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Huey, Melissa; Giguere, David – Innovative Higher Education, 2023
The present study explores the impact of smartphone use on course comprehension and the psychological well-being of students during class. Students in four classes (N = 106) were assigned to either a control group or quasi-experimental group. Students in the quasi-experimental group were instructed to place their smartphones on the front desk upon…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Comprehension, Psychological Patterns
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Coyle, Do; Bower, Kim; Foley, Yvonne; Hancock, Jonathan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This ADiBE case study explores an innovative, integrated approach to addressing diversity in secondary classrooms in England, where more than one language is used and learned. We position diversity in multilingual and multicultural communities where schooling seeks to provide meaningful learning experiences for all students and guide learners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Secondary School Students, Bilingual Education
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Zablith, Fouad – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
While education increasingly relies on social media technologies to provide richer learning experiences, the rigid and course-centric design of curricula still imposes a challenge for students to construct meaningful connections between social media and formal learning. Building on the knowledge graphs' potential to establish semantic links among…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Business Schools, Social Media
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Simonds, Jennifer; Behrens, Ellen; Holzbauer, Jessica – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This paper presents a case study of a Competency-Based Education Introduction to Psychology course conducted in a small, private, traditional university in the western United States. Two competency-graded sections were offered, one online and one in the classroom. Eleven undergraduate students completed the online section, and 24 students…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Psychology
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Williams, Louise; Nixon, Sarah; Hennessy, Claire; Mahon, Elizabeth; Adams, Gill – Cogent Education, 2016
Following a three-year staff development initiative within one faculty in a UK university, the authors reflected on inspiring teaching and the role that staff development can play in enhancing individual practice. Teaching is a core component of Higher Education and is complex and multi-faceted both theoretically and in practice. Through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics
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Fenwick, Lisl; Humphrey, Sally; Quinn, Marie; Endicott, Michele – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
The development of deep understanding of theoretical knowledge is an essential element of successful tertiary-programs that prepare individuals to enter professions. This study investigates the extent to which an emphasis on the application of knowledge within curriculum design, teaching strategies and assessment methods developed deep knowledge…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Questionnaires
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Nomme, Kathy; Birol, Gülnur – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
A first year non-majors biology course, with an enrollment of around 440 students, has been redesigned from a course of traditional content and teaching style to one that emphasizes biological concepts in current global issues and incorporates active learning strategies. We were informed by the education literature incorporating many aspects of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evidence, Curriculum Development, Biology
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Granados Beltrán, Carlo – HOW, 2011
Experiments in Content Language Integrated Learning have been carried out most of the time at primary and secondary education. However, not much is known about what higher education institutions are doing in this respect. This article aims to present an experience that occurred in the Languages Department at Universidad Central (Bogotá, Colombia)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Projects, College Second Language Programs
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Henry, Holly R.; Tawfik, Andrew A.; Jonassen, David H.; Winholtz, Robert A.; Khanna, Sanjeev – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2012
This qualitative case study examines the initial implementation of a problem-based version of an undergraduate course in materials science for the purpose of identifying areas of improvement to the curriculum prior to a planned second implementation. The course was designed around problems that students work in small teams to solve under the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Participant Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Science Materials
Sommer, Robert F. – 1989
A case study examined how the adult student population redefines the subject of freshman composition; whether familiarity with the traditional student population makes the academic world oblivious to cognitive differences and/or separate learning needs among adult students; and whether the current pedagogy is responsive to the needs of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Case Studies, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Northrop, Celeste – 1989
A program was initiated by the psychiatric faculty at the Florida International University School of Nursing to help provide students with clinical practice experience in the face of fewer in-patient facilities. When the student population cannot be absorbed, the faculty must provide optional experiences that meet the students' clinical…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies