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Are Marketing Students in Control in Problem-Based Learning?
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Geitz, Gerry; Joosten-ten Brinke, Desirée; Kirschner, Paul A. – Cogent Education, 2016
This study investigated to what extent self-efficacy, learning behavior, and performance outcomes relate to each other and how they can be positively influenced by students asking for and seeking feedback within a problem-based learning (PBL) environment in order to meet today's requirements of marketing graduates. An experimental…
Descriptors: Marketing, Problem Based Learning, Self Efficacy, Help Seeking
Does the Use of Case-Based Learning Impact the Retention of Key Concepts in Undergraduate Biochemistry?
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Kulak, Verena; Newton, Genevieve; Sharma, Rahul – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Objective: Enhanced knowledge retention and a preference towards a deep learning approach are desirable pedagogical outcomes of case-based learning (CBL). The CBL literature is sparse with respect to these outcomes, and this is especially so in the area of biochemistry. The present study determined the effect of CBL vs. non CBL on knowledge…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Retention (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Biochemistry
Who Goes to Lectures (and Does It Matter)?
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Birch, Elisa; Williams, Andrew – Higher Education Review, 2015
Using a combination of survey and student record data from a first year university economics principles class, we look at the characteristics of students who are attending face-to-face lectures, versus those students who choose to view these same lectures via online lecture recordings. The survey includes the Biggs (2001) Revised Study Process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Lecture Method, Integrated Learning Systems
Achievement and Behaviour in Undergraduate Mathematics: Personality Is a Better Predictor than Gender
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Alcock, Lara; Attridge, Nina; Kenny, Steven; Inglis, Matthew – Research in Mathematics Education, 2014
We investigated two factors that predict students' achievement and behaviour in undergraduate mathematics: gender and personality. We found that gender predicted students' achievement and behaviour when considered in isolation, but ceased to be predictive when personality profiles were taken into account. Furthermore, personality accounted for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Achievement, Personality Traits, Gender Differences
Characterization of Catch-Up Behavior: Accession of Lecture Capture Videos Following Student Absenteeism
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Brady, Magen; Wong, Rachel; Newton, Genevieve – Education Sciences, 2013
The use of lecture capture in higher education is becoming increasingly widespread, with many instructors now providing digital videos of lecture content that can be used by students as learning resources in a variety of ways, including to catch up on material after a class absence. Despite accumulating research regarding the relationship between…
Descriptors: Attendance, Video Technology, Lecture Method, College Students
Conscientiousness and Academic Performance: A Mediational Analysis
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Conrad, Nicole; Patry, Marc W. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
Previous research has established that a relationship exists between the personality trait of conscientiousness and academic achievement. The current study extends prior research by using a path analysis model to explore various proximal traits that may mediate this relationship in a sample of two hundred and twenty three undergraduate university…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Personality Traits, Path Analysis, Undergraduate Students