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Allsop, Jared; Young, Sarah J.; Nelson, Erik J.; Piatt, Jennifer; Knapp, Doug – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The last 35 years have shown a greater interest among higher education professionals to adapt the principles of active learning within the classroom. Active learning, an instructional approach that allows students the opportunity to participate in the process of learning, requires them to do something more than just passively receive instruction.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Lecture Method
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Stover, Sheri; Ziswiler, Korrin – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Colleges and universities are beginning to invest in active learning (AL) classrooms in an effort to replace the traditional lecture style pedagogy that is frequently used by many professors in higher education (Eagan et al., 2014). This is a quantitative research study conducted at a medium-sized Midwestern university. Students were given the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
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Wanner, Thomas – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This instructional article is about an innovative teaching approach for enhancing student engagement and active learning in higher education through a combination of just-in-time teaching and the use of PowerPoint technology. The central component of this approach was students' pre-lecture preparation of a short PowerPoint presentation in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Active Learning, Computer Software
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Downs, Colleen T.; Wilson, Amy-Leigh – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Large first-year class sizes have resulted in many lecturers adopting coping strategies consisting of direct-transmission mode teaching, reduced practical time, and assessment. Recently several strategies have been implemented in an attempt to improve student participation and active learning; however, these changes have to be facilitated and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Students
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McCallum, Shelly; Schultz, Janel; Sellke, Kristen; Spartz, Jason – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Colleges and universities remain attentive to developing and supporting ways to foster student academic success. These efforts have taken on more importance as student success, commonly measured by student learning achievement, has failed to meet expectations. For colleges and universities, the flipped classroom represents a student-centered…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Homework, Undergraduate Students
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Jakee, Keith – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
This instructional paper is intended to provide an alternative approach to developing lecture materials, including handouts and PowerPoint slides, successfully developed over several years. The principal objective is to aid in the bridging of traditional "chalk and talk" lecture approaches with more active learning techniques, especially in more…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Attendance Patterns, Active Learning, Lecture Method