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Hojnacki, Susan G. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation looks at the effects of the flipped classroom model on foreign language learners at the introductory level. Specifically, the project examined students' learning outcomes in reading, writing, speaking, and listening when exposed to the flipped classroom format for one or two semesters of introductory German classes at the college…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Blended Learning
Martin, Vance Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation is an action research study examining the use of technology to encourage critical thinking and digital literacy in a community college history class. The students are responsible for researching course material and teaching the class. They then use a wiki to contribute to and edit an interactive, online textbook that has been…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Action Research, Democracy, Critical Thinking
Powell, Mary Cynthia Barton – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Podcasts covering essential first-semester general chemistry laboratory techniques and central concepts that aid in experimental design or data processing were prepared and made available for students to access on an as-needed basis on iPhones [arrow right] or iPod touches [arrow right]. Research focused in three areas: the extent of podcast…
Descriptors: Assignments, Student Research, Chemistry, Laboratories
Starling, Tina T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This comparative study examined discourse and opportunities for interaction in two mathematics education methods classes, one face-to-face and one synchronous, online. Due to the content taught in the course, this study also sought to determine prospective mathematics teachers' understanding of variability and the role of discourse in each…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Assignments, Video Technology, Comparative Analysis