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Dana Opre; Camelia ?erban; Andreea Ve?can; Romi?a Iucu – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
In recent years, the use of information technology to promote active learning in higher education has raised great interest. Teachers are continuously challenged to identify new research-informed approaches and educational practices for supporting students to actively learn and apply their knowledge. The present study tests the effects on…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Outcomes of Education
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Rezaei, Ali Reza – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Providing an active learning environment and engaging students in classroom discussion could be quite challenging. This study used a quasi-experimental method to manipulate students' incentives for participation in group discussion to investigate its impact on students' learning outcomes. Two research methods courses taught over four years by the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Student Participation, Group Discussion, Active Learning
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Kathryn Jane Aston – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
University students of all disciplines are expected to display critical thinking. Critical thinking may, however, be impeded by psychological and sociological factors such as: belief and confirmation biases, framing, social pressure to conform and poor assessment of probability and risk. These factors are rarely, if ever, thoroughly examined in…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Risk, Probability
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Goodenough, Anne E.; Roberts, Hazel; Biggs, David M.; Derounian, James G.; Hart, Adam G.; Lynch, Kenny – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Resilience is a multifaceted concept but, in the context of learning, it can best be thought of as an individual's capacity to create and maximise opportunities as well as responding positively to setbacks and challenges. Developing students' resilience is becoming increasingly important. Research has shown resilience links to attainment,…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), College Students, Internship Programs, Active Learning
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Jones, Jennifer A. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Self-regulated learning assumes learners are active agents who can establish and make progress toward learning goals. Classroom activities can facilitate the emergence of self-regulated learning. One strategy to encourage self-regulated learning is to ask students to develop questions for a quiz or examination. The process of developing questions…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Class Activities
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Vercellotti, Mary Lou – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Research on interactive learning space classrooms has reported that instructors and students find them engaging, and engagement is expected to increase learning outcomes. Positive findings about interactive classrooms, though, are often confounded with active learning pedagogy since instructors who teach in interactive classrooms tend to also…
Descriptors: Interaction, Educational Environment, Blended Learning, Academic Achievement
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Vlachopoulos, Panos; Cowan, John – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2010
Much has been published in recent years about the desirable nature of facilitated interactions in online discussions for educational purposes. However, little has been reported about the roles that tutors actually adopt in real-life learning contexts, how these range between "tutoring", "managing" and "facilitating",…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Online Courses, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
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Moizer, Jonathan; Lean, Jonathan; Towler, Michael; Abbey, Caroline – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2009
Based on a categorization of simulation and gaming barriers developed in a previous study, this work seeks to explore in greater depth the composition and nature of these obstacles. It examines the interrelationships between the barriers and the impact of other contextual factors in the pedagogic environment. A series of in-depth interviews were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Informal Education, Information Sources, Teaching Methods