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Active learning increases student performance in Science, Engineering, and MathematicsFeatured Article
Author: Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H. and Wenderoth, M. P. | Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Year: 2014
Active learning spaces: Blending technology and orchestrationFeatured Article
Author: Elizabeth S. Charles and Chris Whittaker | Source: Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: The Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference | Year: 2015
How to design and teach a hybrid course: Achieving student-centered learning through blended classroom, online and experiential activitiesFeatured Article
2018 Conference on teaching large classes (Proceedings)
Author: Filer, K., Lusk, D., Shoop, T., Williams, L., Baum, L., Velez, A. L., Ayers, K., Banks-Hunt, J., Haynes, J. and Alberts, B. | Source: Virginia Tech | Year: 2018
Active and interactive learning online: A comparison of Web-based and conventional writing classes
Author: Mehlenbacher, B., Miller, C. R., Covington, D. and Larsen, J. S. | Source: Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication | Year: 2000
Active learning classrooms pilot evaluation: Fall 2007 findings and recommendations
Author: Alexander, D., Cohen, B. A., Fitzgerald, S., Honsey, P., Jorn, L., Knowles, J. and Whiteside, A. | Source: ALC Pilot Evaluation Team, University of Minnesota | Year: 2008
Active learning; Creating excitement in the classroom
Author: Bonwell, C. C. and Eison, J. A. | Source: ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, The George Washington University, One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036-1183. | Year: 1991
Author: Maxwell, E. J., McDonnell, L. and Wieman, C. E. | Source: Journal of College Science Teaching, National Science Teachers Association | Year: 2015
Analyzing the contextual, motivational, and conceptual characteristics of teaching faculty in regard to the use of learner centered approaches to teaching
Author: Knobloch, N. A. and Ball, A. L. | Source: Urbana | Year: 2006
Assessing the success rate of students using a learning management system together with a collaborative tool in web-based teaching of programming languages
Author: Cavus, N. and Ibrahim, D. | Source: Journal of Educational Computing Research | Year: 2007
Changing classroom designs: Easy; changing instructors' pedagogies: Not so easy...
Author: Nathaniel Lasry, Elizabeth S. Charles, Chris Whittaker, Dedic, H. and Rosenfield, S. | Source: In P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, & N. S. Rebello (Eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings | Year: 2013
Conceptual question response times in peer instruction classrooms
Author: Kelly Miller, Nathaniel Lasry, Lukoff, B., Schell, J. and Mazur, E. | Source: Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research | Year: 2014
Conceptualizing Identity in Science Education Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Author: Phoebe Jackson and Lilian L. Pozzer | Source: Milne C., Tobin K., DeGennaro D., Sociocultural Studies and Implications for Science Education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 12, 213-230 | Year: 2015
Author: Sameer Bhatnagar, Nathaniel Lasry, Desmarais, M. and Elizabeth S. Charles | Source: In European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (pp. 505-508) Springer International Publishing. | Year: 2016
Directions for m-learning research to enhance active learning
Author: Litchfield, A. J., Dyson, L. E., Lawrence, E. M. and Bachfischer, A. | Source: In Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education | Year: 2007
Does the transition to an active-learning environment for the introductory course reduce students’ overall knowledge of the various disciplines in Biology?
Author: Simurda, M. C. | Source: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education: JMBE | Year: 2012
Effectiveness of cooperative learning (jigsaw II) method in teaching English as a foreign language to engineering students (Case of Firat University, Turkey)
Author: Gömleksi, M. N. | Source: European Journal of Engineering Education, Taylor & Francis. | Year: 2007
Effects of inquiry-based learning on students’ science literacy skills and confidence.
Author: Gormally, C., Brickman, P., Hallar, B. and Armstrong, N. | Source: International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | Year: 2009
Effects of jigsaw cooperative learning and animation techniques on students’ understanding of chemical bonding and their conceptions of the particulate nature
Author: Karacop, A. and Doymus, K. | Source: Journal of Science Education and Technology, Springer. | Year: 2013
Engage to excel: Producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Report to the President
Author: Olson, S. and Riordan, D. G. | Source: Executive Office of the President of the United States
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology | Year: 2012
Engaging colleagues in active learning pedagogies through mentoring and co-design
Author: Rhys Adams and Kevin Lenton | Source: Presented at the International Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP), Hangzhou, China, Invited Presentation, May 30 | Year: 2017
Engaging college physics students with photonics research
Author: Rhys Adams and Lawrence R. Chen | Source: Presented at the International Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP), Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China, May 30 | Year: 2017
Engineering innovative transdisciplinary projects: Gallery walk
Author: Yildiz, M. | Source: In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference | Year: 2017
Author: Knight, S., Arastoopour, G., Williamson S., D., Buckingham Shum, S. and Littleton, K. | Source: Epistemic Networks for Epistemic Commitments | Year: 2014
Fostering and evaluating reflective capacity in medical education: Developing the REFLECT rubric for assessing reflective writing
Author: Wald, H. S., Borkan, J. M., Taylor, J. S. and Anthony, D. | Source: Academic Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information. | Year: 2012
Fostering interactivity through formative peer assessment in (web-based) collaborative learning environments.
