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Budner, Drew; Simpson, Brett – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
Students entering into a quantitative analysis course often struggle with connecting theoretical aspects of concepts from lecture to hands-on applications in the laboratory setting. A one-semester quantitative analysis course was redesigned to integrate active learning with a project-based curriculum that incorporated structured review of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Active Learning, Student Projects, Integrated Activities
Chaney, Philip L.; Doukopoulos, Lindsay – Geography Teacher, 2018
Sustainability is an important topic of discussion in geography as society faces increasing challenges from depletion of natural resources and degradation of the natural environment (Yates 2012; Goudie 2013). A primary goal of educators is to prepare students to address complex issues such as these in their personal lives and professional careers.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Geography Instruction, Active Learning, Water
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Balemen, Nuri; Keskin, Melike Özer – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2018
The present study aims to demonstrate, by means of a meta-analysis, the effectiveness of Project-Based Learning in the context of academic performance and various study characteristics. For this purpose, the relevant literature was reviewed to identify studies using Project-Based Learning in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and science.…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Physics
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Saltz, Jeffrey S.; Heckman, Robert R. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2018
This article reports on a sequential mixed-methods research study, which compared different approaches on how to guide students through a semester-long data science project. Four different methodologies, ranging from a traditional "just assign some intermediate milestones" to other more Agile methodologies, were first compared via a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Projects, Computer Science Education, Methods
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Deepamala, N.; Shobha, G. – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2018
Final year or Capstone Project is the final and important phase of the undergraduate curriculum in a Computer Science Engineering program. Final year project is a course where all the skills learnt by the students in the course are applied and evaluated. The important aspects in the delivery of this course are (i) developing a model to train the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Holistic Approach, Learning Experience, Undergraduate Students
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Saunders, Cathy; Hunter, Samantha – Journal of Museum Education, 2018
Lippitt House Museum developed its "Immigration & Change in Rhode Island's Golden Age" program to benefit the literacy learning goals of adult English Language Learners (ELL) while furthering the mission of the museum to contribute to the community as a source of public education and civic engagement. This article focuses on the…
Descriptors: Museums, Immigration, Adult Students, English Language Learners
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Adkins, Joni K. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
Trends in higher education call for teachers to do more to provide students an engaging and meaningful classroom experience. When active learning activities are added to classes, students interact and investigate topics in an interactive manner instead of relying solely on lecture to learn content. Often planned learning activities can also serve…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Active Learning, Formative Evaluation, Student Attitudes
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Torrisi-Steele, Geraldine – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2018
Higher education institutions are investing significant effort into the improvement of student success, retention and satisfaction. Some effort is being expended in research seeking to understand influencing factors, but the majority of effort is directed towards improving teaching quality. Effort to improve teaching quality is characterised by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Experience, Outcomes of Education
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Kitagawa, Laura; Pomba, Elizabeth; Davis, Tina – Science and Children, 2018
Makerspaces have become very popular in education because they "provide hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build, and invent as they deeply engage in science, engineering, and tinkering" (Cooper 2013). Not only do makerspaces provide a safe learning environment for students to develop their 21st century…
Descriptors: Pollution, Science Instruction, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Maass, Katja; Engeln, Katrin – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
Although well researched in educational studies, inquiry-based learning, a student-centred way of teaching, is far away from being implemented in day-to-day science and mathematics teaching on a large scale. It is a challenge for teachers to adopt this new way of teaching in an often not supportive school context. Therefore it is important to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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DeFrancesco, Heather; Dudley, Joshua; Coca, Adiel – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
An undergraduate experiment for the organic laboratory is described that utilizes microwave heating to prepare 5- substituted 1H-tetrazole derivatives through a (3 + 2) cycloaddition between aryl nitriles and sodium azide. The reaction mixture is analyzed by thin layer chromatography. The products are purified through an acid-base extraction and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Organic Chemistry, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
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Kardos, Leah – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2018
Having been asked to respond to Action Ideal VIII by the Mayday Group, concerning technology and its impacts on music education, what follows are some observations and reflections from my experiences teaching undergraduate music and music technology degrees in the UK. I put forward the idea that Post-Digital music aesthetics reflect an emergent…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music Education, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Demirci, Cavide; Yavaslar, Erhan – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
Active learning strategy has an important role in helping students gain twenty-first-century skills such as creativity, collaboration, responsibility and effective communication. By being more active and free in classrooms, students take their own learning responsibility. In this study, we wanted to see the active learning strategy through…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Fees, Rachel E.; da Rosa, Jennifer A.; Durkin, Sarah S.; Murray, Mark M.; Moran, Angela L. – Online Submission, 2018
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) STEM Center for Education and Outreach addresses an urgent Navy and national need for more young people to pursue careers in STEM fields through world-wide outreach to 17,000 students and 900 teachers per year. To achieve this mission, the STEM Center has developed a hands-on and inquiry-based methodology to…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, STEM Education, Computer Security, Experiential Learning
Phillips, Javare – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A rapid increase of nontraditional learners enrolling in online education has resulted in the need for further research on the persistence of highly nontraditional students in online settings. As the enrollment of nontraditional students in online courses continues to grow, instructors face challenges with implementing effective course content and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Academic Persistence, Online Courses, Active Learning
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