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Enhancing Classroom Performance: A Technology Design to Support the Integration of Collaborative Learning and Participative Teams
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Marsh, Michael T.; Taylor, Ronald; Holoviak, Stephen J. – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
Integral components of today's successful business models frequently include information technology, effective collaboration, and participative teamwork among employees. It is in the best interest of students for educators to provide classrooms that reflect a profitable practitioner's environment. Students studying for careers in business should…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Job Skills, Teamwork, Communication Skills
A Comparison of Student-Centered versus Traditional Methods of Teaching Basic Nursing Skills in a Learning Laboratory.
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Jeffries, Pamela R.; Rew, Sandy; Cramer, Joni M. – Nursing Education Perspectives, 2002
To learn surgical asepsis content, 70 nursing students used a student-centered interactive lab and 50 used textbooks, videotapes, and lecture-demonstrations. There were no differences in cognitive gains or ability to demonstrate the skills learned. The student-centered group was significantly more satisfied with their learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Nursing Education
Overview of the Dialog: Community Colleges Face the Need for Change.
Mayo, Don Sherwood – Chabot College Journal, 1979
A brainstorming session and a literature review were conducted at Chabot College to determine alternative methods of serving those constituencies (about 5,000 per quarter) who register for courses but who either do not show up for class or who drop out before the second census week. The brainstorming session, held at the college's learning…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Conventional Instruction