Author: Strijbos, J. W., Ochoa, T. A., Sluijsmans, D. M. A., Segers, M. S. R. and Tillema, H. H. | Source: Cognitive and Emotional Processes in Web-based Education: Integrating Human Factors and Personalization | Year: 2009
Author: Pendergrass, N. A., Kowalczyk, R. E., Dowd, J. P., Laoulache, R. N., Nelles, W., Golen, J. A. and Fowler, E. | Source: The Research Journal for Engineering Education | Year: 2001
Improving student learning motivation by using cooperative learning of snowball throwing model on social sciences subject at topic diversity of ethnic and cultural of Indonesia at SDN 055985, academic year 2017/2018
Author: Ginting, N. | Source: Vision: Journal of Language, Literature & Education | Year: 2018
Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology
Author: Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J. and Willingham, D. T. | Source: Psychological Science in the Public Interest | Year: 2013
Intérêt et motivation des jeunes pour les sciences: Portrait des étudiants collégiaux de sciences et leur appréciation des cours du programme
Author: Caroline Cormier and Pronovost, M. | Source: Dans le cadre du Programme d’aide à la recherche sur l’enseignement et l’apprentissage (PAREA) | Year: 2016
Knowledge mobilization across boundaries with the use of novel organizational structures, conferencing strategies, and technological tools: The Ontario Consortium of Undergraduate Biology Educators (oCUBE) Model
Author: Kajiura, L., Smit, J., Montpetit, C., Kelly, T., Waugh, J., Rawle, F., Clark, J., Neumann, M. and French, M. | Source: Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT) | Year: 2014
Author: Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D. and Bjork, R. | Source: Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Vol 9 Issue 3, pp. 105-119 | Year: 2009
Les retombées de DALITE (Distributed Active Learning Interactive Technology Environment): Un outil en ligne d'apprentissage par les pairs en physique au collégial
Networked learning communities in teacher education
Author: Alain Breuleux, Laferriere, T. and Bracewell, R. | Source: Society for Information Technology &Teacher Education International Conference (9th, Washington,DC, March 10-14, 1998). Proceedings | Year: 1998
Partnerships for knowledge building: An emerging model
Author: Laferrière, T., Montané, M., Gros, B., Alvarez, I., Bernaus, M., Alain Breuleux and Lamon, M. | Source: Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology/La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie | Year: 2010
Peer-assessed gallery walk as a teaching strategy: A professional development experience for 21st century education
Author: Keong, C. C., Kian, T. T. and Aquino, J. B. | Source: Conference paper: 3rd International Conference on Teacher Learning and Development, At Penang, Malaysia | Year: 2016
Peer-assessed gallery walk as a teaching strategy: A professional development experience for 21st century education
Author: Keong, C. C., Kian, T. T. and Aquino, J. B. | Source: Conference papeR: 3rd International Conference on Teacher Learning and Development | Year: 2016
Phases of inquiry-based learning: Definitions and the inquiry cycle.
Author: Pedaste, M., Mäeots, M., Siiman, L. A., De Jong, T., Van Riesen, S. A., Kamp, E. T., Manoli, C. C., Zacharia, Z. C. and Tsourlidaki, E. | Source: Educational Research Review | Year: 2015
Prior learning credit via portfolio: A case study of central Michigan University’s prior learning assessment program
Author: Babcock, R. L. and Francis, R. W. | Source: PLA Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior Learning Assessment. | Year: 2018
Research about the use of information technology in science education
Author: Niedderer, H., Sander, F., Goldberg, F., Otero, V., Jorde, D., Jim Slotta and Vince, J. | Source: In Science education research in the knowledge-based society (pp. 309-321). Springer Netherlands. | Year: 2003
Students’ group work strategies in source-based writing assignments
Author: Sormunen, E., Tanni, M., Alamettälä, T. and Heinström, J. | Source: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology | Year: 2014
Successful implementation of an active learning laboratory in computer science
Author: Hakimzadeh, H., Adaikkalavan, R. and Batzinger, R. | Source: Proceedings of the 39th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services | Year: 2011
Taking DALITE to the next level: What have we learned from a web-based peer instruction application?
