Diss. (sammanfattning) Karlstad : Karlstads universitet, 2009.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Supervisors: Claire Ellen Weinstein and Marilla D. Svinicki. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 4, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (June 25, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. / Open access. Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-111). Print copy also available.

Thesis (MCur.(Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Summary in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references.

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa Multi-Institucional e Inter-Regional de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Contábeis, 2017. / Submitted by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-04-24T21:18:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_JoanaD'arcMedeirosMartins.pdf: 1104288 bytes, checksum: ebcf3b0c51317618cf543abfb77ab713 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-04-24T21:19:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_JoanaD'arcMedeirosMartins.pdf: 1104288 bytes, checksum: ebcf3b0c51317618cf543abfb77ab713 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-24T21:19:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_JoanaD'arcMedeirosMartins.pdf: 1104288 bytes, checksum: ebcf3b0c51317618cf543abfb77ab713 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-24 / A tese se enquadra na área de educação contábil, tendo como objetivo principal investigar a contribuição da metodologia Problem-Based Learning (PBL) no desenvolvimento das habilidades e competências requeridas ao profissional contábil. Possui uma abordagem qualitativa, caracterizado como método de investigação quanto ao estudo de caso, pois foi aplicada uma intervenção pedagógica na disciplina perícia contábil no Curso de Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN. As técnicas de coletas de dados utilizadas foram: questionário; observação participante; análise de conteúdo e documentos. Primeiramente, foi identificado o perfil dos alunos, o estilo de aprendizagem e uma avaliação de conteúdo. Na abordagem do método, foi introduzido um processo judicial real que trata de apuração de haveres e tramita em uma Vara Cível da Comarca de Natal. Para o processo de análise de dados qualitativos, utilizou-se a estatística descritiva. Após a análise qualitativa, foi dado um tratamento quantitativo, com o teste da análise multivariada não paramétrica, variância não paramétrica e Alpha de Cronbach. Os resultados evidenciaram que a metodologia PBL contribuiu para o desempenho da competência técnica, pois os dados obtidos na segunda aplicação do questionário específico do conhecimento de perícia contábil mostram que houve um crescimento no número de acertos pelos alunos, comparados aos resultados obtidos antes da aplicação da intervenção pedagógica. Outro resultado importante foram os achados na análise de conteúdo sobre os laudos periciais contábeis elaborados pelos alunos. Dos dez critérios estabelecidos quanto à forma e quanto ao conteúdo do laudo pericial contábil determinado pela norma, os alunos obtiveram 100% em cinco critérios e, nos demais, obtiveram mais 50% de adesão quanto ao que determinam as normas periciais aprovadas pelo CFC. Com isso, percebe-se que o aluno buscou e construiu o conhecimento desenvolvido na intervenção pedagógica. No que se referem às habilidades profissionais desenvolvidas, os resultados demonstram, na percepção dos respondentes, que os alunos concordaram que o método PBL agrega mais realismo ao ensino de perícia contábil; proporciona experimentar um comportamento pericial que conhecia e que ainda não havia sido vivenciado; motiva o trabalho em grupo; aumenta sua eficácia como participante na resolução de problemas e nas discussões em grupo. Outra alternativa de concordância entre os alunos foi o desenvolvimento do pensamento crítico; com isso, entende-se que o método PBL na percepção dos participantes da pesquisa desenvolve a habilidade de senso crítico, liderança e trabalho em equipe. / The thesis is in the area of accounting education, which aim is to investigate the contribution of the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology in the development of the skills and competencies required by accounting professional. It has a qualitative approach, characterized as a method of investigation regarding the case study, as it was applied a pedagogical intervention in the discipline accounting skills in the Course of Accounting Sciences of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN. The techniques of data collection used were survey; participant observation; analysis of content and documents. First, the student profile, learning style and content evaluation were identified. In the approach of the method, a real judicial process was introduced that deals with the determination of assets and deals in a Civil Court of the County of Natal. For the qualitative data analysis process, descriptive statistics were used. After the qualitative analysis, a quantitative treatment was given, with the non-parametric multivariate analysis, non-parametric variance, and Cronbach's Alpha. The results showed that the PBL methodology contributed to the performance of the technical competence, since the data obtained in the second application of the specific accounting skills knowledge survey shows that there was an increase in the number of correct answers by the students, compared to the results obtained before the application of the pedagogical intervention. Another important result was the findings in the content analysis on the accounting expert reports prepared by the students. From the ten established criteria regarding the form and the content of the expert's report determined by the standard, the students obtained 100% in five criteria and, in the others, obtained an additional 50% of adherence as determined by the norms approved by the CFC. With this, it is noticed that the student sought and built the knowledge developed in the pedagogical intervention. Regarding the professional skills developed, the results show, in the respondents' perception, that the students agreed that the PBL method adds more realism to the teaching of accounting skills; it offers to experience a behavior that knew and that had not yet been experienced; motivates group work; increases its effectiveness as a participant in problem solving and in group discussions. Another alternative of agreement among students was the development of critical thinking; with this, it is understood that the PBL method in the perception of the participants of the research develops the ability of critical sense, leadership and teamwork.

