Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 3 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Australia | 1 |
United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Eldred, Jean Parker – 1996
Active learning results in better comprehension and retention of course concepts than passive learning. Experiential exercises (EE's) are a valuable means of achieving the goals of active learning. Well conceived EE's require, among other things, that the student: (1) engage in the gathering of concept-related behavioral data; (2) write a report…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning
Davis, Dennis K.; Robinson, John P. – 1985
Two news audience surveys were conducted--one in Great Britain with 489 subjects and one in the United States with 447 subjects--to assess the ability of various types of television news stories to induce learning. The central objective of the research was to identify attributes of specific news stories that had been well or poorly comprehended.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Information Processing
Billett, Stephen – 2002
A study conceptualized bases for learning in workplaces, examining reciprocity between how individuals are afforded access to workplace activities and guidance and how workers elect to engage in what they are offered. These reciprocal bases for thinking, acting, and learning are called "co-participation at work." The contributions that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Cognitive Processes, Employer Employee Relationship