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Nickerson, Catherine; Rapanta, Chrysi; Goby, Valerie Priscilla – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
Our aim was to explore the influence of mobile learning on students' acquisition of conceptual knowledge of business communication, as well as on the development of their communication skills. We compared the performance of three groups of students according to the pedagogical approach that we used with them: a mobile learning group, a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Business Communication, Concept Teaching
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Saiz, Carlos; Rivas, Silvia F. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2016
The objective of this research is to ascertain whether new instructional techniques can improve critical thinking. To achieve this goal, two different instruction techniques (ARDESOS--group 1--and DIAPROVE--group 2--) were studied and a pre-post assessment of critical thinking in various dimensions such as argumentation, inductive reasoning,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Student Improvement
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Holt, Emily A.; Fagerheim, Britt; Durham, Susan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
Online plagiarism tutorials are increasingly popular in higher education, as faculty and staff try to curb the plagiarism epidemic. Yet no research has validated the efficacy of such tools in minimizing plagiarism in the sciences. Our study compared three plagiarism-avoidance training regimens (i.e., no training, online tutorial, or homework…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Online Courses, Tutorial Programs, Program Effectiveness