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Utilising a STEAM-based Approach to Support Calculus Students’ Positive Attitudes Towards Mathematics and Enhance their Learning Outcomes

Breda, Ana; Neves, António; Dos Santos, José; Lavicza, Zsolt

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0210

AbstractThe curricular unit Calculus I – Extraordinary Semester (UCCISE) – was explicitly created to respond to students’ difficulties in the curriculum unit Calculus I (UCCI). Only students who fail the UCCI are allowed to attend UCCISE. Considering the enrolled students’ familiarity with...

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Narrative Didactics in Mathematics Education: Results from a University Geometry Course

Brandl, Matthias; Vinerean, Mirela

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0186

AbstractIn a Swedish second semester course on Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry in mathematics education at Karlstad University, a bridging teaching strategy comprising elements from Mathematics, Didactics, History, Literature, and Technology was applied by using the concept of Narrative...

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Escape Rooms for Secondary Mathematics Education: Design and Experiments

Andrews, Jake; Bagdasar, Ovidiu

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0194

AbstractEscape rooms are an increasingly popular form of live-action entertainment in which teams of players need to solve puzzles to escape or reach a narrative goal within a specified time limit. Current research suggests that this style of activity promotes the effective use of team skills in...

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Transformative Assessment Practices in Mathematics Classes: Lesson from Schools in Jimma, Ethiopia

Abate, Melaku Takele; Wedajo, Abbi Lemma; Hunde, Adula Bekele

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0206

AbstractTransformative assessment is a classroom assessment aimed at changing both how teachers teach and students learn a lesson. Nowadays, this kind of assessment needs to be practiced to encourage teachers to be creative and flexible when designing their assessments and for students to be...

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Estimating the Returns to Education Using a Machine Learning Approach – Evidence for Different Regions

Kamdjou, Herve D. Teguim

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0201

AbstractThis article revisits the Mincer earnings function and presents comparable estimates of the average monetary returns associated with an additional year of education across different regions worldwide. In contrast to the traditional Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method commonly employed in...

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“Tis Early Practice only Makes the Master”: Nature and Nurture in Economic Thinking During School Time – A Research Note on Economics Education

Roetzel, Peter Gordon; Roetzel, Lina

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0188

AbstractIn this article, we contribute to the longstanding debate among economists regarding the question of “nature or nurture” with respect to economics students’ attitudes toward various allocation mechanisms for a scarce resource. While previous research starts the debate by beginning with...

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Digital Learning Ecosystem: Current State, Prospects, and Hurdles

Belessova, Damira; Ibashova, Almira; Bosova, Lyudmila; Shaimerdenova, Guldana

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0179

AbstractThe article is an analysis of the current topic – digitalization of the educational process. In the course of collecting and interpreting the known data, the authors cite the pedagogical foundations of digital literacy, the current state of digital learning and problems, and the prospects...

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Using STEAM and Bio-Inspired Design to Teach the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers

Bosman, Lisa; Shirey, Katherine L.

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0187

AbstractThe need for addressing global and societal problems is stronger than ever, as demonstrated by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges. However, engineering undergraduate students rarely get to experience engaging with the associated...

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“Literally I Grew Up” Secondary–Tertiary Transition in Mathematics for Engineering Students beyond the Purely Cognitive Aspects

Vinerean, Mirela; Liljekvist, Yvonne; Bengü, Elif

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0184

AbstractHigh dropout rates in the first year of undergraduate studies are an expression of the secondary–tertiary transition problem and they seem to be particularly high in those degree programs where specialized mathematics courses are taught in the first year of study. Research shows that...

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Poly-Universe Resource for Solving Geometric Tasks by Portuguese Basic Education Students

Matos, Alexandre; Santos, Vanda; B. Neto, Teresa

2023 Open Education Studies

doi:10.1515/edu-2022-0181

AbstractThis article presents the analysis and discussion of solving geometry tasks by Portuguese Basic Education students, using material from the Poly-UNiverse in Teacher Training Education (PUNTE) project. The teaching experience developed was aimed at testing and disseminating new resources,...

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