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Garger, John; Vracheva, Veselina P.; Jacques, Paul – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: Although extant literature links overstimulation to various job outcomes, most studies do not consider a service-learning context, and they suggest a linear association between stimuli and outcomes. This paper examines the link between the number of service-learning hours students work and three educational outcomes -- student…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Satisfaction, Relevance (Education), Community Involvement
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Wang, Aimin; Mosley-Howard, G. Susan; Witte, Raymond; Zhang, Jun – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2009
The authors examine the interaction of teaching and culture as it relates to students' perceptions of course difficulty. Course content was found to be the most important factor in students' views of courses. For a difficult course, "study hard" was rated as most important to the students' perception of course success by all ethnic groups. In…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Ethnic Groups, Course Content, Asian American Students
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Guertin, Laura A.; Zappe, Sarah E.; Kim, Heeyoung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
The Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) technique allows students to be engaged in course material outside of the classroom by answering web-based questions. The responses are summarized and presented to students in class with a follow-up active learning exercise. College students enrolled in an introductory-level general education geoscience course were…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Earth Science, Active Learning, Course Content
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Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Chi, Min, Ed.; Feng, Mingyu, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry, Science Instruction
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Kolari, S.; Savander-Ranne, C.; Viskari, E.-L. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
In higher education one of the most important learning goals is deep understanding. Achieving this goal needs time and effort. The authors discuss their observations of student time use on the basis of several case studies which they have conducted in the field of engineering education in Finland. The time that the students spend studying is…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Time Management
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Wellman, Gregory S. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that proctored versus un-proctored testing would have on learning for an on-line content module; and examine the relationship between LASSI variables and learning. A randomized, pre-test/post-test control group design was employed. College students in a pharmacy curriculum, were randomized to two…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Style, Measures (Individuals), Online Courses