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Koyunlu Unlu, Zeynep; Dokme, Ilbilge – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2020
The general aim of this action research was to offer ways of making science and technology education more effective and solving problems in the related field. The specific purpose was to determine how inquiry-based learning supported by instructional technologies improves students' achievement and develops their scientific inquiry skills. Taking…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Instructional Effectiveness, Technology Integration
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Cheeseman, Adam; Wright, Tarah – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2020
While many studies have investigated environmental education programs, fewer have focused on the longer-term effects of these interventions. This study provides insight into the longer-term influences of an earth education summer camp in Nova Scotia, Canada. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview process with seven parents of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Summer Programs, Foreign Countries, Resident Camp Programs
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Sormunen, Kati; Juuti, Kalle; Lavonen, Jari – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
Supporting students' active participation in maker-centered project-based learning (PBL) can be challenging in inclusive classes. The aim of this study was to support students' active participation in cooperative team via teacher-directed reflective discussions during an inclusive, maker-centered PBL unit. The study was conducted during the…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Student Projects, Active Learning, Student Participation
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Hinojosa, Juan; Martínez-Viviente, Félix Lorenzo; Garcerán-Hernández, Vicente; Ruiz-Merino, Ramón – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2020
We present a method for the teaching of Electronics, defined as the scientific discipline that studies the movement and behavior of electrons in semiconductor materials and in vacuum. Electronics can be considered as a science with a solid physical foundation. Within the field of Electronics there are different disciplines, some of them can be…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronics, Instructional Effectiveness, College Students
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Kim, Eunhye; Strimel, Greg J. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: Increased understanding of the influence of a project-based multidisciplinary design and innovation course on students' engineering design thinking, specifically regarding problem framing. Background: Entrepreneurship-related education has been offered to engineering and technology students, but its influence has been discussed…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Entrepreneurship
Jalinus, Nizwardi; Syahril; Nabawi, Rahmat Azis; Arbi, Yaumal – Online Submission, 2020
In the twenty-first century, many employers prefer candidates whose soft skills exceed their hard skills. In this article, the researcher compares project-based learning models and direct teaching, for welding skills and teamwork skills among vocational high education students. Welding skills are seen as hard skills and teamwork skills are viewed…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Teamwork
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Nurun Nahar; Duncan Cross – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2020
In order to enable learners to take control of their learning needs and actively contribute in their learning processes, educators can partner with students in various reciprocal student-staff partnership (SSP) settings where students can be cocreators, co-producers, curators, or co-deliverers of the curriculum. Our project, undertaken to enhance…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Cooperation, Electronic Learning, Learner Engagement
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Sönmez, Elif; Kabatas Memis, Esra; Yerlikaya, Zekeriya – Educational Studies, 2021
This study was conducted to examine the effects of practices based on the Argumentation-Based Enquiry (ABI) approach on the critical thinking of science teacher candidates in a course named the General Chemistry Laboratory course. The General Chemistry Laboratory course was taught through the ABI approach for 12 weeks, and 94 teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Persuasive Discourse, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Holloway, Paul; Kenna, Therese; Linehan, Denis; O'Connor, Ray; Bradley, Helen; O'Mahony, Bernadette; Pinkham, Robyn – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Opportunities to deploy digital technologies to research agendas and active learning in tertiary education are becoming more widespread. Despite this, many research techniques are still taught using traditional "pen-and-paper" methodologies. In this article, we report on a strategy for integrating mobile technology into our large (275+)…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Integration
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Tsakeni, Maria – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Inquiry-based practical work (IBPW) is one of the innovative instructional strategies in science education. Science teacher preparation programmes play a role in preparing preservice teachers to facilitate IBPW in classrooms located in different school settings, including multiple-deprived classrooms. The adverse conditions against the successful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Computation, Thinking Skills
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Asim, Hafiz Muhmmad; Vaz, Anthony; Ahmed, Ashfaq; Sadiq, Samreen – International Education Studies, 2021
Education opens numerous revenues to register economic expansion all around the world with specific reference to developing nations. Advancement of Pakistan in education indicators has been severely insufficient during the previous decades. Decreased financing along with inefficiency in budget expenditure plus weak management system have crippled…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Competency Based Education
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Çoruhlu, Tülay Senel; Pehlevan, Murat – Journal of Science Learning, 2021
This study aimed to develop a science experiments guidebook (based on discussion method and enriched worksheet) for fourth grade mainstreamed students with learning disabilities and to investigate its effect on their conceptual understanding of the "Matter and its Nature", "Living Things and Life", "Physical Events"…
Descriptors: Guides, Worksheets, Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts
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Natale, Caio Cotta; Mello, Paula Seixas; Trivelato, Silvia Luzia Frateschi; Marzin-Janvier, Patricia; Manzoni-de-Almeida, Daniel – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2021
Objectives: To describe the implementation of a hybrid and an online active-learning-based science activity originally designed for face-to-face instruction. The goal was to verify if students used appropriate science practices while engaged in a problem solution through hybrid and fully online modalities. Epistemic practices are important markers…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Online Courses, Blended Learning
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Oymak, Onur; Ogan-Bekiroglu, Feral – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2021
This research aimed to determine whether implementation of virtual technology or implementation of physical materials in a learning environment is more efficient in understanding physics concepts and developing positive attitudes at the high school level. The theory that framed this study is the model of learning as dynamic transfer. Participants…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High School Students, Knowledge Level, Adolescents
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Wall, Amanda – Peabody Journal of Education, 2021
The purpose of this research was to explore how beginning middle school teacher candidates describe their emerging visions for teaching. This collective case study of one cohort of teacher candidates in a middle grades teacher education program was informed by the literature on vision and by standards for middle level education. Twenty-two…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Introductory Courses, Undergraduate Students
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