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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"learning cycle"”.
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The continuous learning cycle. Investigating possibilities for experiential learning
Scholars focusing on experiential learning argue that experience should be considered as critical for adult learning. This research paper frames experiential learning within a Constructivist framework. This paper focuses on an investigation into the ways that facilitators use the Continuous …
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One Instructional Leadership Team’s Journey through a Professional Learning Cycle
… leadership team as they implement an eight week cycle of professional learning around a single focus. Scripted observations of teachers and students, achievement data, student work samples, as well as exit slips with action items recount the team members’ perspectives and experiences. The team …
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The Effects Of The 5e Learning Cycle Model On Students' Understanding Of Force And Motion Concepts
… science investigations through the use of the 5E Learning Cycle. The researcher's journey through this process was also a focus of the study. Initial data were provided by a pretest indicating students' understanding of force and motion concepts. Four times weekly for a period of 14 weeks, …
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An Investigation of the Impact of the Formative Learning Cycle on Student Self-Regulation to Confidently Produce Quality Homework
This study explored the formative learning cycle's ability to increase student confidence to create quality homework. Student from a socio-economically diverse school district in Western Pennsylvania reported their confidence levels on homework production on two surveys. The first survey provided a …
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Kolb Interrupted : An investigation into students' experience of an experiential learning approach to entrepreneurship education
… education designed around Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle. The research employs a phenomenographic framework to identify the qualitatively different ways in which students experience this experiential learning approach to entrepreneurship education. This research shows that students' ways of …
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Developing an understanding of the relationships between organisational learning and performance measurement systems: the case of Frankfurt airport.
… of the relationships between organisational learning (OL) and performance measurement systems (PMS), theoretically and practically, within the context of Frankfurt airport. A case study approach was adopted and applied at Frankfurt airport, encompassing the hierarchical levels of the top-, …
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Portrait of Your Stream: Development and Assessment of a Stream Ecology Program for Middle-School Student
… students. The program is correlated with learning cycle pedagogical methods emphasizing student-centered lessons and activities in both classroom and outdoor settings. Implementation of a pilot program in the Fall semester of 1999 was used to collect formal and informal responses and data …
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Learning, continuous improvement, world class manufacturing and the South African plastics industry
… where competition is fierce. Greater and faster learning is necessary for organisational survival in the turbulent global market Learning is understood to be a continuous cycle of activities. Continuous Improvement is shown to be a continuous learning cycle. World Class Manufacturing …
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Utilizing Instructional Design Constructs To Enhance Computer-Based Instruction in Air Traffic Controller Training
… the student can assess his/her progress in the learning cycle. The systematic design of instruction and interactive approach to learning, enhances student motivation, improves learning and retention, while placing the responsibility of achieving specific learning objectives on the student. This …
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Insights into the processes and practices novice professors use to continually develop their pedagogical skills
… their pedagogical skills by engaging in a learning cycle that involved preparing to teach, teaching, reflecting on their teaching experiences, developing new pedagogical strategies that enhanced their instructional practice, and implementing new pedagogical strategies in subsequent teaching …
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Effective social system design : using the systems approach for organisational development
… as described by C.S. Peirce, the concept of learning cycles specifically as described by C. Handy, and the SCQATRE method that draws from the work of Minto and Ryan. This method maps over a learning cycle and presents a way of describing the problem by firstly describing the Situation, then …
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A Comparison of the Adult Bible Study Guide of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and a Prototype Guide Designed to Promote Spiritual Growth
… an <em>Adult Bible Study Guide </em>using Kolb's learning cycle and learning styles was developed to promote Christian spiritual growth. The effect both <em>Guides</em> had on general learning objectives; knowledge and beliefs; attitudes, values, and commitments; and behaviors and skills was …
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Reflection And The Distance Language Learner
… examines the role of critical reflection in learning theories and the relationship between Kolb's learning cycle and notions of the 'good' language learner, the deep approach to learning and autonomous learning in the context of adult, part-time, distance language learning. This group of …
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Combining smart model diagnostics and effective data collection for snow catchments
… process understanding is achieved through a learning cycle including critical assessment of an existing model for a given catchment as a first step. The assessment will highlight deficiencies of the model, from which useful additional data requirements are derived, giving a guideline for new …
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Methodology for Assessing Learning from Incidents - a Process Industry Perspective
Learning from incidents (from minor disturbances to major accidents) is considered one of the most important ways in the process industry to learn from experiences for improving safety performance. Most companies have a formal incident learning system and considerable resources are used for …
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Corporate intrapreneurship : steps to building a sustainable startup mentality within an established organization
… new corporate ventures, and creating a positive learning cycle. Within each phase, the firm has to pay special attention to important aspects of the organization including organizational culture, corporate structure, venture selection, team formation, venture programs, supportive infrastructure, …
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Exploring the Role of Internships in Personal and Professional Development
… study. Notably, contributing to the Experiential Learning Theory, the data outlined that no programmatic structures are in place to strategically build and/or assess students’ personal development; rather, personal development seemed to occur organically for certain participants in this study. …
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The Case for Teacher Led Reflective Supervision in Schools.
… group supervision based on Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle (1984, 2014). Sessions were provided by the researcher. In addition, online recruitment surveys and semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers already receiving reflective supervision. Transcripts of supervision sessions, …
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An examination of technology-based formative assessment feedback and the impact on student learning
… effectiveness of collaborative and cooperative learning (Magana & Marzano, 2014; Marzano, 2006) and embedding formative assessment within instruction (Black & Wiliam, 2009; Wiliam, 2011), researchers (Chu, 2013; Hwang & Chang, 2011; Sung, Chang & Liu, 2016) further identified the need for …
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Experiential learning environments for structural behavior
… these new needs. Through the Experiential Learning Cycle, this research identifies structural behavior as knowledge associated with conceptual understanding that is most effectively attained through reflective action. Within this context, an epistemological analysis reveals that the use of …
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