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O'Brien, Emma; Hamburg, Ileana – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2013
This paper highlights reasons for SMEs low uptake of training and argues that current offerings are not suitable for their needs. It highlights the need to leverage the benefits of work based learning through the use of technology. Social media and web 2.0 has significantly changed the way people learn and access knowledge. The body of knowledge…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Workplace Learning, Staff Development, Communities of Practice
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Morrissey, John; Clavin, Alma; Reilly, Kathy – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
In 2009, Geography at National University of Ireland, Galway, launched a new taught master's programme, the MA in Environment, Society and Development. The vision for the programme was to engage students in the analysis and critique of the array of interventionary practices of development and securitization in our contemporary world. A range of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Instruction, Case Studies, Geography
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Das, Kumer – PRIMUS, 2013
As an extension to various sponsored summer undergraduate research programs, academic year research for undergraduate students is becoming popular. Mathematics faculty around the country are getting involved with this type of research and administrators are encouraging this effort. Since 2007, we have been conducting academic year research at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Inquiry, Active Learning
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McConnell, Tom J.; Parker, Joyce M.; Eberhardt, Janet – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2013
The Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Project for Teachers included three days of professional development using PBL to deepen teachers' content knowledge. Teachers identified the content area in which they wished to work from a list of choices. They worked in facilitated groups of from five to nine participants to solve rich, ill-structured…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Tassell, Janet; Maxwell, Margaret; Stobaugh, Rebecca – Parenting for High Potential, 2013
Gifted children crave meaning through learning experiences, and they are naturally inquisitive. This article provides a teaching framework that parents can adapt for use with gifted children to help facilitate STEM knowledge and skills. The CReaTE Framework, adapted from an evolving lesson plan framework, can promote learning in a nontraditional,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learning Experience, Gifted, Parent Education
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Lanci, John R. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2013
Undergraduate students today often enroll in introductory religious studies or theology classes because they want the time and space to reflect on their personal spiritual questions. Such a motivation can clash with the faculty's desire to introduce students to rigorous academic study of their field. Barbara Walvoord has proposed four "voices"…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Philosophy, Undergraduate Students
Semrow, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explored and analyzed a purposeful sample size of five teachers from four districts on the perceptions of teachers in first and second grade regarding their participation in whether or not professional development provided through Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) grant activities influenced their implementation of…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Problem Based Learning, Technology Integration, Influences
Baer, Tom – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Transfer of learning from curricular experiences to non-academic settings is a primary goal of any academic institution. In cases where skills, knowledge, and attitudes learned in curricular experiences are used to solve complex problems, transfer is especially difficult to define and measure. This study attempts to better define transfer in…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Transfer of Training, Medical Education, Competency Based Education
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Haynes, Ray K.; Cho, Yonjoo – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2013
This chapter features Indiana University's Instructional Systems Technology (IST) department. It highlights current theory and research that form the basis of improving learning and performance in diverse contexts. The contributions of professors Boling, Bonk, Brush, Cho, Frick, Glazewski, Haynes, and Reigeluth underscore IST's past, present, and…
Descriptors: Universities, Departments, Schools of Education, College Faculty
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Arantes do Amaral, Joao Alberto; Gonçalves, Paulo; Hess, Aurélio – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This article describes the project-based learning environment created to support project management graduate courses. The paper will focus on the learning context and procedures followed for 13 years, in 47 project-based learning MBA courses, involving approximately 1,400 students and 34 community partners.
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Student Projects, Program Administration
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Abubakar, Abbas Babayi; Arshad, Mohammad Yusof – International Education Studies, 2015
The role of chemistry in the development of any society cannot be overemphasized. Chemistry students are therefore expected to acquire flexible knowledge and problem solving skills to facilitate the expected development of our modern society. The purpose of this article is to investigate the roles of teachers and student in the development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Secondary School Science, Problem Based Learning
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Ostrander, Rick – Christian Higher Education, 2015
We are currently experiencing a global revolution in Christian higher education. As chronicled in Carpenter, Glanzer, and Lantinga's 2014 volume titled "Christian Higher Education: A Global Reconnaissance," Christian universities are expanding rapidly around the globe. My institution, Cornerstone University, has been involved in this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Reflection, Christianity
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Trinter, Christine P.; Moon, Tonya R.; Brighton, Catherine M. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative study was to provide empirical evidence of the extent to which the types of tasks recommended by Sheffield for eliciting characteristics of mathematical promise allowed for the manifestation of these characteristics in primary-grade students within a problem-based learning (PBL) context. Data included student work…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving
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Nakhanu, Shikuku Beatrice; Musasia, Amadalo Maurice – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The topic Linear Programming is included in the compulsory Kenyan secondary school mathematics curriculum at form four. The topic provides skills for determining best outcomes in a given mathematical model involving some linear relationship. This technique has found application in business, economics as well as various engineering fields. Yet many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Skill Development, Problem Based Learning
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Sung, Han-Yu; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chang, Hong-Sheng – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
In the era of computer and communication technologies, fostering students' high-level thinking abilities has become an important educational objective. Engaging students in web information searching to answer a series of questions related to a target issue has been recognized as a helpful approach for promoting students' thinking processes. In…
Descriptors: Student Improvement, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Critical Thinking
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