The Effect of Commonwealth Libraries upon Academic Motivation

1974 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Need For Achievement ◽  
Academic Values ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Successes And Failures

A total of 484 tenth-grade students, evenly divided between schools with Commonwealth libraries and those without, were assessed for motivational dispositions (need for achievement, test anxiety, and sense of responsibility for successes and failures), academic values, and displayed motivation (as revealed in choice of tasks). The two groups of students did not differ with respect to dispositions and values, but those from schools with Commonwealth libraries showed greater motivation. This finding is interpreted as evidence that the effects of improved library facilities have now seeped through teaching and learning strategies to an important outcome in students.

Using reflection. Mentoring midwifery students in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenda Hawley ◽  
Anthony Tuckett
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Constructivist Theory ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Global Health Care ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose: This study aims to offer guidance to lecturers and undergraduate midwifery students in using reflective practice and to offer a roadmap for academic staff accompanying undergraduate midwifery students on international clinical placements. Design: Drawing on reflection within the Constructivist Theory, the Gibbs Reflective Cycle (GRC) provides opportunities to review experiences and share new knowledge by working through five stages—feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. Findings:  The reflections of the midwifery students in this study provide insight into expectations prior to leaving for international placement, practical aspects of what local knowledge is beneficial, necessary teaching and learning strategies and the students’ cultural awareness growth. Implications: The analysis and a reflective approach have wider implications for universities seeking to improve preparations when embarking on an international clinical placement. It can also inform practices that utilise reflection as an impetus to shape midwifery students to be more receptive to global health care issues. 

scholarly journals Conceiving Socioscientific Issues in STEM Lessons from Science Education Research and Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 238
Author(s):  
Silvia Alcaraz-Dominguez ◽  
Mario Barajas
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Socioscientific Issues ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning ◽  
Method Of Assessment

This paper aims to elicit the different conceptions of Socioscientific Issues (SSI) in formal, non-tertiary STEM lessons. An examination of recent publications in the field of science education was conducted to elicit the most common conceptions of SSI as per the components of STEM lessons, namely: purpose, contents, teaching and learning strategies and assessment. As for purpose, the conceptions elicited have been organized in terms of contributing to citizenship goals, or to scientific competence. As for contents, it was found that SSI are related both to knowledge of science and knowledge about science and linked to skills such as argumentation. In terms of teaching and learning strategies, SSI are mainly associated with Inquiry-Based Learning; and with student engagement techniques such as dilemmas and group discussions. Lastly, performance assessment of student learning processes and results is typical when SSI are conceived as a method of assessment of STEM lessons. This conception sets up strong foundations for the design and evaluation of innovative SSI teaching. It shall also help to open new lines of research establishing connections among applications of SSI in different subjects, cultural contexts and educational systems.

Problem-Based Learning in Educational Administration: Enhancing Learning Transfer

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula A. Cordeiro
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Contextual Knowledge ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Group Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation

This paper presents a model for learning in an educational leadership preparation program. The model depicts various types of teaching and learning strategies that should be included in preparation programs in order for students to learn declarative, procedural, and contextual knowledge. Specifically, the paper describes four types of problem-based learning (PBL). Grounded in research on group problem solving, reflective thinking, problem complexity, and feedback and assessment, PBL has considerable potential to increase the transfer of learning. The paper maintains that real and simulated PBL afford students opportunities to learn all three types of knowledge. Two examples capturing the process of how PBL can be used are offered.

scholarly journals Exploring new learning paradigms in ODL: A reflection on the paper of Barber, Donnelly and Rizvi (2013): “An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead”.

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom H Brown
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Revolution

<p class="Paragraph1"><span lang="EN-US">The paper of Barber, Donnelly &amp; Rizvi (2013): “An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead”  addresses some significant issues in higher education and poses some challenging questions to ODL (Open and Distance Learning) administrators, policy makers and of course to ODL faculty in general.  Barber et al.’s paper does not specifically address the area of teaching and learning theories, strategies and methodologies per se.  In this paper I would therefore like to reflect on the impact that the contemporary changes and challenges that Barber et al. describes, have on teaching and learning approaches and paradigms.  In doing so I draw on earlier work about future learning paradigms and navigationism (Brown, 2006).  We need a fresh approach and new skills to survive the revolution ahead.  We need to rethink our teaching and learning strategies to be able to provide meaningful learning opportunities in the future that lies ahead.</span></p>

scholarly journals Methodology Appraisal of Experimental Research Studies in Mathematics Teaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Capote Paul John
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
P Value ◽  
Experimental Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Research Studies

This study made use of Gene Glass Effect Size formula to estimate the mean effect sizes of the eleven (11) reviewed experimental research studies on the effect of experimental and conventional teaching and learning strategies to the academic performance of students in mathematics. A validated Inclusion Criteria was utilized in the selection of studies and a modified Methodology Appraisal Checklist was employed in the analysis of elements of the research problem and research methodology. The mean effect sizes and variances of the reviewed studies vary across the elements of the research problem and methodology, an indication that teaching and learning strategies are dependent on the quality of methodology used by the researcher. This study stressed that there is no enough evidence to prove that experimental teaching and learning strategies are more effective than conventional pedagogies in improving learnings in math, as the analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed a p-value of 0.982 (critical value=0.05).

scholarly journals ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING PREFERENCE:THE RELATION WITH PERSONALITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 341-348
Author(s):  
Lilly E. Both ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Attitudes Toward Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies

In this study, 106 women (M age = 23 years) completed a series of questionnaires online assessing personality traits and facets (subscales), learning preferences (Activist, Reflector, Theorist, Pragmatist), and attitudes toward learning preferences.The vast majority of participants in this study believed that students are more likely to have academic success when teaching and learning strategies match their learning style. However, the results of several hierarchical regression analyses found that a large proportion of variance in learning style was accounted for by personality traits or facets. For example, 43% of the variance in the Activist Learning Style was accounted for by higher scores on Extraversion, and lower scores on Conscientiousness and Negative Emotionality. When personality facet scores were used as predictors, the proportion of variance jumped to 55%. Similarly, between 27-31% of the variance in Reflector, Theorist and Pragmatist Learning Style was accounted for by personality facet scores alone. The results are discussed in terms of learning style attitudes and myths pervasive in the literature, and the need for evidence-based practices.

scholarly journals Second Language Corner for Children’s House

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
Romali Rosales Chavarria
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Reflective Process ◽  
Montessori Education ◽  
Instruction Time ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Trained Teachers

This work reports, from a qualitative research perspective, the development of an English Corner project for a preschool Children’s House classroom in central Mexico over the course of a 3-year period. It shows the transition of a language specialist over six consecutive periods of work, from a traditional understanding and practice of teaching English as a second language to young learners into a more comprehensive one of the Montessori Method. The analysis of my own practice is used to recover insights through a reflective process with the intention to develop a second language (L2) Montessori program for 3- to 6-year-olds that aligns better with Montessori pedagogy.  Variables such as instruction time, setting, group constitution, materials, and teaching and learning strategies allowed for certain aspects to arise as leading points of interest for the focus of the analysis and the methodological and pedagogical adaptations that followed each period. This paper is an attempt to fill the gap between the need to deliver a second language effectively in Montessori education and the lack of guidance for doing it the Montessori way; it is especially for practitioners who do not have a Montessori background but also for Montessori-trained teachers for whom more specific preparation would aid their practice. I also hope to stimulate further research in the field of second language acquisition and multilingualism in Montessori education at every level of education.

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