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Keeping Students "on Their Toes and on Their Game": Serendipitous Findings in Students' Assessments and Reactions
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Pelletier, Kathie L. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2017
This study extends the empirical findings of the use of continuous, lecture-embedded assessments to increase engagement and enhance learning. Outcome data (exam performance and attendance rates) from college students in three upper-division business course sections who took quizzes and wrote two-minute papers (test group) were compared to outcome…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Learner Engagement, Learning Motivation, Self Efficacy
Improving Completion Rates in Adult Education through Social Responsibility
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Wahlgren, Bjarne; Mariager-Anderson, Kristina – Adult Learning, 2017
Dropout is a serious problem within education. This article reports on an intervention project, titled "New Roles for the Teacher--Increased Completion Rates Through Social Responsibility," which sought to reduce nonattendance and drop-out rates in the Danish adult educational system by improving teachers' competences. This goal was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Social Responsibility, Graduation Rate, Program Improvement
"I Did Not Miss Any, Only When I Had a Valid Reason": Accounting for Absences from Sociology Classes
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O'Sullivan, Sara; McMahon, Léan; Moore, Gemma; Nititham, Diane Sabenacio; Slevin, Amanda; Kelly, Christina; Wixted, Lisa – Teaching Sociology, 2015
In this study we explore how absence from sociology classes is understood by undergraduate students at University College Dublin. The authors use Scott and Lyman's (1968) concept of accounts to explore absence sociologically. Drawing on data generated via focus groups, an open-ended questionnaire, and an online survey with students, we outline the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociology, Undergraduate Students, Attendance Patterns
Can Peer Assisted Learning Be Effective in Undergraduate Mathematics?
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Duah, Francis; Croft, Tony; Inglis, Matthew – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2014
We report the implementation and evaluation of a "peer assisted learning" (PAL) scheme designed to reduce the so-called "cooling off" phenomenon in undergraduate mathematics. "Cooling off" occurs when mathematics undergraduates lose motivation and interest in their studies, despite having previously actively chosen to…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Students
An Analysis of the Effect of Lecture Capture Initiatives on Student-Athletes at an NCAA Division I Institution
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Smith, Gregory Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Student-athletes often miss class due to travel and competitions (Diersen, 2005; F. Wiseman, personal communication, September 30, 2010; Hosick, 2010; NCAA On-line, 2008; Rhatigan, 1984). Missing class is negatively associated with grades (Park & Kerr, 1990; Romer, 1993; Schmidt, 1983). Therefore, as classroom instruction time is replaced by…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletes, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Lecture Method
Cooperative Learning in a Community College Setting: Developmental Coursework in Mathematics
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Rivera, Natalie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This action research study, set in a community college in the southwestern United States, was designed to investigate the effects of implementing cooperative learning strategies in a developmental mathematics course. Introductory algebra was formerly taught in a lecture based format, and as such regularly had a low course completion rate. To…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Two Year College Students, Action Research, Teaching Methods