Author: Sameer Bhatnagar, Nathaniel Lasry, Desmarais, M. and Elizabeth S. Charles | Source: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2014). International Society of the Learning Sciences: Boulder, CO. | Year: 2014
The emerging contribution of online resources and tools to classroom learning and teaching
Author: Bracewell, R., Alain Breuleux, Laferrière, T., Benoit, J. and Abdous, M. H. | Source: Report submitted to SchoolNet/Rescol by TeleLearning Network Inc. | Year: 1998
The impact of classroom design on collaborative learning
Author: Bulmer, M., Miller, V., Byers, H., Milne, D. and O’Brien, M. | Source: Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (formerly UniServe Science Conference) | Year: 2012
The impact of oCUBE: A community of practice for Biology educators
Author: Rawle, F., Kelly, T. L., Kajiura, L., Noel, T. C., Smit, J., Wilson, P. J., Boivin, J., Keenleyside, W. J. and Montpetit, C. J. | Source: Transformative Dialogues | Year: 2016
The learning environment in clicker classrooms: Student processes of learning and involvement in large university‐level courses using student response systems
Author: Trees, A. R. and Jackson, M. H. | Source: Learning, Media and Technology | Year: 2007
The student-centered activities for large enrollment undergraduate programs (SCALE-UP) Project
Author: Beichner, R. J., Saul, J. M., Abbott, D. S., Morse, J., Deardorff, D., Allain, R. J., Bonham, S. W., Dancy, M. H. and Risley, J. S. | Source: Research-based Reform of University Physics | Year: 2007
The wisdom of practice: Lessons learned from the study of highly effective tutors
Author: Lepper, M. R. and Woolverton, M. | Source: Improving Academic Achievement: Impact of Psychological Factors on Education, Ch. 7, edited by J. Aronson, Academic Press, pp. 135-158 | Year: 2002
Toward a neurobiological basis for understanding learning in university modeling instruction Physics courses
Author: Brewe, E., Bartley, J. E., Riedel, M. C., Sawtelle, V., Salo, T., Boeving, E. R., Bravo, E. I., Odean, R., Nazareth, A., Bottenhorn, K. L., Laird, R. W., Sutherland, M. T., Pruden, S. M. and Laird, A. R. | Source: Frontiers in ICT | Year: 2018
Towards teaching analytics: Repertory grids for formative assessment (RGFA)
Author: Vatrapu, R., Reimann, P., Hussain, A. and und Beratung, M. P. F. | Source: InProc. International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) | Year: 2012
Transformational play as a curricular scaffold: Using videogames to support Science education.
Author: Barab, S. A., Scott, B., Siyahhan, S., Goldstone, R., Ingram-Goble, A., Zuiker, S. J. and Warren, S. | Source: Journal of Science Education and Technology. | Year: 2009
Understanding the effects of professors' pedagogical development with Clicker assessment and feedback technologies and the impact on students' engagement and learning in higher education
Author: Han, J. H. and Adam Finkelstein | Source: Computers & Education | Year: 2013
Use of video records of classroom practices to support teacher reflection in a professional learning network
Author: Dayan, L., Alain Breuleux, Heo, G. M. and Nong, L. | Source: Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference onEducational Media and Technology 2015 | Year: 2015
Author: Dillenbourg, P., Schneider, D. and Synteta, P. | Source: In 3rd Hellenic Conference" Information & Communication Technologies in Education" | Year: 2002
What types of instructional shifts do students experience? Investigating active learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math classes across key transition points from middle school to the university level
Author: Akiha, K., Brigham, E., Couch, B. A., Lewin, J., Stains, M., Stetzer, M. R., Vinson, E. L. and Smith, M. K. | Source: Frontiers in Education | Year: 2108
Why minimal guidance during instruction does not work: An analysis of the failure of constructivist, discovery, problem-based, experiential, and inquiry-based teaching
Author: Kirschner, P. A., Sweller, J. and Clark, R. E. | Source: Educational Psychologist | Year: 2006