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Haave, Neil; Keus, Kelly; Simpson, Tonya – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2018
This study analyzed the effect of a learning philosophy assignment on students' intellectual development and mastery of first-year biology and second-year biochemistry course content. We used pre- and post-surveys to assess students' cognitive complexity, and compared students' midterm and final exam marks to assess mastery of course content. The…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Philosophy, Assignments, Intellectual Development
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McTavish, Marianne; Filipenko, Margot – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2016
This article examines preservice teachers' understandings and beliefs about literacy in the 21st century specifically at the beginning of their teacher education program. In particular, the authors explored preservice teachers' responses to the first assignment of their foundations literacy course for evidence of their emerging beliefs and…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Media Literacy, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
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Carter, Lorraine; Rukholm, Ellen; Mossey, Sharolynn; Viverais-Dresler, Gloria; Bakker, Debra; Sheehan, Carolynn – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2006
This article explores the effectiveness of writing to help nurse-learners develop critical thinking in an asynchronous, online learning environment. The formal written assignments of students in an online nursing health assessment program were analyzed for evidence of critical thinking according to Johns' Model of Structured Reflection (Johns,…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Assignments, Online Courses, Critical Thinking
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Gunn, Holly – Teacher Librarian, 2005
Become a Goggle Power User was developed for incoming students in Sackville High School, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2003, and has been adapted for use in other local schools and in several universities, it is an instructional program designed for first-year high school students that was integrated into the English Language Arts curriculum, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Freshmen, Internet, Search Engines