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Thacker, Nathan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Organic chemistry is a class well known to be difficult and necessary for many careers in the sciences, and as a result, has garnered interest in researching ways to improve student learning and comprehension. One potential way involves using eye tracking techniques to understand how students visually examine questions. Organic chemistry involves…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Multiple Choice Tests, Organic Chemistry, Science Tests
Katherine I. Kang – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study investigates the effects of four online vocabulary tasks on second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition among learners of different proficiency levels. While tasks are widely used to support L2 vocabulary learning, the efficacy of a task depends on the interplay between task and learner factors. Thus, choosing an appropriate task…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Howe, Eric – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The study of art, especially perspective, involves the use of specialized vocabulary words. Vocabulary words can be difficult to comprehend, but when students learn to use the specialized vocabulary or academic language of a subject, the learner is better able to think about the content. While academic language is only a part of a visual art…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Processes, Comparative Analysis, Art Education
Eckers, Scott M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
High-stakes testing policies have reduced elementary-level instructional time for untested subjects, raising questions about the extent to which students' content knowledge in social studies has been compromised. This research project compared social studies assessment performance of two student cohorts from the same school district, one required…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary School Students, High Stakes Tests, Tests
Verhoff, Brandon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Sustainable development is significant to the future of our environment and society. Sustainability demands an integrated approach to not only combating climate change, but also reversing social injustices. To ensure future generations are armed with the right information to make the best possible decisions in their future professions, we must…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Social Justice, Literacy
Cuddy, Lucas Stebbins – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Using a primarily experimental design, this study investigated whether discussion boards in online community college philosophy classes can be designed in the Blackboard course management system to lead to higher order thinking. Discussions were designed using one of two teaching techniques: the activation of prior knowledge or the use of peer…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Thinking Skills
Jeanne Carol Samuel – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Large numbers of students attending community college lack essential college success skills (motivation and study strategies). Many of these students do not complete their degree programs. Identifying learning and teaching methods that promote the development of lifelong learning skills in addition to content acquisition is essential. This…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Student Motivation, Learning Strategies, Community College Students
Rosenblatt, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Here I present my work identifying and addressing student difficulties with several materials science and physics topics. In the first part of this thesis, I present my work identifying student difficulties and misconceptions about the directional relationships between net force, velocity, and acceleration in one dimension. This is accomplished…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts
Lavolette, Elizabeth H. P. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The optimal timing of feedback on formative assessments is an open question, with the cognitive processing window theory (Doughty, 2001) underlying the interaction approach suggesting that immediate feedback may be most beneficial for language acquisition (e.g., Gass, 2010; Polio, 2012) and two educational psychology hypotheses conversely…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response)
Bechtel, Michael Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This was a study of students who had completed a chemistry course taught by one instructor in a large urban high school during 2009-2010. It was conducted in two phases: Phase One assessed self-efficacy, teaching practices, and subject matter retention taken 16 months after course completion. Phase Two consisted of a multiple-choice final exam…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Urban Schools, High School Students, Self Efficacy
Cowell, Leslie Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study investigated the use of the pre-instruction of vocabulary in order to improve elementary students' reading comprehension of a narrative text. Three classes of second, fourth, and sixth graders were pre-taught meanings of twenty different vocabulary target words for three consecutive weeks. The pre-teaching included four days of rich…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension
Kopp, Mary L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study compared active teaching strategies with passive lecture by evaluating cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning outcomes, while highlighting end-of-life communication in nursing education. The problem addressed was twofold: First, passive lecture prevents transfer to situational decision-making, or a sense of salience (Benner,…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Death
Lin, Shih-Yin – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Helping students to construct robust understanding of physics concepts and develop good solving skills is a central goal in many physics classrooms. This thesis examine students' problem solving abilities from different perspectives and explores strategies to scaffold students' learning. In studies involving analogical problem solving…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Problem Solving
Erickson, Kristyanna – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The developmental sequence of mathematics courses in most 2-year and 4-year colleges is designed to prepare students to succeed in college-level math courses. That is, students must complete this sequence in order to progress to courses such as statistics, college algebra, precalculus, calculus, and differential equations. Research on the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Developmental Programs, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Papaieronymou, Irini – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the role of particular tasks implemented through two instructional methods on college students' "achievement" and understanding of probability. A mixed methods design that utilized a pre-test and post-test was used. This included treatment and control groups, each comprised of students in three sections of an…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Probability
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