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Improving Course Evaluations to Improve Instruction and Complex Learning in Higher Education
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Frick, Theodore W.; Chadha, Rajat; Watson, Carol; Zlatkovska, Emilija – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
Recent research has touted the benefits of learner-centered instruction, problem-based learning, and a focus on complex learning. Instructors often struggle to put these goals into practice as well as to measure the effectiveness of these new teaching strategies in terms of mastery of course objectives. Enter the course evaluation, often a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Course Objectives, Course Evaluation, Academic Achievement
Learner Control over Full and Lean Computer-based Instruction under Differing Ability Levels.
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Schnackenberg, Heidi L.; Sullivan, Howard J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2000
Examines the effects of type of instructional control (learner control versus program control) and program mode (full versus lean) on the achievement, option use, time in the program, and attitudes of higher-ability and lower-ability university students using a computer-delivered instructional program. Discusses implications for instructional…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
Learner Control in Full and Lean CAI Programs.
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Hannafin, Robert D; Sullivan, Howard J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1995
Describes a study that investigated the effects of learner control and program control, and lean and full modes of instructional programs, on the achievement, use of options, time on task, and attitudes of high-ability and low-ability students from grades 9 and 10 during computer-assisted instruction. (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction