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Showing 1 to 20 of 134 for “"meaningful learning"”.
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Outdoor Education and Meaningful Learning: Finding the attributes of meaningful learning experiences in an outdoor education program
… sought to identify the common attributes of meaningful learning experiences as found in an outdoor education program. The pragmatic educational philosophy of John Dewey provides the rationale for the essence of meaningful learning in our schools and this research identifies the attributes of …
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Concept-Based Teaching and Meaningful Learning in Associate Degree Nursing Students
… explanatory sequential design study investigated meaningful learning outcomes of first semester associate degree nursing students at a private nursing college in the Midwestern United States. The quantitative strand compared meaningful learning of two groups: students who received concept-based …
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'Towards meaningful learning: A theory for improved assessment in higher education
This thesis aims to explore how student learning in higher education may be improved. It builds upon research which links perception of assessment tasks to approaches to learning. The thesis therefore investigates how messages about assessment are conveyed by staff and how students' interpret them. …
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“Tuba buddies,” triumphs, and teamwork: meaningful learning and accomplishment in school band and orchestra.
… most because of the intrinsic gratification of learning that they feel through their own personal accomplishments; 2.) find the classes to be challenging yet enjoyable school subjects; 3.) can independently identify a need for teamwork and actively chose to team while learning; 4.) it was easy …
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Effects of instructional strategies on intrinsic motivation and meaningful learning of senior nursing students
… to be made in the curriculum design, teaching/learning strategies and other components of the nursing educational experience, faculty may implement approaches that fail to adequately prepare graduates for practice in the fast paced, ever changing, unpredictable, ambiguous healthcare world” …
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Visual thinking networking promotes long-term meaningful learning and achievement for 9th grade earth science students
… (VTN), a new generation of metacognitive learning strategies. Students constructed network diagrams using semantic and figural elements to represent knowledge relationships. The findings indicated the importance of using color in VTN strategies. The use of color promoted the encoding and …
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The Effect of Simulation with Debriefing for Meaningful Learning in Courses of Nursing Theory and Practicum on Student Knowledge and Perception of Instruction
… education provides students with an experiential-learning activity within the context of a simulated clinical environment. Following the simulation activity, the instructor facilitates a debriefing session and guides student discussion and reflection related to the experience. Debriefing promotes …
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Can connecting and collaborating with industry professionals and community partners through a project-based initiative create a meaningful learning and leadership experience for college students?
… initiative, this study explores the students’ learning and leadership experiences, created by the connection between education, industry, and community. The DATA-DATA action-research model guided this study and embraced the author’s experiences as practitioner-researcher. Students’ public blog …
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O uso pedagógico da imagem como organizador prévio no processo de alfabetização de adultos
… adults, through the perspective of the Theory of Meaningful Learning. The advance organizers are pedagogical mechanisms that are helpful in the process of teaching-learning, establishing a connection between what the student already knows and what he needs to learn. We believe that the image, as …
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Learning the single-digit multiplication facts: The role of the commutative principle
… the commutative principle of multiplication in learning the single-digit multiplication facts was explored in this study. Two theoretical positions are described that depict the manner in which these arithmetic facts are taught and learned. The associationist position states that the …
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Instruction in a Nuclear Reactor Control Room Simulator
… Cervaro (1988, 1992), the orientations to adult learning as described by Merriam and Caffarella (1991), and the modes of meaningful learning described in West, Farmer, and Wolff (1991).
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Creating the conditions for entrepreneurial learning within an inclusive and scalable African business education ecosystem
… support elements are that drive entrepreneurial learning and development. This research aims to discover what is required to create meaningful learning experiences for entrepreneurs and how this learning can be turned to practice and drive entrepreneurial growth. This growth may play a key role …
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O ensino de matemática nas escolas da rede municipal de Pombal – PB: entre os PCN e a sala de aula.
… by teachers in classrooms are actually producing meaningful learning. We applied questionnaires to teachers of the schools E.M.E.F. Decisão, E.M.E.F Nossa Senhora do Rosário and E.M.E.F. Professor Newton Seixas. We found that there is a need to diversify teaching methodologies and resources used …
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La enseñanza de ciencias con un enfoque integrador a través de actividades colaborativas, bajo el prisma de la teoría del aprendizaje significativo con el uso de mapas conceptuales y diagramas para actividades demostrativo-interactivas – ADI
… and, consequently, for the science teaching and learning process as well. The research question was stated as: What effects would have upon in-service teachers’methodologies and conceptions a didactical proposal whose basic feature is an integrative approach, based on concepts, associated with …
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O cálculo da área de figuras planas no ensino fundamental: uma proposta de ensino com o Tangram.
… seek to innovate teaching, allowing students to meaningful learning. In this work, we developed a teaching proposal, based on the tangram, shortly after the exhibition of the formulas for calculating the area of plane figures. With this, the teacher will have a tool that will facilitate the …
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Os saberes docentes na formação do professor de física: uma análise do planejamento à execução de uma sequência didática
… Sequence, prepared based on the Theory of Meaningful Learning. To achieve these objectives, we developed qualitative research using participant observation as a research technique. The data were collected from a Supervised pre-services class of the Physics Degree course at the Federal …
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Evidence of Student Learning of Spectrophotometry and Intermolecular Forces in the Chemistry Laboratory
… general chemistry laboratory with attention to meaningful learning and mechanistic reasoning. Using these frameworks three laboratory activities explored student perceptions and explanatory reasoning in the context of laboratory learning. The first strand of the research analyzed student …
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