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Steel, Jill; Williams, Joanne M.; McGeown, Sarah – Educational Research, 2022
Background: Animal-assisted Education (AAE), including Reading to Dogs (RTD), is an area of growing interest internationally across all phases of education, and increasingly considered an innovative approach to improving pupil outcomes. As creating RTD interventions necessitates a combination of expertise from the fields of education and…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Educational Researchers, Educational Research, Animals
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Miranda, Rommel J.; Warren, Cheryl; Mcdougal, Kathryn; Kimble, Steven; Sanchez, Joseph; Norman, Leann; Anderson, Virginia; Hemm, Matthew – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2023
We developed a curriculum for an upper-level molecular biology course-based undergraduate research laboratory class funded by a National Science Foundation CAREER grant that focuses on identifying new small proteins in the bacterium, "Escherichia coli." Our CURE class has been continually offered each semester for the last 10 years, with…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Science Instruction
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McNeal, Lisa; Gray, Jennifer P. – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2021
Many college students struggle with technical difficulties when enrolled in an online or hybrid class. Sometimes students do not even have a choice about online options, such as in the COVID-19 era, when the shift to remote instruction has happened and could happen at any time. Students need support for success in the online environment, yet many…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Writing (Composition), Coaching (Performance), Electronic Learning
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Hoa T. Vinh Le; Nicole Ziegler – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
Numerous empirical studies and syntheses have explored technology-mediated task-based language teaching (TMTBLT) (for example, Chong & Reinders, 2020; Kim & Namkung, 2024; Lai & Li, 2011; Ziegler, 2016), with findings highlighting the affordances of technology for interaction and its associated benefits. However, few studies have…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Plummer, Laura; Smith, Lesley; Cornforth, Elizabeth; Gore, Shweta – Education Sciences, 2021
In March 2020, most physical therapy schools across the globe transitioned to online learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This change posed unique challenges not only because it required adapting to new technology in a short period but, more importantly, it involved developing ways to teach hands-on psychomotor and clinical skills…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Physical Therapy, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
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Breanna J. Chycinski; Casey E. Humphrey; Camille Skubik-Peplaski – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2023
Fieldwork education is a vital component of occupational therapy education. Academic fieldwork coordinators face a shortage of qualified occupational therapists who are prepared to be fieldwork educators. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effects of an online learning module developed to prepare occupational therapists to become fieldwork…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Occupational Therapy, Learning Modules, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Golick, Doug; Dauer, Jenny; Lynch, Louise; Ingram, Erin – Environmental Education Research, 2018
We conducted interviews with 16 postsecondary students at a large public university on pollination systems knowledge. A semi-structured interview protocol was developed with open-ended prompts to elicit student explanations of pollination systems. Congruent themes were developed through coding of the interview transcripts into low, medium, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Systems Approach, Conservation (Environment)
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Dunnigan, Gerri; Halcrow, Cheryl – PRIMUS, 2021
We describe a project to restructure the way Applied Calculus is taught at our university to improve student success rates. Eliminating large lecture sections, re-evaluating the needs and expectations of our students, developing uniform course delivery and grading systems, incorporating active learning teaching methods, and focusing on conceptual…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Calculus, Teaching Methods
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Munakata, Mika; Vaidya, Ashwin; Monahan, Ceire; Krupa, Erin – PRIMUS, 2021
This paper describes the development and implementation of course modules intended to encourage creative thinking in an undergraduate general education mathematics course. The modules were designed to address the characteristics of creativity outlined in the literature through explorations of mathematics relevant to non-mathematics majors. A…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Creative Thinking, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics
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Hancock, Emilie; Franco, Lorraine; Bagley, Spencer; Karakok, Gulden – PRIMUS, 2021
As calculus instruction moves further from lecture-based instruction toward student-centered pedagogy, support services must align with the changing goals for the course. This paper describes the work of a department as they collectively design and redesign a co-requisite Calculus I course, in an effort to better promote students' academic and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Social Integration
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Barton, Christopher E.; Williams, Christi L.; Halle, John S.; McGrew, Lori – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
While evidence supports the use of cadavers to facilitate the teaching and learning of human anatomy, cadaver-based teaching may not be present at the undergraduate level at many institutions due to limited laboratory access, financial constraints, and the lack of qualified faculty trained to teach in this type of setting. The following case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, College Faculty
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Davie, Neil; Hilber, Tobias – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
Repeated surveys have shown that all students at our university have smartphones and use them regularly both at home and in the university. Excessive regular use of anything, including digital devices, can lead to addiction which has promoted researchers to classify and label smartphone addiction as "nomophobia". Using a self-assessment…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Qualitative Research, Telecommunications
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Miles, Rhea; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter – Science Educator, 2019
The purpose of Science Education Against Drug Abuse Partnership (SEADAP) is to use the planarian animal model to develop an inquiry-based program to teach the science of drug addiction and pharmacology of drugs being abused. Upon completion of a SEADAP teacher professional development, study data reveals a favorable increase in teacher awareness…
Descriptors: Science Education, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Program Development
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Bedir, Hasan – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
Research has shown that teacher education programs are ineffective in preparing teachers for 21st century skills so there exists a need for professional development to improve teachers' knowledge and practices which improve student learning outcomes. Teachers' Professional Development (PD) has been intriguing researchers in the 21st first century…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Practicums, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
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Karami, Sareh; Ghahremani, Mehdi – Gifted and Talented International, 2016
Using a grounded theory approach to the study of historical texts and an expert interview, this study investigates culturally embedded conceptions of giftedness as evidenced in one of the most important Iranian literary canons, "The Gulistan", to guide the development of education and programming for gifted and talented students in Iran.…
Descriptors: Gifted, Grounded Theory, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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