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Morris, Ronald V. – Social Studies, 2018
Middle school students learned about their community when they created documentaries as part of a state bicentennial celebration. Students gathered multiple primary and secondary resources and worked with community members to interview them for their perspectives through video presentations as part of the inquiry process. Students work with local…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Research, Documentaries, Local History
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Lombard, François; Merminod, Marie; Widmer, Vincent; Schneider, Daniel K. – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
Empirical data on learners' conceptual progression is required to design curricula and guide students. In this paper, we present the Reference Map Change Coding (RMCC) method for revealing students' progression at a fine-grained level. The method has been developed and tested through the analysis of successive versions of the productions of eight…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, High School Students, Biology, Secondary School Science
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Helmreich, James E.; Krog, K. Peter – PRIMUS, 2018
We present a short, inquiry-based learning course on concepts and methods underlying ordinary least squares (OLS), least absolute deviation (LAD), and quantile regression (QR). Students investigate squared, absolute, and weighted absolute distance functions (metrics) as location measures. Using differential calculus and properties of convex…
Descriptors: Least Squares Statistics, Regression (Statistics), Active Learning, Inquiry
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Yuliati, Lia; Riantoni, Cycin; Mufti, Nandang – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The purpose of this research was to explore students' problem-solving skills through inquiry-based learning with PhET simulation, focussed on direct current electricity matter. The research used a mixed method approach with an embedded experimental model with 34 prospective physics teacher at the State University of Jambi, Indonesia. The data was…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Process Skills
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Kelley, Kristi; Liles, Anne Marie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
Providing patient education for a group is an essential practice for all healthcare providers that has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically in relation to patients with chronic diseases. This practice requires skills such as adapting communication to meet the…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Communication Strategies, Knowledge Level, Pharmacy
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Salinitri, Geri; Palazzolo, Stephanie; Nahaiciuc, Ruxandra; Iacobelli, Emilia; Li, Yuanrong; Zhou, George – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
As part of the SSHRC partnership grant on Reciprocal Learning between Ontario, Canada and Southwest, China, we examined the commonalities and differences in secondary school Inquiry-based Teaching (IBT) in science between sister schools in Ontario, Canada and Southwest, China. Canadian and Chinese teachers' interpretations of inquiry through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction
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Altunkaya, Hatice – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
The objective of the present study is to reveal the effect of the activity-based oral presentation course on the speech anxiety of Guidance and Psychological Counselling Department students. In the quantitative study conducted with a single group pre-test-post-test model, the data were collected with 'Speech Anxiety Scale for Pre-Service…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Anxiety, Counselor Training, Speech
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Carvalho, Paulo F.; Gao, Min; Motz, Benjamin A.; Koedinger, Kenneth R. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
Students who actively engage with learning materials, for example by completing more practice activities, show better learning outcomes. A straightforward step to stimulate this desirable behavior is to require students to complete activities and downplay the role of reading materials. However, this approach might have undesirable consequences,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Learning Activities, Reading Materials, Drills (Practice)
Galindo, Enrique, Ed.; Lee, Jean, Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2018
"Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships," edited by Enrique Galindo and Jean Lee, supplies teachers with a challenging and rewarding new way to deeply engage their students in secondary mathematics. In project-based learning (PBL), students investigate and solve real-world issues through mathematics. This book describes the nuts and bolts…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Relevance (Education), Interpersonal Relationship, Mathematics Education
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McLellan, Chelsea K.; Jackson, Dennis L. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2017
The current study explored the relation between the Big-Five personality domains, self-regulated learning, and academic entitlement. Academic entitlement is defined as the tendency to possess expectations of unearned academic success, unearned/undeserved academic services, and/or the expectation of unrealistic accommodation (Chowning and Campbell…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Multivariate Analysis, Schematic Studies, Correlation
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Olitsky, Stacy – Science Education, 2017
This study investigates possibilities for faculty members and teachers to overcome status and professional culture barriers as they engage in partnership work aimed at promoting inquiry-based instruction. It compares the processes and outcomes of several types of professional learning opportunities within a Math and Science Partnership based on…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Partnerships in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Tan, Charlene; Ibrahim, Azhar – Religious Education, 2017
This article explores and compares the salient characteristics and educational influences of humanism in both Islam and Confucianism. It is argued that the humanist tradition in both belief systems upholds the development and transforming ability of human beings. A common aim of education is to nurture God/Way-conscious and virtuous individuals…
Descriptors: Humanism, Religious Education, Confucianism, Islam
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Alden, Emily – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
This Communication summarizes one of the invited papers to the Select 2016 BCCE Presentations ACS CHED Committee on Computers in Chemical Education online ConfChem held from October 30 to November 22, 2016. The supplemental instruction (SI) model has come a long way from being a peer-assisted study sessions geared toward improving student…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Technology Uses in Education, Chemistry, Undergraduate Study
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McGowan, Susannah; Felten, Peter; Caulkins, Joshua; Artze-Vega, Isis – New Directions for Higher Education, 2017
Faculty and faculty developers can improve student learning and outcomes in gateway courses by improving course design, integrating active learning, and aligning assessments with course goals. Drawing on the authors' varied experiences and a large national initiative, this chapter outlines challenges and strategies to support gateway-course…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Introductory Courses, Curriculum Design, Active Learning
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Balukovic, Jasmina; Slisko, Josip; Cruz, Adrián Corona – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Different "thought experiments" dominate teaching approaches to weightlessness, reducing students' opportunities for active physics learning, which should include observations, descriptions, explanations and predictions of real phenomena. Besides the controversy related to conceptual definitions of weight and weightlessness, we report…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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