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Irwin, A.; Irvine, C.; Bekes, B.; Nordmann, E. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Incivility has been reported as having an adverse impact on student learning, faculty staff retention and student commitment within Higher Education. As such this behaviour has the potential to reduce student achievement and could have a financial impact. The aim of this research was to examine the impact of teaching context (lecture versus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Faculty, Interpersonal Relationship
Turner, Mathew J.; Webster, Rustin D. – American Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
This paper describes a student-centered approach to a power engineering technology course using the flipped or inverted classroom as well as active learning in the form of group discussions and team problem solving. The study compares student performance and perceptions of a traditional, teaching-centered classroom to two different flipped…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Centered Learning, Engineering Technology, Power Technology
Lynch, Rosealie P.; Pappas, Eric – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This paper presents a model for teaching large classes that facilitates a "small class feel" to counteract the distance, anonymity, and formality that often characterize large lecture-style courses in higher education. One author (E. P.) has been teaching a 300-student general education critical thinking course for ten years, and the…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Teaching Methods, Class Size, Lecture Method
Flosason, Thorhallur O.; McGee, Heather M.; Diener-Ludwig, Lori – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2015
Classroom response systems (also referred to as clickers) can enhance learning outcomes and are generally viewed favorably by students and instructors alike. The current study used an alternating treatments design to examine whether discussing questions in small groups before responding to clicker questions during lecture improved accurate…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices
Cooper, James L.; Robinson, Pamela – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
The authors describe several types of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) and cognitive scaffolding procedures that they have developed over the years. They then bring the procedures together in a sample lecture/group learning class presentation.
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Lecture Method
Duncan, Brent – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Despite a culture with cooperation as a core value, (Nagao, Takashi, & Okuda, 2011) Japanese higher education generally uses rigid lecture-test teaching models that neither support nor condone small-group learning methods in the classroom. As a result, Japanese college students usually work outside the classroom to develop the collaborative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Mixed Methods Research
Shariff, Sya Azmeela Binti – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Promoting active learning among students may result in greater learning and more positive attitudes in university-level large lecture classes. One way of promoting active learning in large lecture classes is via the use of a think-pair-share instructional strategy, which combines student participation in class discussions via clicker technology…
Descriptors: Incentives, Student Attitudes, Lecture Method, Instructional Design
Cybinski, Patti; Selvanathan, Saroja – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2005
This project investigates the relationship between student performance, past mathematics experience, and perceptions of statistics education for two groups of university students studying statistics in different learning environments. One group received the traditional form of teaching with lectures, whereas the other group studied in a more…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Statistics, College Students
Allen, Amy; Brannon, Patsy; Sims, Laura – MAHE Journal, 1999
Reviews literature on class size and its influence on student performance, attitudes, and behavior, highlighting a recent study of the effect of lecture-group size on the latter variables in an introductory college nutrition course. Student class-size preferences, attitudes about large-class characteristics, interest in the discipline, attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, College Instruction, College Students

Husbands, Christopher T. – Studies in Higher Education, 1996
Results of an annual study of student opinions of courses at the London School of Economics and Political Science (England) show variations in level of satisfaction with a single teacher, even within the same course, according to teaching method. Predictors of these variations are examined, including teacher, course, and student characteristics.…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Course Organization, Foreign Countries
Davidovitch, Nitza; Soen, Dan – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2005
In many universities and colleges around the world, it is an accepted practice to supplement frontal lectures of courses with separate practice classes or tutorials. For this purpose lecturers may sometimes use the services of teaching-assistants to conduct the tutorials. Teaching-assistants conduct tutorials in many courses in Israel's academic…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Teaching Assistants, Foreign Countries, Teacher Surveys

Frederick, Peter J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1987
Suggestions to help faculty discover ways of achieving interactive, investigatory, and intimate learning environments in large settings are provided. The instructional objective is to empower students to take responsibility for their own learning. (MLW)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Class Size, College Instruction, College Students

Goldfinch, Judy – Studies in Higher Education, 1996
A study compared the effectiveness of two methods (medium-size class instruction and large lectures with tutorial sessions) for teaching mathematics and statistics to first-year business students. Students and teachers overwhelmingly preferred the medium-size class method, which produced higher exam scores but had no significant effect on…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Size, Classroom Environment, College Faculty