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Gallant, Karen – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
This short brief describes conversational interview podcasts as an alternative to traditional guest lectures in the context of an online undergraduate course that shifted from in-person to virtual course delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The informal format of conversational interviews counters the impersonal tone that can often pervade…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Computer Mediated Communication, Interviews, Online Courses
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Broughton, Stephen J.; Robinson, Carol L.; Hernandez-Martinez, Paul – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2013
Computer-aided assessment (CAA) has been used at a university with one of the largest mathematics and engineering undergraduate cohorts in the UK for more than ten years. Lecturers teaching mathematics to first year students were asked about their current use of CAA in a questionnaire and in interviews. This article presents the issues that these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
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Lega, Joceline C.; Buxner, Sanlyn; Blonder, Benjamin; Tama, Florence – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
We describe a third-year undergraduate course that focuses on multiscale modeling and protein folding and has as its primary goal the encouragement of students to integrate thinking across and beyond disciplinary boundaries. The ability to perform innovative and successful research work in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Science Activities, Science Education, Undergraduate Students
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Efthimiou, Costas; Maronde, Dan; McGreevy, Tim; del Barco, Enrique; McCole, Stefanie – Physics Education, 2011
A key question in physics education is the effectiveness of the teaching methods. A curriculum that has been investigated at the University of Central Florida (UCF) over the last two years is the use of particular elements of The Physics Suite. Select sections of the introductory physics classes at UCF have made use of Interactive Lecture…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Student Surveys, Physics, Lecture Method
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Arnesen, Ketil; Korpas, Guri Sivertsen; Hennissen, Jon Eirik; Stav, John Birger – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
This paper describes use of an online Student Response System (SRS) in a pre-qualification course for engineering studies in Norway. The SRS in use, where students answer quizzes using handheld mobile devices like Smartphones, PADs, iPods etc., has been developed at Sor-Trondelag University College. The development of the SRS was co-funded by the …
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices
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Koenig, Kathleen – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
Many instructional strategies exist that address poor student success in the sciences. They often go untapped, however, due to the knowledge or time needed for implementation. This article presents a formula for success that has encouraged a significant proportion of faculty in a physics department to adopt teaching methods, involving the use of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Teaching Methods
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Sezer, Renan – Education, 2010
This article discusses how an active learning environment was created in a community college class and a high school mathematics class using the same approach. In both settings the NCTM and AMATYC Standards, such as problem solving, communication, use of technology and alternate assessment, were fully embraced. The goal was to have students take…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Active Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Environment
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Kleiman, Paul – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2008
Creativity, which has now entered the discourse in higher education alongside other agenda items such as enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation, is an elusive and complex notion. It may evade the sort of definition, categorisation and compartmentalisation required to integrate it fully into the curriculum frameworks and assessment regimes…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Creativity, Humanities, Research Projects
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Mohler, James L.; Miller, Craig L. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2008
As the result of a qualitative investigation into spatial ability, a teaching technique called mentored sketching was found to be effective for teaching visualization skills to freshman engineering students. This contribution describes the technique, how it evolved, and comments made by students as to its effectiveness. While mentored sketching…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods, Freehand Drawing, Visualization
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Lin, Herbert – Physics Teacher, 1982
Suggesting, from the results of an information study, that a dichotomy exists between learning physics and passing physics courses, explores the consequences of the dichotomy for standard lecture format and Personalized System of Instruction courses. Includes discussions of student responses to problem-solving approaches, textbook study, and…
Descriptors: College Science, College Students, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Watermeier, Daniel J. – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1982
A course focusing on the avant-garde epoch and presenting an in-depth look at the arts of the period is described. Peer instruction, individualized instruction, experiential learning, and contracts were incorporated into a traditional lecture format. Student characteristics and attitudes were monitored. Course successes and problems are outlined.…
Descriptors: Art History, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Experiential Learning, Fine Arts