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R. Epstein – PRIMUS, 2024
In introductory math courses such as precalculus, students often have difficulty with assignments that require explanations or synthesizing knowledge. When students receive low scores on such assignments, instructors often wish to help students understand the material they struggled with. A common strategy is to allow the students to revise and…
Descriptors: Calculus, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Discussion
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Nina Vandermeulen; Elke Van Steendam; Sven De Maeyer; Marije Lesterhuis; Gert Rijlaarsdam – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Writing a synthesis text involves interacting reading and writing processes, serving the comprehension of source information, and its integration into a reader-friendly and accurate synthesis text. Mastering these processes requires insight into process' orchestrations. A way of achieving this is via process feedback in which students compare…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Observation, Writing Processes, Models
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Karin L. Becker; Danielle Gilbert; Paul Bezerra – Journal of Political Science Education, 2024
College faculty often struggle with getting their students to read assigned materials. Even if students do read, they may not read closely or critically. Not only does the lack of effective reading undermine understanding, but it also hampers class discussions and engagement. To promote close and critical reading in a required, upper-division…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Reading, Reading Assignments, Reading Motivation
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Michelle Sonnenberg; Carolyn Gubala; Justiss Burry; Jessica Griffith; Tanya Zarlengo; Lisa Melonçon – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2024
We use a continuous improvement model to evaluate an information design assignment by analyzing 120 student drafts and finals alongside instructor feedback. Using data from across sections (N = 118), we illustrate a process focused on improving student learning that other technical and professional communication program administrators and faculty…
Descriptors: Assignments, Feedback (Response), Writing Evaluation, Learning Processes
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Tetaj, Floridona; Viirman, Olov – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2023
In this article, an analysis of six fisheries biology assignments involving mathematical models is conducted, focusing on the type of participation that they offer. The purpose of the analysis is to identify the characteristics of the mathematical discourse of the assignments and to expose their relationship with the biological context with the…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Biology, Assignments, Mathematical Models
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Jamal Kay B. Rogers; Tamara Cher R. Mercado; Ronald S. Decano – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
Poor academic performance remains among the most concerning educational issues, especially in higher education and online learning. To address the concern, institutions like the University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) leverage educational data mining (EDM) techniques to generate relevant information from learning management systems (LMS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Management Systems, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis
Frederic Krome – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024
Science fiction literature and film are an underappreciated source for the teaching of history. Finding material that can excite a student's curiosity can be a key towards greater student engagement, especially among students who are taking history as a requirement, rather than from interest. The discovery that they can read or watch science…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Science Fiction
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Sarah F. Small – Journal of Economic Education, 2024
The author of this article describes an exercise for introductory economics courses in which students are exposed to the breadth of economic study using JEL codes. JEL codes have historically been used to classify economic subject matter and ultimately document the ever-evolving scope of economics. This discussion assignment provides an…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Introductory Courses, Learning Activities, Assignments
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Kaisa Pihlainen; Emma Clarke; Sanni Kahila; Virpi Vellonen; Katariina Waltzer; Tiina Kuutti; Aimee Quickfall – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2024
Researching well-being has gained popularity over the last decades however, research methodologies have employed mostly surveys, and the use of qualitative and visual methods is still scarce. This study discusses using timelines as a tool for researching the well-being of student teachers in two different cultural contexts. Research data includes…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Well Being, Assignments, Student Teaching
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Zong, Zheng; Schunn, Christian D. – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2023
Online peer feedback has proven to be practically useful for instructors and to be useful for learning, especially for the feedback provider. Because students can vary widely in skill level, some research has explored matching reviewer and author by performance level. However, past research on the impacts of reviewer matching has found little…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Biology
Kimberly D. Hellerich – New England College Journal of Applied Educational Research, 2023
Syllabi can be a mechanism by which professors can foster inclusivity with students. This article highlights how I, an educational leadership professor, intentionally incorporated elements within course syllabi to foster inclusivity. The text, "What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching"…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Inclusion, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Cserni, Robert T.; Rademacher, Heidi E. – College Teaching, 2021
Studies show only 20 to 40 percent of students read assigned texts and are prepared for class discussions. To address this issue we created the "3-2-1 Reading Assignment," in which students engage in critical reading and deep learning by providing "three" points that summarize the text, "two" points that analyze it,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reading Assignments, Compliance (Psychology), Critical Thinking
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Björn Kindenberg – Language and Education, 2025
This study delves into the complex relationship between storytelling and historical understanding. Focused on how lower-secondary students employ narrative discourse in writing, it examines the extent to which their storytelling aids or limits historical comprehension. Drawing on systemic-functional linguistics and history education theories, the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Story Telling, History, Comprehension
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Nattharmma Namfah – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
This study explores how machine translation (MT) influences the English writing process and performance of 29 9th-grade EFL students with limited English proficiency. Over 10 writing tasks conducted during the semester, participants had varied accessibility to MT. The research compared their performance when MT was permitted versus when it was…
Descriptors: Translation, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Akkermans-Rutgers, Marlot; Doornenbal, Jeannette; Kassenberg, Annelies; Bosker, Roel; Doolaard, Simone – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
In this study, we analyze in-depth interviews conducted with 26 Dutch third-graders as well as interviews with one of each child's parents. The children attended one of six schools, each with a relatively large population of families with a low socioeconomic status, where home-based literacy assignments aimed at increasing children's enjoyment of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Literacy
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