Chinthaka Damith Balasooriya
Biographic Data
| ID | 1499655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chinthaka Damith Balasooriya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chinthaka Damith |
| FAMILY NAME | Balasooriya |
| SIGNATURE | BALASOORIYA C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The interplay between students' perceptions of context and approaches to learning
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the teaching, learning and assessment strategies conceived and implemented in a higher education chemistry course promote the development of higher‐order skills as intended. Thus, our main aim is to analyse the approaches to learning in chemistry undergraduates. This research was carried out in a naturalistic setting, within the context of chemistry classes for first‐year science and engineering…
Why is my design not working? The role of student factors
This paper brings together the findings of a series of studies that explored the impact of curricular changes on students’ approaches to learning. The findings, which were initially surprising, are confirmed by the identification of similar patterns across four different medical educational programmes within Australia and Sri Lanka. The four studies reported in this paper utilised similar methods to examine how students’ approaches to learning ch…
The cross-over phenomenon: Unexpected Patterns of Change in Students' Approaches to Learning
A key aim of educational course design is to encourage students to adopt deeper approaches to learning. This article reports the findings of three studies that explored how medical students responded to three carefully designed educational course units. The findings suggest that, while a subgroup of the students responded by adopting deeper approaches (as intended by the designers of the course units), another subgroup responded by adopting more …
The cross-over phenomenon: Unexpected Patterns of Change in Students' Approaches to Learning
A key aim of educational course design is to encourage students to adopt deeper approaches to learning. This article reports the findings of three studies that explored how medical students responded to three carefully designed educational course units. The findings suggest that, while a subgroup of the students responded by adopting deeper approaches (as intended by the designers of the course units), another subgroup responded by adopting more …
Why is my design not working? The role of student factors
This paper brings together the findings of a series of studies that explored the impact of curricular changes on students’ approaches to learning. The findings, which were initially surprising, are confirmed by the identification of similar patterns across four different medical educational programmes within Australia and Sri Lanka. The four studies reported in this paper utilised similar methods to examine how students’ approaches to learning ch…
The cross-over phenomenon: Unexpected Patterns of Change in Students' Approaches to Learning
A key aim of educational course design is to encourage students to adopt deeper approaches to learning. This article reports the findings of three studies that explored how medical students responded to three carefully designed educational course units. The findings suggest that, while a subgroup of the students responded by adopting deeper approaches (as intended by the designers of the course units), another subgroup responded by adopting more …
The interplay between students' perceptions of context and approaches to learning
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the teaching, learning and assessment strategies conceived and implemented in a higher education chemistry course promote the development of higher‐order skills as intended. Thus, our main aim is to analyse the approaches to learning in chemistry undergraduates. This research was carried out in a naturalistic setting, within the context of chemistry classes for first‐year science and engineering…
Why is my design not working? The role of student factors
This paper brings together the findings of a series of studies that explored the impact of curricular changes on students’ approaches to learning. The findings, which were initially surprising, are confirmed by the identification of similar patterns across four different medical educational programmes within Australia and Sri Lanka. The four studies reported in this paper utilised similar methods to examine how students’ approaches to learning ch…
Evaluation of Teaching Practices (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Chemistry Education (1 works) · Communication (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)