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Everett Gibson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Instructors of post-secondary level courses sought novel ways of conveying content to a diversifying set of students. Likewise, the growth of computing and information technologies opened more avenues for instruction. Constructivist theories of education gained support in instructional efficacy. Instructors needed to balance the need of covering…
Descriptors: College Students, Blended Learning, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation
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Zepke, Nick – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
Learner-teacher partnerships (L-TPs) increasingly feature in student engagement research in further and higher education (FHE). This flourishing literature raises important questions about such partnerships, for example, what is their purpose? what roles do partners play, who leads in a partnership and how? Various purposes and roles have been…
Descriptors: Planning, Models, Teacher Student Relationship, Partnerships in Education
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Thomas W. Nielsen; Jennifer S. Ma – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
The present study took place across two outdoor education trips to the Great Barrier Reef with two groups of college students (N = 36; 16-19 years), five staff, and one of the authors (TWN). The aim was to explore how an explicit understanding and implementation of the wellbeing research around cultivating generous behaviour for meaningful…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Well Being, Outdoor Education
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Venisha Jenifer Dmello; Vadiraj Jagannathrao; Ambigai Rajendran; Shilpa Badrinath Bidi; Tathagata Ghosh; Jaspreet Kaur; Kavitha Haldorai – Cogent Education, 2023
Despite the massive growth and benefits of online learning platforms, engaging and retaining learners showcases a major challenge in the present scenario. There is a dearth of literature on measuring the antecedent factors of learner engagement behavior through mediating effect in the online learning context. Therefore, the current study was…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learner Engagement, Student Behavior, Intention
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Parsons, Seth A.; Ives, Samantha T.; Fields, R. Stacy; Barksdale, Bonnie; Marine, Jonathan; Rogers, Paul – Reading Teacher, 2023
Students who are engaged writers are likely to produce better writing and to enjoy writing more than students who are disengaged writers. Yet, we are unaware of any existing tool that validly and reliably measures writing engagement. In this article, we describe what writing engagement is and why it is important. Then, we present the Writing…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Writing (Composition), Writing Attitudes, Measures (Individuals)
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Milbank, Alison – Educational Theory, 2023
Linda Zagzebski's theory of moral exemplarity emphasizes the importance of admiration in developing ethical behavior. This essay argues that admiration involves wonder and distance and is best evoked by mixed or flawed characters; it demonstrates this through discussion of the characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, Moral Values, Learner Engagement
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Rajesh Viswanathan; Nirmala Krishnamurthy – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Active learning strategies engage students productively in the process of learning through problem-solving activities and discussions, over and above the routine method of listening passively to the instructor. This work highlights the redesign of a medicinal chemistry course by augmenting traditional lectures with active learning sessions in…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Student Attitudes
Dustin William Louie; Leona Prince – Canadian Journal of Education, 2023
This research project was designed to attend to inequity for Indigenous students, communities, and knowledges in a northern British Columbian district. The aims of the article are to share the systemic and individual transformation for Indigenous learners and their families based on the strengths and barriers they perceive in the system. Presented…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Graduation Rate, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
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Robertson, Wendy M. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022
Understanding the global water cycle is fundamental to Earth systems literacy and fostering an informed citizenry; however, students often struggle with terminology, the role of key processes, and estimating the physical and temporal scales, leaving knowledge gaps that impair comprehension. The Hydrologic Cycle Game is a pedagogical tool for…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Comprehension, Water, Game Based Learning
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Resch, Katharina; Knapp, Mariella; Schrittesser, Ilse – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
Student volunteering in the higher education context has been studied vastly over the last years. Kahu provided three valuable perspectives on student engagement including the behavioural, the psychological, and the sociocultural perspective on why and how students engage. This study adds a recognition perspective to student engagement, which has…
Descriptors: Volunteers, College Students, Learner Engagement, Recognition (Achievement)
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Sainz Sujet, Paola – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2022
Academic engagement has been studied for several years because of its influence on student attrition. According to Tinto, engagement is the most important predictor for student dropout, which makes it relevant to understand how the environment influences engagement. Yet very few studies have addressed this relationship outside higher income…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Learner Engagement, College Students, Multivariate Analysis
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Dyer, Sarah; Angharad, Cerian – Primary Science, 2022
A new curriculum is set for implementation in Wales from September 2022. Preparation for change is already underway in Gwaunmeisgyn Primary School in South Wales. Various development teams are preparing for the new curriculum, including the three teachers in the science and technology team. The team met to plan and design a bespoke pilot project…
Descriptors: Space Sciences, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Alblehai, Fahad M. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
The application of different virtual reality interventions has been recently gaining interest from researchers and practitioners. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions increased the use of these technologies to help create much value for educators and students. The relationship between individual experience and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Experience, Computer Simulation, Interpersonal Attraction
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Martins, Juliana; Cunha, Jennifer; Lopes, Sílvia; Moreira, Tânia; Rosário, Pedro – Educational Psychology Review, 2022
School engagement is considered an antidote to several academic problems found in middle and high school. Previous data highlight the importance of understanding school engagement in early years. The present systematic review aims to outline investigations regarding school engagement in elementary school. Findings are expected to (i) help…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Science, Literature Reviews, Educational Research
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Mensink, Michael C. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022
Highly interesting but unimportant seductive details are commonly added to scientific texts, harming reader comprehension and memory for important content while also potentially evoking a strong emotional response. In two experiments, the effects of seductive details on participants' memory and emotional responses to seductive and nonseductive…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Content Area Reading, Science Education, Learner Engagement
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