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Decreased Class Size, Increased Active Learning? Intended and Enacted Teaching Strategies in Smaller Classes
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Wright, Mary C.; Bergom, Inger; Bartholomew, Tracy – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Small class size is often used as an indicator of quality in higher education, and some research suggests that instructors in smaller classes more often use activities that are learner-centered and that involve physical and mental activity on the part of learners, such as group work, simulations, and case studies. However, we have little…
Descriptors: Class Size, Small Classes, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Faculty Course Evaluations and Class Size
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Christine Fisher; Phu Vu; Philip Lai – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Instructor performance plays a critical role in fostering student learning. Unlike the postsecondary level, many states in the United States, have substantially regulated class size in the p-12 education system with the aim of enhancing quality learning. Thus, the purpose of this research paper is to examine the correlation between instructor…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Class Size, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Processes
"Your Words Matter!" Relevance of Individual Participation in xMOOCs
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Riehemann, Jens; Hellmann, Jens H.; Jucks, Regina – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Massive open online courses are increasingly popular. One characteristic of most massive open online courses is that they are offering educational contents to masses of different individual learners. At the same time, a particular challenge for the individual learner could be the massiveness of such courses, that is, that one is part of a large…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Game-Based Student Response System: Revisiting Its Potentials and Criticalities in Large-Size Classes
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Ranieri, Maria; Raffaghelli, Juliana E.; Bruni, Isabella – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Instructor-student interaction and regular feedback are seen as teaching strategies designed to support effective learning. These days, there is increasing reliance on technology to support this in the classroom; one such technology is a student response system or its more recent development of this, that is, a game-based one. This study…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Game Based Learning, Educational Technology, Formative Evaluation
Supporting Student Self-Study: The Educational Design of Podcasts in a Collaborative Learning Context
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Taylor, Lucy; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Clarkeburn, Henriikka – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2012
One activity-rich way to utilize collaborative learning, team-based learning (TBL), can present students and teachers with both opportunities and challenges. TBL requires students to prepare for each class, where they are then assessed for their "readiness" to apply the concepts learned during their pre-class preparation. This study addresses two…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Academic Achievement
Service-Learning: Thinking outside the Box
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Deeley, Susan J. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Service-learning is a form of experiential learning that combines academic coursework with voluntary service in the community. There is a dearth of critical analysis of the effects of service-learning. To address this issue, this practitioner research aimed to explore and understand its effects. An inductive approach, using qualitative and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Experiential Learning, Comparative Analysis