A LITERATURE REVIEW OF STUDIES BASED ON INVESTIGATING ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTERACTIVE BOARDS, Liliana MÂŢĂ, Iulia LAZĂR, Gabriel LAZĂR

Abstract The attitudes towards integrating interactive boards in educational activities are essential for understanding the position of students and teachers. In this study there was performed a systematic literature review of peer reviewed articles as published between 2000 and August 2015 on the attitudes of educational actors towards using interactive boards in educational activities. As a result of […]

PEERWISE: FLEXIBLE LEARNING AND THE CONTRIBUTING STUDENT PEDAGOGY, Lenandlar SINGH

Abstract  PeerWise is a freely available web-based application that allows students to contribute Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) to a question bank.  Students’ engagement with Peerwise is modeled to facilitate students’ understanding of, and familiarity with web 2.0 and social software tools. In its socially-enabled environment, Peerwise allows students to create questions and explanations of their […]

HEURISTIC STRATEGIES FOR SOLVING MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS, Costică LUPU, Denisa ISAILĂ-DAVID

Abstract Our study aims at elaborating a methodological model that may fully exploit heuristic didactic strategies in the heuristic solving of problems. The organization of the study will focus on improving the use and efficiency of heuristic mathematical techniques by relating to heuristic problem solving. This article demonstrates the relevance of using heuristic problem-solving strategies […]

DOES PHYSICAL MOVEMENT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF PUPILS’ LEARNING? – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON MOTION SEQUENCES’ EFFECTS ON COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN BIOLOGY CLASSES, Claas WEGNER, Stephanie OHLBERGER

Abstract The study at hand deals with the question of whether the regular performance of motion sequences in school lessons has a positive influence on the students’ learning ability. Learning ability is largely affected by one’s attentiveness and ability to concentrate, which can be summarised as cognitive abilities. Based on theoretical background proving positive effects […]