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Paary Balakumar; Heather Fice; Samuel Richer; Tamara L. Western; Jacqueline Yao – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2024
Introductory science courses can be a struggle for instructors and students not only because of the challenging nature of the material, but also due to differences in the background knowledge of students. Provision of pre-lecture resources reviewing or introducing key concepts is recommended to support diverse students. In this paper, we describe…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Genetics, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Rebecca E. Burnett; Maria Eichmans Cochran – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
Chronology, widely used for teaching arts and humanities, marginalizes students' abilities to connect new knowledge to existing constructs. Building on the foundation provided by Etienne Wenger-Trayner and Beverly Wenger-Trayner (2020), we argue that using social learning in arts and humanities is more productive than chronology, with attention to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Humanities Instruction, Socialization, Power Structure
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Amy L. Brzuz; Julia M. Hawkins-Pokabla; David Prier – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2024
To enter practice as an occupational therapist, one must complete an occupational therapy program at an accredited institution and then pass a national certification exam. This exam is called the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) Exam. Individuals can take the exam more than once to achieve a passing score but must…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Graduate Students
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Jingyun Wang; Adam Wynn; Takahiko Mendori; Gwo-Jen Hwang – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
This study investigates the effect of studying with topic maps provided by a self-developed language learning support system on (a) learning perception, (b) learning achievement and (c) variation in learning attitude and motivation, from the perspective of prior learning attitude, motivation and learning style. An analysis was conducted on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Management Systems, Grammar, Concept Mapping
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Christos Chytas; Sylvia Patricia van Borkulo; Paul Drijvers; Erik Barendsen; Jos L. J. Tolboom – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2024
Nowadays, mathematics teachers in K-12 strive to promote their students' mathematical knowledge and computational thinking (CT) skills. There is an increasing need for effective CT-embedded mathematics learning material and a better understanding of students' views toward them. In this work, we present the results of a research study, which…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
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Mark Locherer – Cogent Education, 2024
In this article, we outline the process undertaken to establish and evaluate a mathematics centre at the Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences. Firstly, we outline some of the current research into centre evaluation. Secondly, we give a brief overview of our centre, including details on staffing, teaching format, goals, etc.…
Descriptors: Universities, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods, Program Evaluation
Abigail B. Chandler – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study delved into the professional development strategies employed to enhance novice classroom teachers' grasp of culturally responsive teaching and pedagogy and their subsequent impact on cultivating equitable classroom environments. The research question guiding this investigation was: What specific components of culturally responsive…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Beginning Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Equal Education
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Duy M. Pham; Kirk P. Vanacore; Adam C. Sales; Johann A. Gagnon-Bartsch – Grantee Submission, 2024
Effective personalization of education requires knowing how each student will perform under certain conditions, given their specific characteristics. Thus, the demand for interpretable and precise estimation of heterogeneous treatment effects is ever-present. This paper outlines a new approach to this problem based on the Leave-One-Out Potential…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Mathematics, Algebra
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Bansu Irianto Ansari; Lili Kasmini; Suci Maulina; Muslem Daud; Ully Muzakir – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2024
In this post-COVID-19 era, the government policy suggests blended learning employing face-to-face and online modes. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of offline and online modes of the ANSARI (auditory, negotiation, strategies and somatic, administer information, reflections, interaction, and communications) blended learning model in…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Education, Blended Learning
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Baytelman, Andreani; Iordanou, Kalypso; Constantinou, Constantinos P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
This study investigates whether university students' epistemic beliefs and prior knowledge about controversial socioscientific issues (SSIs) can predict the different types of arguments that students construct. Two hundred forty-three university students were asked to construct different types of supportive arguments--social, ethical, economic,…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Prior Learning, Persuasive Discourse
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Chen, Ouhao; Kalyuga, Slava – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2020
Problem solving followed by explicit instruction, as suggested by productive failure and several other instructional theories, indicates long-term learning benefits, whereas explicit instruction followed by problem solving has been consistently demonstrated as superior within the framework of cognitive load theory. However, the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Instructional Effectiveness
Tomlinson, Carol Ann; Sousa, David A. – Educational Leadership, 2020
In the last 50 years, research in psychology has informed educational practice, and recently educational neuroscience has also become a source of research-based guidance on education. The authors discuss four significant examples of how combining findings from psychology and neuroscience gives us insight into which approaches are most effective in…
Descriptors: Psychology, Neurosciences, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Structures
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Hattan, Courtney; Alexander, Patricia A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The purpose of the current study was to: (a) examine the frequency of prior knowledge (PK) activation in elementary classrooms while students were engaged with text, (b) investigate the relevance of students' responses to teacher prompts, (c) explore the nature of teachers' and students' prior knowledge activation utterances, and (d) investigate…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Elementary School Students, Classroom Communication, Prompting
Morrisette, Jennifer Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2020
To overcome the inherent complexities of planning and implementing effective online learning experiences at scale, it has been suggested that design-thinking tools and practices can be leveraged by faculty and collaborative support staff (e.g., instructional designers). However, little is known about what design-thinking approaches are perceived…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Instructional Design
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Krystal L. Williams – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2020
Ongoing policy discussions emphasize the need for more STEM professionals to keep the United States internationally competitive in scientific fields and industry. From a K-16 perspective, it is important to note that students' trajectories into STEM professions are often shaped by their high school experiences--especially in mathematics.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Prior Learning, High School Students, Longitudinal Studies
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