The ability to transfer what you know to new and different contexts is a sign of successful learning. While students often graduate from college with the required number of courses many lack the skills necessary to apply appropriate strategies to solve problems in different contexts, to reason, and think critically. More than a decade ago the Boyer Report (1995) pointed to this fact as a sign that Universities were falling short in adequately supporting their undergraduate populations. As a result, it is not uncommon to see educational institutions introducing new courses and programs geared towards helping students learn better. This study explores learner experiences and the impact on self-regulated learning within a distributed learning setting when motivated by problem-based learning, game play, and computer-based instruction. In this study the instructional design of the course introduced undergraduate students to authentic learning experiences in which students engaged in collaborative problem solving and learning activities framed within the narrative of an alternate reality game. Fifteen self-regulated learning constructs were examined. The comparison group engaged with problem solving tasks and computer-based instruction. Additionally, the study used the theory Learning and Teaching as Communicative Action and its four communicative actions as a lens to understand the full range of student interactions and how they constructed knowledge. The research design employed computer-mediated discourse analysis to examine qualitative data. Data was triangulated through constant-comparative coding of student communication in the form of web logs, emails, student assignments, and semi-structured interviews. Review and consensus building was embedded in the process of identifying emerging codes and categories, and used to support emergent inferences before the final themes were identified and mutually agreed upon. Finally, to evaluate the outcome of the instructional design, pre and posttest measures were used among groups using a two-sample t-test. Statistical significance was used to determine changes in learning outcomes while select qualitative codes were examined and reviewed to gauge student satisfaction with the instructional approach. Results indicated substantial qualitative and quantitative differences among the three versions of the course related to self-regulated learning practices and communicative action in particular in terms of student interaction, and knowledge construction. Additional, findings revealed differences in epistemic beliefs about learning, which in turn influenced how students chose to learn. These outcomes are presented and discussed along with the implications for instructional design.

The study investigated the effectiveness of Problem-based learning (PBL) in the Further Mathematics classrooms in Nigeria within the blueprint of pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. The target population consisted of all Further Mathematics students in the Senior Secondary School year one in Ijebu division of Ogun State, Nigeria. Using purposive and simple random sampling techniques, two schools were selected from eight schools that were taking Further Mathematics. One school was randomly assigned as the experimental while the other as the control school. Intact classes were used and in all, 96 students participated in the study (42 in the experimental group taught by the researcher with the PBL and 54 in the control group taught by the regular Further Mathematics teacher using the Traditional Method (TM)). Four research questions and four research hypotheses were raised, answered, and tested in the study. Four research instruments namely pre-test manipulated at two levels: Researcher-Designed Test (RDT) (r = 0.87) and Teacher- Made Test (TMT) (r = 0.88); post-test manipulated at two levels: RDT and TMT; pre-treatment survey of Students Beliefs about Further Mathematics Questionnaire (SBFMQ) (r = 0.86); and post-treatment survey of SBFMQ were developed for the study. The study lasted thirteen weeks (three weeks for pilot study and ten weeks for main study) and data collected were analysed using Mean, Standard deviation, Independent Samples t-test statistic, and Analysis of Variance. Results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the mean post-test achievement scores on TMT (t=-3.58, p<0.05), mean post-test achievement scores on RDT (t=-5.92, p<0.05) and mean post-treatment scores on SBFMQ (t=-6.22, p<0.05) between students exposed to the PBL and those exposed to the TM, all in favour of the PBL group. Results also revealed that there was statistically significant difference in the post-test achievement scores on TMT at knowledge (t= -23.97, p<0.05) and application (t= -11.41, p<0.05) but not at comprehension (t= -0.50, p>0.05, ns) levels of cognition between students exposed to the PBL and the TM. Based on the results, the study recommended that the PBL should be adopted as alternative instructional strategy to the TM in enhancing meaningful learning in Further Mathematics classrooms and efforts should be made to integrate the philosophy of PBL into the pre-service teachers’ curriculum at the teacher-preparation institutions in Nigeria. / Science and Technology Education / D. Phil. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education)

McMaster University's Department of Anatomy and Experimental Morphology has developed an extensive collection of self-directed learning modules in Anatomy which are available in an open laboratory. How medical and allied health students use this resource has never been adequately surveyed. The rates, patterns and reasons for module use among first and second year medical students were surveyed by questionnaire in late 1992. A similar questionnaire was administered to students in Block 3 of the Physiotherapy programme in early 1993. Analysis was done using a standard computer-based statistical package. Average module use among Unit 1 medical students (estimated by a weighted average) is 1.39 hours per week, with a statistically significant increase reported by Unit 4 medical students. Physiotherapy students, whose programme has a strong emphasis on musculoskeletal anatomy, had lab use rates 140% greater than Unit I medical students. Patterns of module use and student satisfaction with the modules depend not only upon the medical student's level in the programme, but also upon their previous backgrounds in biological/health science and problem-based learning experience. The rates and patterns of use were much more consistent among physiotherapy students, who were also far more satisfied with the organization and content of the modules than the medical students were. Medical students who were tutored by research scientists rather than clinicians had different rates and patterns of module use. The survey also indicates that students' use of the anatomy laboratory is not primarily driven by their tutor's suggestions; by a requirement for a detailed knowledge of anatomy for clinical skills purposes; or because module use saves time. The comparatively heavy use of the Anatomy lab and modules by physiotherapy students is clearly related to the demands of their programme. Students do believe that module use will help them contribute to their tutorial discussions and to the evaluations that occur in this setting. / Thesis / Master of Science (Teaching)