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Moutinho, Sara; Moura, Rui; Vasconcelos, Clara – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Model-Based learning is a methodology that facilitates students' construction of scientific knowledge, which, sometimes, includes restructuring their mental models. Taking into consideration students' learning process, its aim is to promote a deeper understanding of phenomena's dynamics through the manipulation of models. Our aim was to ascertain…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Models, Visualization, Teaching Methods
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Pinto, Joana Carneiro; Loureiro, Nazaré; Taveira, Maria do Céu – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
This article describes the evaluation of a psychological intervention--the Career Self-Management Seminar, Version A, for undergraduate students, and Version B for postgraduate students--developed to support Portuguese college students in career exploration, goal setting, design and implementation of action plans, and decision-making. A total of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Intervention, Self Management
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Dominguez, Caroline; Nascimento, Maria M.; Payan-Carreira, Rita; Cruz, Gonçalo; Silva, Helena; Lopes, José; Morais, Maria da Felicidade A.; Morais, Eva – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Considering the results of research on the benefits and difficulties of peer review, this paper describes how teaching faculty, interested in endorsing the acquisition of communication and critical thinking (CT) skills among engineering students, has been implementing a learning methodology throughout online peer review activities. While…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Critical Thinking, Peer Evaluation, Computer Mediated Communication
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Lemos, Marina Serra; Rothes, Inês Areal; Oliveira, Filipa; Soares, Luisa – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: To evaluate the incremental efficacy of a Short Message Service (SMS) combined with a brief video intervention in increasing the effects of a health education intervention for cervical cancer prevention, over and beyond a video-alone intervention, with respect to key determinants of health behaviour change--knowledge, motivation and…
Descriptors: Cancer, Females, Video Technology, Intervention