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Ban, Sun Young – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In the US, an estimated 25% of four-year college students and up to 80% of community college students suffer from a moderate to high degree of mathematics anxiety (MA) (Chang & Beilock, 2016). Many scholars have noted that mathematics anxiety can be regarded as a significant factor in determining a student's achievement and mathematics related…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cognitive Style, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction
Prefume, Yuko Enomoto – ProQuest LLC, 2015
A flipped classroom approach promotes active learning and increases teacher-student interactions by maximizing face-to-face class time (Hamdan, McKnight, Mcknight, Arfstrom, & Arfstrom, 2013). In this study, "flipped classroom" is combined with the use of technology and is described as an instructional approach that provides lectures…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Homework
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M.Nordin, N. R.; Stapa, S. H.; Darus, S. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2013
Learning to write in a composition culinary course is very challenging for L2 learners. The main barrier in writing proficiency within this discipline is the lack of vocabulary, specifically the lack of exposure towards specialized vocabulary. This study aims to provide a corpus of specialized vocabulary within a food writing course. By providing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English for Special Purposes, Vocabulary Development
Sprenkle, Virginia E.; Gillmore, Gerald M. – 1975
Seven mastery instruction courses offered in different quarters at the University of Washington are examined. The study method involved obtaining student ratings of these courses for comparison among themselves and with student ratings of traditional lecture method courses in the same subject field. For this purpose a Mastery Instruction Student…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, College Students, Educational Experiments, Educational Strategies
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Gray, Pamela L.; And Others – Communication Education, 1986
Findings suggest that the Personalized System of Instruction in the introductory speech communication course tends to equal or be more effective than the lecture-recitation format in (1) attitudes toward and satisfaction with the course; (2) academic achievement; (3) alleviating communication apprehension; and (4) growth in communication skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research