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Batu, Michael; Bower, Nancy; Lun, Esmond; Sadanand, Asha – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
The authors investigated the effectiveness of online versus paper assignments using final examination scores in three cohorts of theory of finance. In particular, two cohorts were exposed to online assignments while another cohort was exposed to traditional assignments. The central result is that exposure to online assignments robustly leads to…
Descriptors: Finance Occupations, Business Administration Education, Educational Theories, Online Courses
Richmond, Aaron S.; Murphy, Bridget C.; Curl, Layton S.; Broussard, Kristin A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
During the past decades, little research has investigated the effects of immersion scheduling on the psychology classroom. Therefore, we sought to compare academic performance of students in 2-week immersion psychology courses to that of students in traditional 16-week courses. In Study 1, students who received instruction in a 2-week immersion…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Immersion Programs, Scheduling, Academic Achievement
Amiri Farahani, Leila; Heidari, Tooba – Journal of Biological Education, 2014
This semi-experimental study was conducted with twenty-seven midwifery students who were randomly allocated to either case-based instruction or lecture-based instruction groups. The selected subjects -- foetal intrapartum assessment, foetal antepartum assessment, ABO and Rh blood group system mismatch -- were presented in four ninety-minute…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method, Pretests Posttests
Wilkerson, Trena L.; Cooper, Susan; Gupta, Dittika; Montgomery, Mark; Mechell, Sara; Arterbury, Kristin; Moore, Sherrie; Baker, Betty Ruth; Sharp, Pat T. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
This study examines the effect varying models have on student understanding of fractions. The study addressed the question of what students know and understand about fractional concepts through the use of discrete and continuous models. A sample of 54 students in kindergarten and 3rd grade were given an interview pretest, participated in…
Descriptors: Investigations, Mathematics, Mathematical Models, Elementary School Mathematics
Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Sun, Min – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
Teachers spend most of their time in school in classrooms, and their instruction and teaching practices may be affected by classroom context such as class size. We examine whether teacher effects interact with classroom context such as class size. Specifically, we seek to determine whether teacher effects are more pronounced in small classes than…
Descriptors: Small Classes, Teacher Effectiveness, Class Size, Effect Size
Silva-Maceda, Gabriela; Arjona-Villicaña, P. David; Castillo-Barrera, F. Edgar – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
Learning to program is a complex task, and the impact of different pedagogical approaches to teach this skill has been hard to measure. This study examined the performance data of seven cohorts of students (N = 1168) learning programming under three different pedagogical approaches. These pedagogical approaches varied either in the length of the…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Intermode Differences, Cohort Analysis
Studying the Effectiveness of Online Homework for Different Skill Levels in a College Algebra Course
Mathai, Elizabeth; Olsen, Darlene – PRIMUS, 2013
A comparison of the performance on the final exam for subpopulations of students in College Algebra was used to assess the effectiveness of online homework. Data was collected for two small groups of students, one with traditional paper homework and the other with online homework. The groups of students were further classified by incoming skill…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Algebra, Homework, Online Courses
Jacoby, Jennifer C.; Heugh, Sheelagh; Bax, Christopher; Branford-White, Christopher – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
The student cohort on the University Science Extended Degree (SED) course is diverse in terms of educational experience. One of the key facets of teaching at this level is to engage and prepare students for higher levels of education in the sciences. The purpose of this evaluation is to relate a specific virtual framework, designed for students…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Educational Experience, Biology
Lowman, Joneen – Computers in the Schools, 2014
The study investigated the impact of podcasts and vodcasts accessed through an iPod on fourth-and sixth-grade students' vocabulary acquisition. Students were randomly assigned to either a podcast group or a vodcast group. Regardless of group assignment, each student completed three six-minute podcasts or vodcasts a day for three days. On average,…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 4, Grade 6
Ozsoy, Sibel; Ertepinar, Hamide; Saglam, Necdet – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of eco-schools on elementary school students' environmental literacy levels. Data of the study were gathered from 316 students enrolled to two elementary schools. One of the schools was determined as experimental group (n = 156) and students attending this school received eco-school application.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Measures (Individuals), Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Harrison, Sharonlyn; Henneman, Kris; Herrera, Maida Y.; Hockman, Elaine; Brooks, Evelyn; Darland, Nancy; Kulik, Noel; Sandy-Hanson, Anika E. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2013
Technology is becoming increasingly more important in the enhancement of educating university students. Very little research has been done regarding how the combination of educational technologies affects test scores, compared to the use of one technology alone. This research article examines whether the post-scores of nursing students increased…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Adoption
Ilyas, Bhutto Muhammad; Rawat, Khalid Jamil; Bhatti, Muhammad Tariq; Malik, Najeeb – Online Submission, 2013
It is a bitter reality that the curricula and traditional pedagogy prevailing in public schools of Pakistan in general and Sindh in particular do not incorporate the algebraic concepts properly. Both the content and the presentation therein cannot be considered up to the mark, thereby making "Algebra" a tough and dry subject. This…
Descriptors: Algebra, Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Control Groups
Ilyas, Bhutto Muhammad; Rawat, Khalid Jamil; Bhatti, Muhammad Tariq; Malik, Najeeb – International Journal of Instruction, 2013
It is a bitter reality that the curricula and traditional pedagogy prevailing in public schools of Pakistan in general and Sindh in particular do not incorporate the algebraic concepts properly. Both the content and the presentation therein cannot be considered up to the mark, thereby making "Algebra" a tough and dry subject. This…
Descriptors: Algebra, Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Control Groups
Grimley, Michael; Green, Richard; Nilsen, Trond; Thompson, David – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Computer games are purported to be effective instructional tools that enhance motivation and improve engagement. The aim of this study was to investigate how tertiary student experiences change when instruction was computer game based compared to lecture based, and whether experiences differed between high and low achieving students. Participants…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Course Content, Lecture Method
Llanes, Angels; Munoz, Carmen – Language Learning, 2013
This study examines the effects of learning context and age on second language development by comparing the language gains, measured in terms of oral and written fluency, lexical and syntactic complexity, and accuracy, experienced by four groups of learners of English: children in a study abroad setting, children in their at-home school, adults in…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Fluency, Language Acquisition, Achievement Gains