scholarly journals Performance Assessment Task: A Point of Reference for Science Teachers - this Pandemic and Beyond

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 1392-1409
Author(s):  
Ananias C. Sabijon Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Performance Task ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Task Assessment

The pursuit for quality education, including that in the basic education levels, for sustainable development is clearly described in the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), one of the17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN. Accordingly, to equip students, with knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values they'll need to face the difficulties along with sustainable development, there is a need to update some processes currently utilized in science teaching and learning. For this reason, alternative activities and assessment methods, like the use of performance task assessment is needed to improve both the quality of teaching and to provide a meaningful learning experience to students. The purpose of this study was to provide relevant information from extant literature and a sample performance task assessment to encourage Science teachers to utilize these information in their classes. To achieve this purpose, significant information about performance task assessment and an original performance task assessment were presented. The use of performance assessment task is one alternative method to develop critical thinking skills, and to provide an education that is truly relevant to every student in the light of today’s challenges, like the pandemic. It could provide authentic and meaningful learning experience to students, and is very relevant in the context of coping with the challenges the science teachers have been facing. With the many pieces of evidence on its effectiveness and positive learning experience by students provided by literature, it is certain that the use of performance assessment task in Science classes cannot be overemphasized.

scholarly journals Rural Teachers Learning Bioanalytical Engineering

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Patricia L Hardré ◽  
Mark A. Nanny‎ ◽  
Shaida Morales ◽  
Regina Kenton ◽  
Laura Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Rural Teachers ◽  
Math Teachers ◽  
High School Math

Professional development opportunities provide teachers with enhanced learning experiences, deeper subject knowledge, and improvement of their teaching practices, all for the goal of increasing student achievement (Nelson, 2009). Unfortunately, most rural teachers have much less access to professional development opportunities compared to their urban and suburban peers (Hardré, P.L., et al., 2014). A Research Experience for Teachers (RET ), which is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program, was created for rural high school math and science teachers in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma and the Center for Bioanalysis. As participants, teachers applied and were accepted to participate in a seven-week summer research experience to connect bioanalytical engineering and their research experiences into their classrooms and to stimulate their students’ critical thinking skills. The following narrative and analysis chronicle the teams’ design, development and learning experience in redesigning the seven-week professional development for rural science and math teachers.

Pengaruh Jenis Masalah pada Problem Based Learning terhadap Dinamika Metakognisi Siswa SMA Kelas X pada Konsep Stoikiometri

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Issaura Sherly Pamela ◽  
Muhammad Rusdi ◽  
Asrial Asrial
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Model Problem ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Experimental Group

Innovation is needed in learning to make meaningful learning, so the student constructs their ownknowledge from the learning experience of learning process. One of the innovations is to integrate Problem Based Learning model. Problem Based Learning involves students to be active in every problem. Eleven problems type in Problem Based Learning that have different solving steps, due to every student different metacognition character potential and can change by given treatment. This research is a pre-experimental design: the pretest-posttest control and experimental group design with embedded experimental design. The metacognition character data were analyzed qualitaively, whereas the average grade data were analyzed quantitatively. The analysis of metacognition character shows the different metacognition characters and on learning process there is improvement of student achievement from 14% to 84.4%.

Students’ meaningful learning experiences from participating in organic chemistry writing-to-learn activities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trisha Gupte ◽  
Field M. Watts ◽  
Jennifer A. Schmidt-McCormack ◽  
Ina Zaimi ◽  
Anne Ruggles Gere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Writing To Learn ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

Teaching organic chemistry requires supporting learning strategies that meaningfully engage students with the challenging concepts and advanced problem-solving skills needed to be successful. Such meaningful learning experiences should encourage students to actively choose to incorporate new concepts into their existing knowledge frameworks by appealing to the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of learning. This study provides a qualitative analysis of students’ meaningful learning experiences after completing three Writing-to-Learn (WTL) assignments in an organic chemistry laboratory course. The assignments were designed to appeal to the three domains necessary for a meaningful learning experience, and this research seeks to understand if and how the WTL assignments promoted students’ meaningful learning. The primary data collected were the students’ responses to open-ended feedback surveys conducted after each assignment. These responses were qualitatively analyzed to identify themes across students’ experiences about their meaningful learning. The feedback survey analysis was triangulated with interviews conducted after each assignment. The results identify how the assignments connected to students’ existing knowledge from other courses and indicate that assignment components such as authentic contexts, clear expectations, and peer review supported students’ meaningful learning experiences. These results inform how assignment design can influence students’ learning experiences and suggest implications for how to support students’ meaningful learning of organic chemistry through writing.

The Impact of Live Cases on Student Skill Development in Marketing Courses

2021 ◽  
pp. 027347532110345
Author(s):  
Shannon Cummins ◽  
Jeff S. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Handling Time ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Conflict Handling ◽  
Student Skill ◽  
The Impact

Live cases, where students work directly with an outside organization to solve real-world problems, can be an immersive learning experience for marketing students. Current scholarship on live case usage in marketing is limited to small samples from a handful of live case devotees. This article draws from a large, international sample of 169 marketing educators to investigate the perceived educational impacts of live cases on student skill development. Specifically, the paper explores student teamwork, conflict handling, time management, presentation, communication, and critical thinking skills. Additionally, the article explores how student skill development is affected by the amount of course time dedicated to the live case as well as faculty experience with live cases.

