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Scott, Brian E. – Prufrock Press Inc., 2020
Teachers and curriculum specialists are exposed to many ideas from educational leaders, but it is difficult to know which ones can be transformed into meaningful learning experiences in the classroom. "Concept-Based Instruction": (1) Helps educators translate the works of leading educational thinkers into concept-based units; (2) Draws…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Active Learning, Units of Study
Barr, Brady – Solution Tree, 2020
Research shows that keeping animals in classrooms can have profound effects on student well-being and success. With this practical guide, you will discover how to select a classroom pet, introduce it to students, and design carefully thought-out lessons centered around the animal.
Descriptors: Animals, Classroom Environment, Well Being, Academic Achievement
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Alebrahim, Fatimah; Ku, Heng-yu – Journal of Educational Research and Innovation, 2019
Active learning is an instructional strategy that focuses on the active learning process by involving students with engaging materials and activities in the class which leads to higher order thinking and increases students' performance. The flipped classroom is one of the latest models that allows more time in class for applying active learning…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Experience, Flipped Classroom, Active Learning
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Summers, Teggin; Beers, Maggie – Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2019
There is a national urgency in higher education to close the achievement gap and increase graduation rates for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minorities, and classroom environments are integral to the student learning experience. The authors propose shifting learningspace discussions away from building an historically small…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Design, Academic Achievement
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Kar, Hazel; Çil, Emine – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2019
The study aimed to investigate the effects of visual art supported inquiry based science education on 5th grade students' scientific process skills (SPS). In the research, one group pretest-posttest experimental design is used. The study was carried out with the help of 20 5th grade students. For the purpose of the research, an education including…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Activities
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McDowell, Travis R.; Schmittzehe, Emmalou T.; Duerden, Amanda J.; Cernusca, Dan; Collier, Harvest; Woelk, Klaus – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2019
A student-choice model course redesign was used to counteract a large increase in student enrollment, improve the quality of instruction, and preserve student success. This model is an instructional technique that allows students to choose how to engage in a course. Using this model in a first-semester college-level general chemistry course,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Chemistry, Introductory Courses, College Science
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Krizan, Patricia – Social Education, 2019
Social studies teachers often have a love-hate relationship with inquiry. The possibilities of a dynamic and engaging approach to learning labor against time constraints imposed by a content-heavy curriculum. In that scenario, how can professional development (PD) on inquiry inform educators and encourage skeptical teachers to implement this…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Faculty Development, Inquiry, Instructional Design
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Ernest, Jessica Brooke; Reinholz, Daniel L.; Shah, Niral – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2019
This paper reports on gender and participation in one inquiry-oriented undergraduate mathematics course. While there is evidence that inquiry can better support all learners, especially women, less is known about the distribution of participation in inquiry classrooms. Here, we focus on how men and women participated in both public spaces (in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Gender Differences, Student Participation
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Gray, Robert – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2019
Taking full advantage of the educative benefits of interaction in digital learning environments will require the development of new theoretical frameworks that can contribute to a richer understanding of interaction. Literary theory provides an excellent place to develop such a framework and advanced understanding. Literary theory enables us to…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Educational Quality
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Mora, Eva Infante; Greenwood, Davydd J. – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2019
CASA-Sevilla is a study abroad programme for US university students with an advanced level of Spanish. In recent years, new patterns of social behaviour among students (mainly the use of technology and low-cost flights) aggravated their difficulties in establishing contacts with the local society, which often resulted in the perpetuation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Active Learning, Cultural Awareness
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Mora, Eva Infante; Andrade, Juan Muñoz; Greenwood, Davydd; Feldman, Richard; Ivanchikova, Melina; Gallardo , Jorge Cívico; Saez, Purificación García – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2019
This section discusses how the changing students' experiences necessitated a rethinking of the educational programme and the development of an active pedagogy. The reform used two powerful instruments: an adaptation of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which allows the language coordinator to evaluate the linguistic needs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Active Learning, College Programs
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Hoon, Teoh Sian; Singh, Parmjit – Asian Journal of University Education, 2019
There are challenges in teaching research methodology as highlighted by many researchers. Among the challenges are strategies for putting material in context. For achieving this purpose, students' engagement in the learning process needs to be re-looked. This paper shares on a practice engaging students in a research methodology class. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning)
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Trout, Joseph Jude; Murphy, Casey; Vukicevich, Morgan – Physics Teacher, 2019
Active learning techniques are generally considered to be any classroom activities in which students become an active participant in learning, instead of a passive listener to a lecture. Service learning activities are generally experiential (real life) and reflective problem-based learning activities in which students enrolled in an academic…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Service Learning, Physics, Calculus
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Puchumni, Puchit; Tungpradabkul, Sumalee; Magee, Ratana – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2019
Three information retrieving lessons were designed to foster analytical thinking in freshmen with minimal prior active learning experience. Thailand Local Wisdom contents were used as an online information platform due to the scarcity in well-established credible information sources. The lessons were collaborative learning both within own group…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Thinking Skills, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Rapanta, Chrysi; Felton, Mark – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2019
This integrative literature review takes up the ongoing discussion about the place of mixed methods designs in educational research. We focus on studies that investigate the role of argumentation in inquiry-based learning, either as a means for enhancing inquiry (argument-based inquiry) or as a learning outcome (inquiry-based argument). We argue…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Inquiry, Active Learning, Educational Research
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