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Ji Kim; Grace Pai; Salaheddin Abu Yahya – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
The joint virtual global learning activity brought together college students from Jordan and New York City to learn about United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) #6 and explore the issues of water pollution and drinking water quality in both regions. The activity involved undergraduate students from Guttman Community College and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Science Activities, Community College Students, STEM Education
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Gazzaz, Nabeel M.; Aldeseet, Bassam A. – World Journal of Education, 2021
Introduction of climate change (CC) courses in universities is critical for helping future generations and leaders in recognizing the global challenges of CC and finding ways for adapting with it. People's knowledge of CC can influence success of any planned CC mitigation and adaptation programs and activities. Thereupon, it is vital for…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Climate, World Problems, Environmental Education
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Al-Rsa'i, Mohammad S.; Khoshman, Jebreel M.; Abu Tayeh, Khalid – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2020
The objective of this study was to investigate the physics student-teachers misconceptions in force and motion concepts in Jordanian universities by using the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) test and to identify the cause of misconceptions related to these concepts. Also, the FCI has been used to detect whether misconceptions vary according to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Late Adolescents, Science Education
Winarno, Nanang; Rusdiana, Dadi; Riandi, Riandi; Susilowati, Eko; Afifah, Ratih Mega Ayu – Online Submission, 2020
The current trend in science learning leans more towards interdisciplinary (integrated) learning. Before 1989, several studies reviewed articles related to integrated science. However, research discussing articles on integrated science from 1996 until the present day is not yet available. The purpose of this study was to review 36 empirical…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Implementation
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Sunoqrot, Suhair; Al-Shalabi, Eveen; Sabbah, Dima A.; Al-Majawleh, May; Abusara, Osama H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is being considered one of the most challenging global crises that the world has experienced in recent history, causing ripple effects and major disruption across all aspects of our daily lives, especially education. Many countries around the world, including Jordan, have instituted shutdown of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Pandemics, COVID-19, School Closing
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Mahasneh, Ahmad; Al-Zou'bi, Zohair; Gazo, Ahmad – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2020
The objective of the current study is to investigate the autonomy of learners among engineering and science students at the Hashemite University in Jordan and to define whether there are statistically significant differences in the levels of learner autonomy due to variables of gender, faculty, and academic level. The participants of the current…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Science Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Samara, Nawaf Ahmad Hasan – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of analogy instructional strategy on undergraduate students' acquisition of organic chemistry concepts in Mutah University, Jordan. A quasi-experimental design was used in the study; Participants were 97 students who enrolled in organic chemistry course at the department of chemistry during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, College Science, Undergraduate Students
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Al-Shannaq, Mamoon M. Mubark; Leppavirta, Johanna – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
This paper examines the relationship between mathematics anxiety and students' performance, gender, length of the studies and postponed calculus courses in scientific faculties. The data were collected from Calculus 2 students at the Hashemite University during the academic Year 2015/2016. The student sample consisted of 179 students with both…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Achievement, Correlation, Calculus
Al-Makhzoomy, Alaa Khalaf – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The study investigated the effect of Game Development-Based Learning (GDBL) on the ability of IT undergraduates in Jordanian universities to define the concepts of computer programming and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and their ability to program in C++. An instruction was designed for an eight-week-long online course to allow the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Games, Information Technology, Undergraduate Students
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Sababha, Belal H.; Alqudah, Yazan A.; Abualbasal, Abdelraheem; AlQaralleh, Esam A. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
Exposing engineering students during their education to real-world problems and giving them the chance to apply what they learn in the classroom is a vital element of engineering education. The Embedded Systems course at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) is one of the main courses that bridge the gap between theoretical electrical…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
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Abu-Alruz, Jamal – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
The purpose of this study is to determine the level of Facebook use in education in one public university located in the middle part of Jordan. A sample of 189 undergraduate students enrolled in the science education courses participated in the study by responding to a questionnaire composed of 15 items. The results of the study indicated that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, College Science, Student Experience
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El-Khalili, Nuha H. – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2013
Many studies have reported the utilization of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in teaching Software Engineering courses. However, these studies have different views of the effectiveness of PBL. This paper presents the design of an Advanced Software Engineering course for undergraduate Software Engineering students that uses PBL to teach them Agile…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Computer Software, Undergraduate Students
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Al-Khasawneh, Ahmad; Hammad, Bashar K. – Education for Information, 2013
Service learning methodologies provide information systems students with the opportunity to create and implement systems in real-world, public service-oriented social contexts. This paper presents a case study of integrating a service learning project into an undergraduate Computer Information Systems course titled "Information Systems"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Civics, Citizen Participation