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Allsop, Jared; Young, Sarah J.; Nelson, Erik J.; Piatt, Jennifer; Knapp, Doug – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
Over the last several years there has been a call to increase the quality of recreational therapy (RT) education. During this same time active learning has grown in popularity as a way to help increase student comprehension. While the vast majority of this growth has occurred in science, technology, engineering and math courses, no research has…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Therapeutic Recreation, Undergraduate Students, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Vander Schee, Brian A. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2012
The five characteristics that influence new product rate of adoption are routinely covered in the Principles of Marketing course. Any particular marketing concept such as relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, divisibility, and communicability may not capture interest or engagement among students who take the course as a graduation…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Marketing, Educational Games, Active Learning
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Breckler, Jennifer; Yu, Justin R. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2011
This article describes a new hands-on, or "kinesthetic," activity for use in a physiology lecture hall to help students comprehend an important concept in cardiopulmonary physiology known as oxygen carrying capacity. One impetus for designing this activity was to address the needs of students who have a preference for kinesthetic…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Student Surveys, Active Learning, Physiology
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Bardar, Erin M. – Astronomy Education Review, 2008
This article presents results from a two-semester field test of the Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (LSCI). Statistical analysis indicates that the LSCI has the sensitivity to measure statistically significant changes in students' understanding of light-related topics due to instruction in introductory astronomy courses and to distinguish…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Field Tests, Astronomy, Statistical Analysis