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Siyu Yu; Xiaoyue Zhang; Rong Tao; Wanyu Huang; Jiangsheng Chen; Xieyu Xiao – SAGE Open, 2025
This study explores the relationship between seating quadrants and student performance, including the role of classroom type in the quadrant effect. Data collected from 131 classes taught at 17 colleges of Northwest A&F University in China were analyzed using the ordinary least squares method. The results revealed that where a student sat in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Class Size, Large Group Instruction
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Bolden, Edward C., III.; Oestreich, Tina M.; Kenney, Michael J.; Yuhnke, Brian T., Jr. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2019
This article focuses on students' perceptions of small-group activities, discussion, and technology-based interactivity implemented in two different learning environments, namely, in a large, traditional lecture hall and in a smaller classroom. The Engaged Learning Index, developed by Schreiner and Louis, was used along with several items to…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Large Group Instruction
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Smith, Michelle K.; Trujillo, Caleb; Su, Tin Tin – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
Although the use of clickers and peer discussion is becoming common in large-lecture undergraduate biology courses, their use is limited in small-enrollment seminar-style courses. To investigate whether facilitating peer discussion with clickers would add value to a small-enrollment seminar-style course, we evaluated their usefulness in an…
Descriptors: Seminars, Course Evaluation, Embryology, Biology