Active Learning Online

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Viktor Wang ◽  
Leslie Hitch ◽  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Strategic Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Current Century ◽  
Teaching Goal ◽  
Current Article

Preparing graduates for the present and future workforce is an important strategic learning and teaching goal of higher education. Towards realizing this goal, institutions are expending significant effort promoting active learning as an institution-wide teaching approach. Active learning defined as learners deeply participating in the learning process are being increasingly used in face-to-face contexts, but can it be used just as effectively in the online environments now common in higher education? In their 2017 paper, the authors established that active learning online is certainly possible. In this current article the authors assert that not only is active learning online possible, but that it is a necessity to bolster workforce and higher order thinking skills needed in this current century. Importantly, the faculties have a crucial role to play in implementing active learning online, and active learning online permeate the whole of the online learning experience within courses.

scholarly journals Women in Adult Education Program for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Implications for Library and Information Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu ◽  
Ndidiamaka Lucy Nebolise
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Nigerian Women ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
The Right

Abstract Objective – Education offers advances in human and social development. It provides knowledge and resources that hold the potential for economic empowerment, resulting in a better livelihood. Hence, women need access to education with library services, if they are to have a voice, participate in sustainable development, and take care of their own health, as well as that of their children and members of their households. This paper examines the challenges women encounter in Onitsha metropolis, Anambra State, Nigeria. This study seeks to gain insight into the resources used to enhance learning, as well as the students’ perceptions and satisfaction with their learning experience. Methods – A descriptive survey research design was used. The study was carried out in five adult education centres in the city with a sample size of 120 women, randomly selected for collection of data. Questionnaire, interview, and observation methods were employed. The physical assessment of the centres was done for an evidence based report and to assess the real situations of the centres. Results – The findings show the challenges faced by Nigerian women in their pursuit of ongoing adult education included: time for the classes which are usually held in the evening, poor financial status, lack of encouragement from spouses and relations, poor learning environments, and stress. The data were analyzed using percentages and frequency counts. They are presented in tables and figures. Conclusions – It is recommended that education and library management should assess these centres for program improvements like providing more enabling environments and learning facilities. The implication of the study is that library and information services should be extended to these women to stimulate and support learning with the right attitude for active involvement in the educational activities and for enhancement of social inclusion.

scholarly journals Development of Computer-Based Instruction Based Learning Models in Electricity Transmission Engineering Lessons SMK Negeri 1 Precut Sei Tuan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 2084-2096
Author(s):  
Muhammad Iqbal Daulay ◽  
R. Mursid ◽  
Baharuddin Baharuddin
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Computer Based Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Based Instruction

One of the formal education pathways that prepare its graduates to have excellence in the world of work is Vocational High Schools (SMK). Current problems in SMK are generally related to limited equipment, low practice costs, and a learning environment that is not suitable for the world of work. Education is carried out to achieve human resources with the ability to think which is formulated as "Higher Order Thinking Skills" (HOTS) which aims to form human resources with the ability to innovate and be able to solve problems. In developing CBI-based learning models, there are learning models that aim to provide a concrete learning experience through the creation of imitations of experiences that are closer to the actual atmosphere. Computer-based learning is strongly influenced by cognitive learning theory, a model of information processing that began to develop in the 60s and 70s.

scholarly journals Kilimanjaro: A Case of Meaningful Adventure And Service Learning Abroad

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-433
Author(s):  
Cathy Cavanaugh ◽  
Ewa Gajer ◽  
John Mayberry ◽  
Brendan O’Connor ◽  
Jace Hargis
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Mount Kilimanjaro ◽  
The World

This qualitative evaluation explored how female undergraduate students developed an understanding of themselves and the broader world as a result of an adventure and service learning experience in Tanzania, Africa. The project built upon theoretical frameworks regarding meaningful learning—active, constructive, intentional, and authentic—and applied activity theory as a framework for interpreting outcomes. The study included multi-faceted examination of student perceptions of the effects of the year-long experience that culminated in a ten day trip to Tanzania, including a climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Students’ reflections on the impacts of the trip focused on wanting, doing, reflecting, and relating. Thus, the experience catalyzed change in students’ understanding of the world that strongly indicates a meaningful learning experience.

scholarly journals Knowledge Level and Self-Confidence on The Computational Thinking Skills Among Science Teacher Candidates

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
Titik Rahayu ◽  
Kamisah Osman
Keyword(s):  
Science Teacher ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Data Collecting ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

The trending topic in today's education is computational thinking skills which are used to help to solve complicated problems easier. This study aims to identify the level of knowledge and self-confidence of science teacher candidates (physics and biology) on computational thinking skills. The survey research design was used through a mixed-method approach by combining quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative study involved 1016 randomly selected groups of science teachers whilein the qualitative study, eight science teachers were chosen based on the scores obtained from the quantitative study. The questionnaire was used as a quantitative data collecting technique to analyze descriptive statistics. Then, an interview was used as the qualitative data collecting technique and was analyzed through theme creation. The findings show that science teacher candidates have a high level of knowledge and self-confidence. The implication of this study is very important for teacher candidates because computational thinking can help to facilitate problems solving in everyday life. Teacher candidates need to be given knowledge and understanding of computational thinking skills, to have readiness and self-confidence in facing the challenges of the learning in the 21st-century

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