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Formica, Sarah P.; Easley, Jessica L.; Spraker, Mark C. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
To determine whether teaching an introductory physics course with a traditional lecture style or with Just-in-Time teaching (a student-centered, interactive-engagement style) will help students to better understand Newtonian concepts, such as Newton's Third Law, 222 students in introductory physics courses taught by traditional lecture styles and…
Descriptors: Physics, Lecture Method, Introductory Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Wong, Kenson Kin Hang; Day, Jeffrey Richard – Research in Science Education, 2009
The purpose of the study is to compare problem based learning (PBL) and lecture-based learning (LBL) in Hong Kong secondary students' science achievement. Secondary One students were divided into two groups: group A (n = 37), was taught two topics: "Human Reproduction" and "Density" through PBL; group B (n = 38) was taught the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Early Adolescents, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Sola, Agboola Omowunmi; Ojo, Oloyede Ezekiel – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
This study assessed and compared the relative effectiveness of three methods for teaching and conducting experiments in separation of mixtures in chemistry. A pre-test, post-test experimental design with a control group was used. Two hundred and thirty three randomly selected Senior Secondary School I (SSS I) chemistry students were drawn from…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Instruction, High School Seniors, Chemistry
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Ocorr, Karen; Osgood, Marcy P. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2003
For the past eight years the University of Michigan has offered two different styles of biochemistry courses each semester, one a standard lecture-based and discussion-section (SLB) course and one a self-paced, non-lecture Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) course. We tracked student responses to selected exam questions that were used in…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Grade Point Average, Independent Study, Lecture Method