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Constructivist Learning and Openness to Diversity and Challenge in Higher Education Environments
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Alt, Dorit – Learning Environments Research, 2017
The increasing calls for diversity research signal a need to explore contemporary learning and instruction strategies that respond to diversity in courses and curricula. The major objective of this research was to measure the level of openness to diversity and challenge (ODC) among college students as a function of their perceived constructivist…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Structural Equation Models, Undergraduate Students
Assessing the Contribution of a Constructivist Learning Environment to Academic Self-Efficacy in Higher Education
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Alt, Dorit – Learning Environments Research, 2015
Self-efficacy for learning, which refers to students' beliefs in their capabilities to regulate their own learning, could determine students' motivation and academic achievement and, therefore, is significant in the learning process. This study examined how educational efforts based on constructivist theory were associated with the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Self Efficacy, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment
A Typology of Chemistry Classroom Environments: Exploring the Relationships between 10th Grade Students' Perceptions, Attitudes and Gender
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Giallousi, M.; Gialamas, V.; Pavlatou, E. A. – Learning Environments Research, 2013
The present study was the first in Greece in which educational effectiveness theory constituted a knowledge base for investigating the impact of chemistry classroom environment in 10 Grade students' enjoyment of class. An interpretive heuristic schema was developed and utilised in order to incorporate two factors of teacher behaviour at classroom…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction