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Brian Holt Tucker – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research study explored the experiences of this teacher-researcher and eight student-participants in a Montessori-inspired, nature-based mathematical environment. I utilized an action research study framework with a critical event narrative analysis to describe mine and my student-participants' experiences throughout this study, using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Teaching Experience, Student Experience
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Dagyar, Miray; Kasalak, Gamze; Ugurlu, Nermin – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
This study aimed to determine to what extent undergraduate students' level of academic career awareness and demographic variables predicted their level of academic career interest. The sample consisted of 3,696 students studying at 16 faculties, who were 3rd- and 4th-year undergraduate students from Akdeniz University in the fall semester of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Vocational Interests, Career Awareness
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Pereverseff, Rosemary S.; Bodner, Glen E. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Based on the classic distinction between semantic and episodic memory, people answer general-knowledge questions by querying their semantic memory. And yet, an appeal of trivia games is the variety of memory experiences they arouse--including the recollection of episodic details. We report the first in-depth exploration of the memory states that…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Knowledge Level, Familiarity, Memory
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Arslan-Ari, Ismahan; Crooks, Steven M.; Ari, Fatih – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
This study explored the effects of prior knowledge and cueing on the learning (retention, transfer, and matching) and mental effort of learners who studied an instructional animation with accompanying narration about photosynthesis. A 4 × 2 between-subjects factorial design with four levels of cueing (no cueing, label cueing, picture cueing, and…
Descriptors: Cues, Animation, Prior Learning, Retention (Psychology)
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Chen, Hung-Tao M.; Thomas, Megan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Lecture videos are an integral part of distance education. Much has been done to investigate the effects of lecture video styles, but many of the studies have methodological issues and confounding variables. The current study focused on the amount of motion in two types of lecture videos (hand-drawn and narration-over-PowerPoint) and investigated…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Video Technology, Learner Engagement, Distance Education
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Gupta, Udita; Zheng, Robert Z. – European Journal of STEM Education, 2020
Cognitive load can play a key role in learners' abilities to solve complex problems like mathematics. Many factors can affect the presence of cognitive load in learning including instructional strategy, task difficulty and prior knowledge. To understand the interaction of above factors and their influence on learner cognitive load and performance,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Student Motivation, College Students
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Sidik, Darlan; Syafar, Faisal – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This study proposes to explore the key factors influencing the university students' intention to use mobile learning system in Indonesia. For this purpose, four direct factors incorporated into the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use Technology (UTAUT): performance expectancy, effort expectancy, external influence, quality of services and another…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, College Students, Intention, Electronic Learning
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Samuel, Thomas; Azen, Razia; Campbell-Kyureghyan, Naira – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
Safety training programs are a popular method, in industry globally, to increase awareness of risks to employees and employers and plays a critical part in reducing safety incidents. The most frequently used method to assess the effectiveness of the training is to have the participants answer Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) and True/False (T/F)…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, On the Job Training, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Myracle, Jared – Educational Leadership, 2020
The author, a district chief academic officer, discusses his immersion into the research on the science reading and how it informed his views on how reading instruction needed to change in his district. He emphasizes the importance of adopting a cohesive curriculum aligned to the research on early reading, particularly in the areas of phonics and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, School Districts, Early Reading, Reading Instruction
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Eitemüller, Carolin; Habig, Sebastian – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
Preparatory or bridging courses are widespread and have a long tradition at universities. They are designed to increase students' academic success -- in particular of students with low prior knowledge -- and to reduce dropout rates. However, critics of these short and compact bridging courses complain that preparatory courses are not able to fill…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Chemistry, Transitional Programs
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Morris, Pamela D.; Rust, Dianna Z. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2020
Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) has been available at the undergraduate level for decades. This article provides information to encourage institutions to consider implementing graduate-level PLA. It provides an analysis of the increasing demand for graduate education in the U.S. and shows the growing number of non-traditional graduate students who…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, College Credits
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Flaherty, A. A. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
Organic Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything (OCLUE) is an undergraduate lecture-based organic chemistry course that has been transformed in line with the vision for science education set out by the 'Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts and Core Ideas' (National Research Council, 2012). OCLUE is designed…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Science Education
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Robertson, Ellen M.; Thompson, Kenneth L.; Notebaert, Andrew J. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2020
Student struggles in gross anatomy coursework at the professional level can result in hours of remediation along with a need to allot time and other resources by both the student and the faculty. Since this course typically occurs in the first semester of the first year, programs can turn to admissions data to try to determine which of these…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Medical Students, Dentistry, Correlation
Gaut, Berys; Gaut, Morag – David Fulton Publishers, 2020
Co-written by a professor of philosophy and an experienced teacher, "Philosophy for Older Children" is a concise, practical guide which explains how to conduct philosophical enquiries with children from the age of nine upwards. This book contains detailed plans for conducting 24 philosophical enquiries, which have all been successfully…
Descriptors: Guides, Teaching Methods, Philosophy, Elementary School Students
Falkenstern, Colleen – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020
This brief is part of a broad landscape analysis focused on policy and practice issues related to the recognition of prior learning. The landscape analysis focuses on issues arising in the practice of the recognition of prior learning, policies that encourage or limit its adoption, and key research needs and future directions for the field. This…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Adult Students, Recognition (Achievement), College Credits
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