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The Implementation and Evaluation of a Project-Oriented Problem-Based Learning Module in a First Year Engineering Programme

Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This paper describes how a circuits-based project-oriented problem-based learning educational model was integrated into the first year of a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering programme at Maynooth University, Ireland. While many variations
Seamus McLoone, Bob Lawlor, Andrew Meehan   +2 more
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Flipping the class – University chemistry students’ experiences from a new teaching and learning approach

Chemistry Teacher International, 2019
University chemistry courses have for a long time had a similar conventional approach to teaching, with chemistry professors lecturing in a traditional manner.
Broman Karolina, Johnels Dan
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Increasing diversity in peer-to-peer education: A case study of manager experiences with student paraprofessionals in learning development in the Canadian context

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2019
This autoethnographic case study examines the experience of managers with hiring student paraprofessionals into various roles within peer-to-peer education models and programmes as a method to increase the diversity in learning development services in ...
Jenna Olender, Michael Lisetto-Smith
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Unravelling peer assessment: Methodological, functional, and conceptual developments [PDF]

, 2010
Peer assessment is an educational arrangement where students judge a peer’s performance quantitatively and/or qualitatively and which stimulates students to reflect, discuss and collaborate.
Sluijsmans, Dominique M. A., Strijbos, Jan Willem, Strijbos, Jan-Willem, Sluijsmans, Dominique, Strijbos, J. W.   +4 more
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Peer Support for Improving Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Postgraduate Public Health and Health Sciences: A Qualitative Study

Education Sciences
Peer support is a widely recognized approach in higher education, improving learning efficiency, facilitating the exchange of knowledge, and helping students transition into university life through mutual help and collaboration.
Jinal Shashin Parmar, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Sowbhagya Micheal, Tinashe Dune, David Lim, Stewart Alford, Amit Arora   +6 more
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Effective peer assessment for learning computer programming [PDF]

, 2004
Peer assessment is a technique that has been successfully employed in a variety of academic disciplines, and which is considered to be effective in developing student’s higher cognitive skills. In this paper, we consider the results of applying novel web-
Mike Joy, Sitthiworachart, Jirarat, Joy, Mike, Jirarat Sitthiworachart   +3 more
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Academic literacies approaches for facilitating language for specific purposes [PDF]

Ibérica, 2011
This paper offers a possible framework for working with language for specific purposes (LSP) in an integrated fashion, i.e. with disciplinary learning as the main lever to promote academic literacy.
Magnus Gustafsson
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Improving the Pedagogical Skills of PASS Leaders on the Job with Synchronous Feedback: A Feasibility Study

Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal
Peer assisted study sessions (PASS), also known as supplemental instruction, are structured peer guided sessions linked to a specific course, led by experienced and trained students called PASS-leaders.
Louise Taylor, Izaak Dekker
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Language, Culture, and Cancer: Qualitative Insights Into Communication Disparities Among Spanish‐Speaking Caregivers of Children With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz, Alejandra Curbelo‐Paz, Sonia Morales, Elizabeth Contreras, Amy Houtrow, Scott H. Maurer, Judy C. Chang   +6 more
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Arts university student mentors and gallery peer leaders: partnerships for learning [PDF]

, 2010
This case study describes a partnership between University College Falmouth (UCF) and Tate St. Ives (TSI). Framed within a national Enquire project (one strand of a DCMS funded commissioning programme) investigating the learning benefits of gallery ...
Butcher, John
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