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Kruger, Mellissa L. – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
At the beginning of my academic journey I held the belief that I would learn to teach simply by teaching. To my dismay, I had underestimated the complicated nature of teaching in higher education and gave little consideration to the ways students learn. Feeling overwhelmed by my situation, I began questioning my teaching practices and student…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Inclusion
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Varughese, Varughese Kuzhumannil; Fehring, Heather – International Education Studies, 2010
This paper investigates the magnitude of difference of academic achievement scores by language of instruction of prior education and the magnitude of interaction between language of instruction of prior education and students' preferred learning trait on academic performance of a group of international students in two teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Prior Learning, Cognitive Style, Academic Achievement
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Mc Namara, Kevin P.; Duncan, Gregory J.; McDowell, Jenny; Marriott, Jennifer L. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2009
Introduction: New technologies such as the Internet offer an increasing number of options for the delivery of continuing education (CE) to community pharmacists. Many of these options are being utilized to overcome access- and cost-related problems. This paper identifies learning preferences of Australian community pharmacists for CE and…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Continuing Education, Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries
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Varughese, Varughese Kuzhumannil; Fehring, Heather – International Education Studies, 2009
This paper investigates various approaches to learning and their effect on performance of a cohort of international students in two different pedagogical environments. The effect of approaches to learning on performance was determined by using Cohen's "d" with Hedges "g" correction. Coe's spread sheet was used for the purpose.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cognitive Style, Learning Processes, Foreign Students
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2005
For the twenty-eighth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Computer Uses in Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers