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Young-Jones, Adena; McCain, Jason; Hart, Bailey – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Physical activity is linked to increased motivation and academic performance, yet the majority of research has focused on elementary and high school children. The current investigation evaluated this dynamic in college students (N = 209) by introducing a physical activity break at the mid-point of a videoed lecture and were divided into four…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Student Motivation, College Students, Exercise
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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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van Kol, Simone; Rietz, Christian – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Feedback plays an important role in supporting students' learning process. Nonetheless, providing feedback is still rather unusual in higher education. Moreover, research on the design of ideal feedback as well as its effects is rare. In order to contribute to the development of this field, a web-based feedback system was implemented in a lecture…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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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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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