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Branca, Sylvia; Slusser, Emily – College Student Journal, 2022
The end-of-semester routine for collecting student evaluations of teaching is nearly ubiquitous among colleges and university in the United States. Ideally, student feedback is then used to improve instruction, advance curriculum, and facilitate student success. While well intentioned, student evaluations of teaching often fall short of measuring…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Expectation, Teacher Student Relationship
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Covill, Amy E. – College Student Journal, 2011
Fifty-one college students responded to survey questions regarding their perceptions of the traditional lecture method of instruction that they received in a 200-level psychology course. At a time when many professors are being encouraged to use active learning methods instead of lectures, it is important to consider the students' perspective. Do…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Lecture Method, Teaching Methods
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Al-Bustan, Suad Ahmed; Al-Bustan, Lamees – College Student Journal, 2009
This study is performed by conducting a survey analysis to investigate students' attitudes and preferences towards learning English at Kuwait University in non-English major ESL students. The sample size will be roughly 21-22% of a total of 4950 college level English Language learners at Kuwait University where specific English courses are part of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Young, Darrell D. – College Student Journal, 1979
Compares two methods of laboratory instruction: an instructor-led conventional lecture-discussion approach and an experimental team learning approach. Subjects were assigned to groups of four or five in experimental classes. Students in control classes worked individually. While differences in group means did occur, results were not significant.…
Descriptors: College Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
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Malikow, Max – College Student Journal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to quantify the irritating behaviors of professors as experienced and reported by 232 Le Moyne College students. In this study, "irritating behavior" was understood as "actions that vex, annoy, bother, pester, frustrate, or provoke anger." The survey used in this study was developed by Larry M. Ludewig, Ph.D.,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Faculty, College Students, Evaluation Methods
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Huang, Jinyan – College Student Journal, 2005
Academic listening plays an important role in an ESL university student's academic success. Research in EAP has begun to show that ESL students have difficulty in English academic listening at American universities. Chinese students, who are from a different educational system and cultural environment, experience particular challenges in English…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, English (Second Language), Listening
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Terpstra, David – College Student Journal, 1979
Investigated effects of orders of presentation of oral and written information upon academic performance. Analysis revealed that students who received the oral presentation as the second exposure to the information reported significantly higher grade point averages than those for whom the oral presentation represented the first exposure.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Cognitive Style, College Students
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Huang, Jinyan – College Student Journal, 2006
Research with ESL students has begun to show that Chinese students experience particular challenges in English academic listening. This study focuses on their challenges as reported by Chinese ESL students in understanding English lectures. Seventy-eight Chinese ESL students at an American university participated in this study. This paper focuses…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Short Term Memory, Lecture Method, English (Second Language)
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Watson, Charles E. – College Student Journal, 1975
An investigation of the relative effectiveness of the case-study and lecture methods. Results suggest that both methods are equally effective for producing knowledge and understanding of management topics but the case-study method is significantly more effective in teaching their application. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, College Students, Group Instruction
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Lee, Kyung Soon; Carrasquillo, Angela – College Student Journal, 2006
The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of professors and students on the cultural/learning and linguistic characteristics contributing to the academic difficulties of Korean college students in the United States. The participants in this study consisted of 25 college professors and 19 Korean college students from a liberal arts…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Linguistics, College Students, Teaching Styles