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Direct linkNadine El-Awar – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As schools continue to focus on outcome-based instructional practices, less emphasis is placed on the creativity and reasoning necessary for students to become effective critical thinkers. As a result, students struggle to demonstrate creative problem-solving skills in the classroom. This study examines how the facilitation of an instructional…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Problem Solving
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Download full textHughes, Andrew J.; Denson, Cameron D. – Journal of Technology Education, 2021
Highly proficient expert engineers begin the iterative process of design by thoroughly investigating the design problem. Engineering students are often distracted by surface details, leading to a faulty conception of the problem and inappropriate solution strategies. Adequate problem-scoping is arguably the most important step in the design…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Middle School Students, High School Students, Design
Exploring Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) and Listening Strategy Instruction in a Chinese L2 Classroom
Li, Yue – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This interpretive case study explored the effectiveness of listening strategy instruction that promoted self-regulated learning and gained insights into students' and instructors' perceptions of strategy-integrated listening instruction among second semester learners of Chinese as a second language at a military college in Northern California.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Listening Skills, Teaching Methods, Self Management
Danan, Martine – Applied Language Learning, 2016
Through an analysis of students' reactions to transcription exercises, this exploratory study examined some of the differences between two forms of written help enhancing listening passages--second language (L2) captions and transcripts. This primarily qualitative analysis highlighted the role that student proficiency levels may have played in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Listening Comprehension, Language Proficiency, Layout (Publications)
Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon; Storm, Benjamin C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
Research on how individuals monitor their level of comprehension during study paints a picture of learners as being insensitive to many of the factors or conditions of learning that can enhance long-term retention and transfer. In previous research, however, deWinstanley and Bjork (2004) demonstrated that learners--if made sensitive to the…
Descriptors: Testing, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition, Experiments
O'Shea, Mary B. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Although much is known about how students perform on standardized tests, little research exists concerning how students think and process while taking such tests. This mixed methods action research study was designed to investigate if a constructivist approach to test preparation could yield improved results for 37 English language arts freshmen…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Test Items, Statistical Analysis, Grade 9
