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Rubenking, Bridget; Dodd, Melissa – Communication Teacher, 2018
Previous research suggests that undergraduate research methods students doubt the utility of course content and experience math and research anxiety. Research also suggests involving students in hands-on, applied research activities, although empirical data on the scope and nature of these activities are lacking. This study compared academic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Projects, Lecture Method, Undergraduate Students
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Wildermuth, Susan M.; French, Tammy; Fredrick, Edward – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This study explores alternative approaches for teaching general education courses burdened with serving extremely large enrollments. It compares the effectiveness of a self-contained course in which each course section is taught by one instructor to a large lecture/small lab format in which all course enrollees attend one large lecture section and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, General Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Small Group Instruction
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Peterson, Penelope L.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1980
Naturally occurring aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) were investigated with three teaching approaches: lecture-recitation, inquiry, and public issues discussion. When the measure of student performance was based on objectives of the approach, the results showed an ATI for ability X anxiety that was partially replicated across studies.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Anxiety