University students’ preference for flexible teaching models that foster constructivist learning practices

Teaching Practices that Foster Self-regulated Learning: a case study

The aim of this paper is to present a case study of an elementary school teacher who changed her practices to foster self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies in her students. Specifically, this study describes the process of how she developed her teaching strategies to promote SRL strategies such as self-evaluation, goal-setting and planning, and lastly, rehearsing and memorization. The teacher...

the effect of lexically based language teaching (lblt) on vocabulary learning among iranian pre-university students

هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی تاثیر روش تدریس واژگانی (واژه-محور) بر یادگیری لغات در بین دانش آموزان دوره پیش دانشگاهی است. بدین منظور دو گروه از دانش آموزان دوره پیش دانشگاهی (شصت نفر) که در سال تحصیلی 1389 در شهرستان نور آباد استان لرستان مشغول به تحصیل بودند انتخاب شده و به صورت قراردادی گروه آزمایش و گواه در نظر گرفته شدند. در ابتدا به منظور اطمینان یافتن از میزان همگن بودن دو گروه از دانش واژگان، آ...

Telephone teaching:Towards constructivist teaching for rural and remote students

Engaging Students in Multimedia-mediated Constructivist Learning - Students' Perceptions

This study was conducted in the Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University, Malaysia and investigated students’ perceptions while working on a multimedia project that was embedded within a constructivist-based learning environment. We studied the impact of using multimedia on students who have little experience with working in a problem-solving design environment. Students worked in ...

Effective teaching practices for students with and without learning difficulties: Constructivism as a legitimate theory of learning AND of teaching?

Much of what is commonly claimed as ‘effective teaching practice’ and implemented during the early and middle years of schooling in Australian schools, for either mainstream students or for those experiencing learning difficulties, is not grounded in findings from evidencebased research. Of particular concern is that despite a lack of supporting evidence for its utility, the prevailing educatio...