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 ...
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 ...