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Brown, Glenda Maria – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Lecture methods in higher education continue to be the most often used form of lesson delivery, although they seem to be less effective in promoting adult students' learning and engagement. Many higher education instructors have incorporated inverted classroom (IC) methods to increase student engagement and learning. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Lecture Method, Qualitative Research, Decision Making
Diehl, Tara E. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This action research study explored a constructivist, flipped classroom approach to teaching developmental mathematics. This study was developed in response to a concern regarding a lack of success in developmental mathematics. Throughout the study, adult developmental learners were required to watch video lectures prior to attending class. Class…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Blended Learning, Constructivism (Learning)
Hightower, Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Doctors in a Northern California community reported that medical assisting students did not use medical terminology in context, could not think critically, and faltered in decision making and problem solving during their internships in medical offices. The intent of this instrumental case study was to investigate the gap between current methods of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Lecture Method
James, Wendy Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Science and engineering instructors often observe that students have difficulty using or applying prerequisite mathematics knowledge in their courses. This qualitative project uses a case-study method to investigate the instruction in a trigonometry course and a physics course based on a different methodology and set of assumptions about student…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Trigonometry, Physics, Teaching Methods
Shariff, Sya Azmeela Binti – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Promoting active learning among students may result in greater learning and more positive attitudes in university-level large lecture classes. One way of promoting active learning in large lecture classes is via the use of a think-pair-share instructional strategy, which combines student participation in class discussions via clicker technology…
Descriptors: Incentives, Student Attitudes, Lecture Method, Instructional Design
Hrubik-Vulanovic, Tatjana – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate how intelligent tutoring system ALEKS, which was implemented in remedial Basic Algebra courses, affected students' success in subsequent lecture courses and how former ALEKS students and instructors in lecture courses perceived ALEKS learning environment. ALEKS courses were delivered in emporium style:…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education
Lee, Sooin Tim – ProQuest LLC, 2012
There is a hunger for effective teacher equipping programs for adult volunteer teachers in the educational ministry of today's churches. In addition, these programs for volunteer teachers need to be well-suited for adult learners and relevant to their real-life situations. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the effects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Grounded Theory, Religious Education
DeVille, Randall C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Evidence suggests that a disconnect is growing between the information provided in Christian sermons and the life challenges faced by those church attendees. To bridge that divide, the purpose of this study was to better understand the characteristics of a sermon that enhance learning for churchgoers in Christian churches. The guiding question…
Descriptors: Clergy, Christianity, Teaching Methods, Persuasive Discourse
Swift, Elijah Raford, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to address the gap in research regarding the use of cooperative learning instructional methods in college mathematics courses to prepare future teachers. Bruner's constructivist theory and social interdependence theory guided this study. The research questions focused on the effects of the use of cooperative learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
Segerman, Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Medical education helps ensure doctors acquire skills and knowledge needed to care for patients. However, resident duty hour restrictions have impacted time residents have for medical education, leaving resident educators searching for innovative options for effective medical education. Classroom situated e-learning, a blended learning delivery…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Medical Students, Medical Education, Educational Technology
Patterson, Michala Paige – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This mixed methods research utilized Action Based Learning Theory on a population of undergraduate college-aged students to determine if movement breaks in a predominately lecture-style college class affected a student's ability to demonstrate learning. Four professors from various disciplines, each teaching two sections of the same…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Lecture Method, College Faculty, Mixed Methods Research
Byrd, Terre Davenia Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine ETSU faculty attitudes and student perceptions in providing academic accommodations to students with disabilities. Participants of the study were ETSU students with disabilities who are registered with the Disabilities Services office and faculty members of ETSU. Students with disabilities were…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Lecture Method
Berry, Stacy Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There has been an increased emphasis for college instruction to incorporate more active and collaborative involvement of students in the learning process. These views have been asserted by The Association of American Colleges (AAC), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and The National Research Counsel (NRC), which are advocating for the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes, Large Group Instruction
Clark, Kevin R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In many of the secondary classrooms across the country, including the research site for this study, students are passively engaged in the mathematics content, and academic performance can be described, at best, as mediocre. This action research study sought to bring about improvements in student engagement and performance in the secondary…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Pilcher, Jobeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
An increasing number of technologically enhanced tools are becoming available to meet the ongoing professional development needs of nurses. Only a few studies have addressed nurses' willingness to learn with technology, resulting in the problem of inadequate evidence to guide best practices for technology incorporation into nursing professional…
Descriptors: Nurses, Familiarity, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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