Browsing by Author "Evans, T"
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Enhancing Generic Thinking Skills of Tertiary STEM Students through Puzzle-based Learning
Klymchuk, S; Thomas, M; Gulyaev, S; Evans, T (Ako Aotearoa, 2017)Executive Summary The aim of the project was to evaluate the impact of the regular use of puzzles, paradoxes and sophisms (PPS) as a pedagogical strategy for enhancing generic thinking skills of tertiary STEM ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Puzzle-based Learning on Creativity, Engagement and Intuition of STEM Tertiary Students
Klymchuk, S; Evans, T; Murphy, P; Novak, J; Stephens, J; Thomas, M (Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 2020)CONTEXT In recent years, some universities in Australia, Europe and the USA, have introduced formal academic courses or seminars for their first-year STEM students based on a Puzzle-Based Learning (PzBL) pedagogical ... -
Non-routine Mathematical Problem-Solving: Creativity, Engagement, and Intuition of STEM Tertiary Students
Evans, T; Klymchuk, S; Murphy, P; Novak, J; Stephens, J; Thomas, M (2021)This study set out to evaluate an intervention that introduced a period of non-routine problem-solving into tertiary STEM lectures at four tertiary institutions in New Zealand for 683 students. The aim was twofold: to ... -
Puzzle-based Learning in University Mathematics: Students’ Perspectives
Evans, T; Klymchuk, S; Thomas, M (International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), 2018)In this talk, we present an overview of a project aimed at integrating puzzles, paradoxes, sophisms and provocations (later for convenience called just ‘puzzles’) into university mathematics courses during traditional ... -
University STEM Students’ Perceptions of Creativity in Non-routine Problem-Solving
Murphy, PEL; Evans, T; Klymchuk, S; Novak, J; Stephens, J; Thomas, M (ANZIAM, 2020)The primary purpose of this study is to investigate students' perceptions about the characteristics of creativity and engagement in solving non-routine problems. It involved 64 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ...