and to explore different levels of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Emotional Development
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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