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Distributed Active Learning (DAL): An Approach to Reduce Class Size in Large Enrollment Courses
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Ted M. Clark; Rebecca Ricciardo; Daniel A. Turner – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Active learning has often been reported to improve student outcomes in STEM courses. However, there are barriers to its implementation, and it is challenging to include this approach in large classrooms with fixed seating. This investigation explores the development of a novel approach in which the class contact time was reallocated for a general…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Class Size
Using Micro-Lectures in Small Private Online Courses: What Do We Learn from Students' Behavioural Intentions?
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Wang, Kai; Zhu, Chang; Tondeur, Jo – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2021
The purpose of this study is to apply the Technology Acceptance Model to identify the determinants affecting students' behavioural intentions when it comes to using micro-lectures. The conceptual framework included three antecedents of behavioural intentions -- perceived usefulness of micro-lectures; perceived ease of use of micro-lectures; and…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Small Classes, Online Courses, Private Education
Location, Location, Location: A Comparison of Student Experience in a Lecture Hall to a Small Classroom Using Similar Techniques
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Bolden, Edward C., III.; Oestreich, Tina M.; Kenney, Michael J.; Yuhnke, Brian T., Jr. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2019
This article focuses on students' perceptions of small-group activities, discussion, and technology-based interactivity implemented in two different learning environments, namely, in a large, traditional lecture hall and in a smaller classroom. The Engaged Learning Index, developed by Schreiner and Louis, was used along with several items to…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Large Group Instruction
"That's It for Today": Academic Lecture Closings and the Impact of Class Size
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Cheng, Stephanie W. – English for Specific Purposes, 2012
The present study investigates the rhetorical structure of academic lecture closings, and the impact of class size on this part genre. A framework of "stages" and "strategies" is developed to analyze the rhetorical structure of lecture closings. Large and small classes are further compared to find how class size may influence the ways lecturers…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Class Size, Semantics, Small Classes
Influences of Teaching Approaches and Class Size on Undergraduate Mathematical Learning
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Olson, Jo Clay; Cooper, Sandy; Lougheed, Tom – PRIMUS, 2011
An issue for many mathematics departments is the success rate of precalculus students. In an effort to increase the success rate, this quantitative study investigated how class size and teaching approach influenced student achievement and students' attitudes towards learning mathematics. Students' achievement and their attitudes toward learning…
Descriptors: Class Size, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Prior Learning
Size Matters: An Exploratory Comparison of Small- and Large-Class University Lecture Introductions
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Lee, Joseph J. – English for Specific Purposes, 2009
This exploratory study investigates the impact of class size on the rhetorical move structures and lexico-grammatical features of academic lecture introductions. From the MICASE corpus (The Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English), two small corpora of lecture introductions of small- and large-class lectures were compiled. Using a genre-based…
Descriptors: Class Size, Small Classes, Comparative Analysis, Lecture Method