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Direct linkDunnigan, Gerri; Halcrow, Cheryl – PRIMUS, 2021
We describe a project to restructure the way Applied Calculus is taught at our university to improve student success rates. Eliminating large lecture sections, re-evaluating the needs and expectations of our students, developing uniform course delivery and grading systems, incorporating active learning teaching methods, and focusing on conceptual…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Calculus, Teaching Methods
Nnadi, Matthias; Rosser, Mike – Accounting Education, 2014
The "individualised accounting questions" (IAQ) technique set out in this paper encourages independent active learning. It enables tutors to set individualised accounting questions and construct an answer grid that can be used for any number of students, with numerical values for each student's answers based on their student enrolment…
Descriptors: Accounting, Active Learning, Tutors, Questioning Techniques
Garcia, M. I.; Rodriguez, S.; Perez, A.; Garcia, A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
Studying fundamental Computer Architecture and Organization topics requires a significant amount of practical work if students are to acquire a good grasp of the theoretical concepts presented in classroom lectures or textbooks. The use of simulators is commonly adopted in order to reach this objective. However, as most of the available…
Descriptors: Assignments, Client Server Architecture, Simulation, Active Learning
Mosley, Pauline Helen; Liu, Yun; Hargrove, S. Keith; Doswell, Jayfus T. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2010
This paper gives an overview of a new pre-engineering program--Robotics Technician Curriculum--that uses robots to solicit underrepresented students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The curriculum uses a project-based learning environment, which consists of part lecture and part laboratory. This program…
Descriptors: Career Development, Student Projects, Evaluators, Peer Evaluation
Miranda, Michael V. – Community College Enterprise, 2007
The academically underprepared community college student may also be psychosocially underprepared for college, a condition contributing to the development of classroom-specific social phobia and to the high attrition rate at community colleges. The "Find Your Voice Program" uses individual and group cognitive-behavioral techniques to develop…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Active Learning
McIntyre, Chuck – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2003
Community college strategic planning is becoming more learning-centered, grounded in the student experience, and open to change. As a result, facility planners are challenged to embody these notions in a college's strategic delivery plan: the systems and facilities needed to accomplish its mission and vision. This article proposes a new process…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Community Colleges, Distance Education, Active Learning
