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Implementing and Assessing a Flipped Classroom Model for First-Year Engineering Design
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Saterbak, Ann; Volz, Tracy; Wettergreen, Matthew – Advances in Engineering Education, 2016
Faculty at Rice University are creating instructional resources to support teaching first-year engineering design using a flipped classroom model. This implementation of flipped pedagogy is unusual because content-driven, lecture courses are usually targeted for flipping, not project-based design courses that already incorporate an abundance of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Assessment Timing: Student Preferences and Its Impact on Performance
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McManus, Richard – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2016
Students on a first year undergraduate economics module were given the choice of when to sit their first assessment in the subject in order to determine both preferences over assessment timing, and the impact of timing on performance. Clear preferences of having this option were shown (only 2% of students stated to be indifferent) with those more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Evaluation, Scheduling
Online Quizzes for Distance Learning of Mathematics
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Lowe, Tim W. – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications : An International Journal of the IMA, 2015
In this article, the use of formative and summative online quizzes within a distance learning introductory mathematics module at the UK Open University is described. The rational for introducing such quizzes is outlined, together with how the quizzes are embedded within the module. The use of the quizzes by students is analysed, in terms of the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Tests, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Information Literacy at University: A Toolkit for Readiness and Measuring Impact
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Hulett, Heather; Corbin, Jenny; Karasmanis, Sharon; Robertson, Tracy; Salisbury, Fiona; Peseta, Tai – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2013
La Trobe University Library has embarked on an institution-wide project with the objective of enabling students to engage with scholarly and credible information from the first year. This initiative by the library is in response to La Trobe curriculum reform. In particular, it aligns information literacy with the inquiry/research graduate…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Guidelines, Academic Libraries, Program Effectiveness
Using Seen Examination Questions in Economics: An Evaluation
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Reimann, Nicola; Robson, Martin – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This paper presents a detailed quantitative analysis of the use of seen questions within examinations in Economics option modules at one UK university. 4622 marks for seen and unseen questions awarded over a period of three years were analysed; the impact of personal characteristics was analysed using a sub-sample. It was found that the number of…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Learning Modules, Tests, Questioning Techniques
A Multidisciplinary Team-Teaching Approach to Sustainable Business Education
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Izberk-Bilgin, Elif; Klein, Barbara D.; Chandra, Charu; Lee, Hei-Wai; Susko, David; Lee, Moses; Zikanov, Oleg – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2012
Sustainability has been identified as one of the most pressing challenges for business and society. However, research shows that sustainability topics are still not given sufficient attention in higher education, particularly in the undergraduate business curriculum. This paper offers a template for an interdisciplinary, team-taught undergraduate…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Team Teaching, Sustainability, Business Administration Education