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Hora, Matthew T. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2014
Policymakers and educators alike increasing focus on faculty adoption of interactive teaching techniques as a way to improve undergraduate education. Yet, little empirical research exists that examines the processes whereby faculty make decisions about curriculum design and classroom teaching in real-world situations. In this study, I use the idea…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Instructional Design, College Instruction, Curriculum Design
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Pepper, Kaye; Blackwell, Sarah; Monroe, Ann; Coskey, Shawn – Current Issues in Education, 2012
In this study, researchers investigated the influence of modeling active learning strategies in an introductory foundations teacher preparation course: 1) on teacher candidates' perceptions of participating in active learning in the college classroom, 2) on participants' acquisition of course content, and 3) on participants' later use of active…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Course Content, Lecture Method
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Yang, Ya-Ting C.; Wu, Wan-Chi I. – Computers & Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of Digital storytelling (DST) on the academic achievement, critical thinking, and learning motivation of senior high school students learning English as a foreign language. The one-year study adopted a pretest and posttest quasi-experimental design involving 110 10th grade students in two English…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables