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Download full textSnopkowski, Kristin; Demps, Kathryn; Scaggs, Shane; Griffiths, Ross; Fulk, Karen S.; May, Scott; Neagle, Kimberly; Downs, Kayla; Eugster, Michaela; Amend, Tessa – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Small group learning activities have been shown to improve student academic performance and educational outcomes. Yet, we have an imperfect understanding of the mechanisms by which this occurs. Group learning may mediate student stress by placing learning in a context where students have both social support and greater control over their learning.…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Physiology, Biochemistry, Stress Variables
Direct linkHoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
The handyman has a tool for everything, but the admissions dean is not so lucky: He must make do with just a few. Every year, presidents and professors expect freshmen who are curious, determined, and hungry for challenges. The traditional metrics of merit, however, can't reveal such qualities. Standardized-test scores may or may not predict a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, Admissions Officers, College Freshmen
Freestone, Nicholas – Advances in Physiology Education, 2009
A diverse student population is a relatively recent feature of the higher education system in the United Kingdom. Consequently, it may be thought that more "traditional" types of assessment based around essay writing skills for science undergraduates may be of decreasing value and relevance to contemporary students. This article…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
Ridley, Anne M. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2007
This study investigated age- and ethnicity-related effects on approaches to learning and the possible impact of such differences on assessment outcomes. This is important in the context of widening participation and the growing number of students from non-traditional educational backgrounds. Some 77 Level 1 psychology undergraduates completed an…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Age Differences, Learning Processes, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedNorton, Linda S.; Crowley, Catherine M. – Higher Education, 1995
Results of a British program of eight learning strategy workshops for university freshmen are discussed. The workshops focused on essay writing and test-taking skills. Regular attendees had significantly more sophisticated conceptions of learning than irregular attendees and had higher essay and examination scores. However, differences in overall…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Essays, Higher Education
Maclellan, Effie – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2004
To describe their knowledge of assessment, specifically prepared scripts from 30 novice teachers were content analysed. Knowledge of the formative-summative mode was evident in all scripts but the connections made between this mode of assessment and the other principles of assessment were not well developed. Knowledge of assessment methods was…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Education, Content Analysis
Powell, J. P., Ed. – 1984
Seven articles on higher education in Australia are presented, along with two review articles. "Operation Bootstrap--Reflections of a Staff Developer" (Colin Flood Page) offers views on various aspects of college learning and teaching. Findings of a study on student learning through essay-writing are presented in "Essay Planning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, College Instruction, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedGutfreund, R. – Oxford Review of Education, 1979
Analyzes the failure of three approaches currently used to explain educational under-achievement by working class children. Recommends study of distinctions between educational content and process, material and cultural insulation, and teacher-student-parent interactions. Strategy suggested is small group instruction emphasizing affective learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Change
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection
