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Bergey, Bradley W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Self-generated questions are a central mechanism for learning, yet students' questions are often infrequent during classroom instruction. As a result, little is known about the nature of student questioning during typical instructional contexts such as listening to a lecture, including the extent and nature of student-generated questions, how…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, College Science, Lecture Method
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Georgiou, Helen; Maton, Karl; Sharma, Manjula – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2014
Science education research has built a strong body of work on students' understandings but largely overlooked the nature of science knowledge itself. Legitimation Code Theory (LCT), a rapidly growing approach to education, offers a way of analyzing the organizing principles of knowledge practices and their effects on science education. This…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Qualitative Research, College Students
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Larson, L. R.; Lovelace, M. D. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2013
Classroom questions represent a potentially powerful tool for interacting with students and stimulating critical thinking. However, the efficacy of the question-and-answer approach to teaching is influenced by many factors, such as the type and cognitive level of questions asked as well as students' response time. To examine these factors and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Lecture Method, College Science, Questioning Techniques
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Whitaker, Robert J.; Renner, John W. – American Journal of Physics, 1974
Information was requested on course goals, lesson goals, committee goals, instructional methods, question types and purposes, question-objective correlation, class assignments, textbooks, and supplemental teaching materials. (GS)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Objectives, Evaluation, Higher Education
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Rowe, Mary Budd – Journal of Chemical Education, 1983
Presents findings from research studies which suggest that changes in teaching procedures can increase survival rates in chemistry. Using 2-minute pauses in lecture and 3-second wait times in discussions, learning chemistry in context of major from which student comes, and computer applications are recommended. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
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Allen, Deborah; Tanner, Kimberly – Cell Biology Education, 2005
The strategies for breaking down the roadblocks and realizing the promise of active learning and inquiry instruction in the large class are being tested and publicized. Educators who have addressed the multitude of issues that underlie implementation of active-learning strategies in large-enrollment settings are conscientiously spreading the word…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Large Group Instruction, Biology, College Science