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Anwar, Saira – Grantee Submission, 2019
Passive learning environments to teach programming concepts, especially in large lecture classes, hinder students' motivation, performance and may adversely affect their achievement goals. The study presents the use of two instructional strategies, teamwork, and reflective thinking, using educational technologies introduced in a class of 120…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Instructional Effectiveness, Teamwork
Johnson, Orin G. – 1995
After experimenting with different combinations, a basic public speaking course instructor at Jackson State Community College, Tennessee, found that combining general speech preparation and outlining into one lecture saved time and was beneficial for students. Because of detailed, effective outlining and speech preparation, such a combination…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Messman, Susan J.; Jones-Corley, Jennifer; Mezzacappa, David; Crusan, Deborah – 1998
A quasi-experimental design was used to investigate changes in learning outcomes for students enrolled in large-lecture/break-out sections versus in self-contained sections of the basic communication course. More precisely, the study explores the relationship between communication apprehension, immediacy and learning outcomes for the two class…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Willden, Jennifer L.; Crowther, David T.; Gubanich, Alan A.; Cannon, John R. – 2002
The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any statistically significant differences in the pretest and posttest examination scores between students in two undergraduate biology classes taught in two fundamentally different praxes at the University of Nevada, Reno. Biology 100, an introductory biology course for non-majors, was…
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary School Teachers, Hands on Science, Higher Education
Fraas, John W. – 1982
The simulation-gaming approach to college introductory economics courses benefits students who possess a certain combination of cognitive learning styles. The Cognitive Style Questionnaire, administered to 120 freshmen, identified those students who obtain meaning from spoken words, numerals, or mathematical symbols; have the ability to place…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction
Goswick, R. A.; And Others – 1981
Each of four instructors was assigned two sections of introductory psychology, one experimental and one lecture/control. Experimental sections were divided into teams of five to eight students and complied with the following schedule for each of seven two-week unites. In the first class meeting, subject matter was introduced and discussion topics…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Discussion
Moore, Betty Jane; Silverman, Sherman E. – 1980
Since Spring 1969, Prince George's Community College (Maryland) has offered a team-taught, interdisciplinary course incorporating economics, geography, and political science in an introduction to social science for technical education students. As the course was originally designed, each of the instructors of the three disciplines was given a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Course Organization, Discussion (Teaching Technique)